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US military employs 'improved brain injury screening'RSS Feed
The US military is putting more emphasis on detecting brain injury among troops.
From 2000 to 2006, an average of 13,000 brain injuries were detected among troops each year, reports the Associated Press.
During the 2007 to 2010 period, some 28,000 of these were diagnosed each year, according to the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center.
The military believe this is due to improved screening rather than more injuries, with concussion and mild injuries also classed as brain injury.
According to the news agency, Jacob Gadd, deputy director for health care for The American Legion reflected: "I think that they've given it a lot of funding.
"They’re looking at research, they're looking at treatment. They’re doing everything they can. It's just a matter of having the science."
Meanwhile, a study conducted at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California discovered that giving troops a larger helmet encompassing more padding could reduce impact of a blow to the skull by 24 per cent, reports USA today.
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