Getting Soldiers the Treatment They Deserve (Rep. Baron Hill)
When my fellow Hoosier colleague Congressman Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) asked me to cosponsor his bill that provides more options in the care received by soldiers suffering Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI), I...
View ArticleWe Need to Educate, Assist Families Dealing with TBI (Rep. Bob Filner)
The Veterans Affairs Committee's symposium on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Wednesday was intended to open up the broader thought process of how to make certain that we have the capacity, the...
View ArticleSenate Takes Action on Traumatic Brain Injury (Sen. Mike Enzi)
Sen. Enzi is ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Each year, approximately 1.5 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury, causing significant, often...
View ArticleDurbin tells Obama to promote strict youth concussion policy
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told President Obama to support his efforts to reduce health risks to young athletes who get concussions.Durbin has called for a strict “when in doubt, sit it out” policy so...
View Article21st Century Cures Act will change lives for the better
Advances in biomedical and pharmaceutical research continue to occur at a dizzying pace. Yet the process of moving these discoveries out of the lab and into the real world where they can benefit people...
View ArticleCongress needs to recognize the seriousness of football-related brain injuries
It’s just a ding, the coach would tell the parents. He will be okay. He needs to be a man and get tougher. Everything is fine. This is what I heard growing up in a place where football was valued more...
View Article3 Mississippi cops charged with murder for the 2019 death of George Robinson
A Mississippi grand jury on Thursday indicted three law enforcement officers on charges of second-degree murder in the death of 62-year-old George Robinson last year.According to the Hinds County grand...
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