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March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. Let’s learn more, together.

Brain injuries can happen to anyone, anywhere at any time. The important thing to know is that you’re not alone, which is the primary theme of Brain Injury Awareness Month organized by the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA). At least 2.5 million children and adults sustain traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in the U.S. each […]

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“The most important thing is to know you are not alone” — Member Vicki opens up about her TBI

Vicki (Vickikayb) is an avid gardener, volunteers at a wildlife rehabilitation center and loves to cheer on the Kentucky Wildcats. She’s also been living with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) since 2004. In a recent interview, Vicki shared how she lives a full life in spite of her condition and how it’s inspired a new

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Brain Injury Awareness Month: Roxana’s story from our partners at One Mind

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, so we’re sharing the story of Roxana Delgado, whose husband Victor is one of the 2.5 million Americans who survive traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) each year.1 In this video from our partners at One Mind, Roxana opens up about the challenges of caring for Victor after he suffered a

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From our partners at One Mind: Zack Lystedt’s football story

Accidents happen, anywhere to anyone. Whether it’s from playing soccer or football, snowboarding, riding a bike, competing in synchronized swimming, slipping on ice or falling off of a ladder. In sports, even with the best safety procedures in place, there are still accidents. That’s why our partners at One Mind have started the #TreatBrainsBetter campaign.

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Joining the effort to find answers from brain diseases and injuries

In honor of Veterans Day, we wanted to share two stories from our partner, One Mind. First, the story of retired Colonel Gregory Gadson, who was wounded during his military service and was living with post-traumatic stress (PTS). PTS affects more than 7.7 million Americans each year. The second video shares the story of Roxana

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“I’m happy to say that I’ve made tremendous progress” – An interview with PTS and TBI member Trevor

Trevor Martin, a Veteran of the United States Army was deployed to Afghanistan twice from 2009 to 2012 and was later diagnosed with both a mild TBI and PTS. He joined PatientsLikeMe to connect with others living from these conditions. Our friends over at PatientsLikeMe sat down with Trevor to learn more about his life

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Give veterans access to the care they need

By Peter Chiarelli, retired U.S. Army general & CEO of our partner One Mind As originally seen in the Washington Post Soldiers listen as U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter (not pictured) holds a question-and-answer session with U.S.military personnel at Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar February 22, 2015. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)   The high-grossing film “American Sniper” was

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