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The US Department of Defense may use nutritional techniques to combat traumatic brain injury, according to the National Academy of Sciences.

A new report entitled Nutrition and Traumatic Brain Injury: Improving Acute and Subacute Health Outcomes in Military Personnel by the Institute of Medicine suggests the most effective nutritional approaches that the Department of Defense should adopt.

According to the report, some nutrients and diets have shown potential in treating the immediate and short-term effects of brain injury, being especially effective when it comes to traumatic brain injury.

In other news, scientists are investigating whether the drug erythropoietin (EPO), sometimes used illegally by athletes, could be used to help brain injury patients, the Australian Associated Press has reported.

Research has indicated that the adult brain generates a small number of new neurons, and it is believed this effect could be increased by the medication.

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