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Researchers have diagnosed chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a Major League Soccer player for the first time, saying Tuesday that former Sporting Kansas City defender Scott Vermillion suffered from the degenerative brain disease.

It is estimated more than 600,000 veterans live with flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety, or other symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) offers interactive programs, peer support, rehabilitative mental health workshops, access to clinical care, as well as intensive outpatient treatment through its Warrior Care Network to help veterans manage PTSD, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and combat stress.

"We Want to Know Whose Brain Is Healing and Why" In a study, Dr. Jennifer Coughlin observed brain activity that may help predict the onset of trauma-related illnesses and cognitive decline. N.F.L. players are helping to further her research.

Researchers found that people hospitalized for a major traumatic brain injury (TBI) had a higher risk of developing dementia. However, minor TBIs (concussions with a hospital stay of less than one day) did not increase the risk of dementia.

The American Legion Post 31 in Shinnston, WV was working on an initiative to help lower the veteran suicide rate in Harrison County. Then expand across the state.

Dawn Cutillo explained how hormone imbalances can cause brain fog and offered some solutions for it. -- For more helpful tips on how to beat brain fog visit our feature article on Neurofatigue.

“There’s times the anxiety is so bad it shrinks my life."

Jason Kander became a political star with a blindfold on. In a breakthrough campaign ad, the young war veteran assembled an assault rifle without looking.

"I just didn't want people to think I was faking. And I was not. I was actually in a lot of pain." On April 18, Khalia Carter of Fort Myers, Florida was hit by a driver with a blood-alcohol level three times the legal limit, according to the police report from the crash. The crash left her with traumatic brain injuries.

For 1 in 3 people who've had COVID-19, the disease turns debilitating and chronic. Now there are specialized clinics--with long waits.

Older adults who have survived COVID-19 are more likely than younger patients to have persistent symptoms such as fatigue, breathlessness, muscle aches, heart palpitations, headaches, joint pain, and difficulty with memory and concentration — problems linked to long COVID.

On social media, exercises that aim to “tone” one of our body’s longest nerves have been touted as a cure-all for anxiety and other psychological ailments. Here’s what the research says.