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The Army Sees Mortars as Safe. Troops Report Signs of Brain Injury.

After firing about 10,000 mortar rounds during four years of training, one soldier who joined the Army with near-perfect scores…

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Colorado Bill Aims to Protect Consumer Brain Data

Consumers have grown accustomed to the prospect that their personal data, such as email addresses, social contacts, browsing history and…

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Ice Skating and the Brain

Ice Skating and the Brain How do champion skaters accomplish their extraordinary jumps and spins? Brain science is uncovering clues.…

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The Maine Shooter’s Traumatic Brain Injury Didn’t Have to Happen

It’s hard to explain how it feels to be behind an artillery piece when it fires. First is the roaring…

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Wide Ramifications Seen for Brain Damage Found in Maine Gunman

Exposure to blasts, even at low levels, may play a much greater role in veterans’ mental health struggles than has…

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Profound Damage Found in Maine Gunman’s Brain, Possibly From Blasts

A laboratory found a pattern of cell damage that has been seen in veterans exposed to weapons blasts, and said…

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An Ultrasound Experiment Tackles a Giant Problem in Brain Medicine

The effects of drugs that treat Alzheimer’s, cancer and other illnesses are often limited by the blood-brain barrier. A small…

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Did Army Blast Exposure Play Role in Maine Gunman’s Rampage?

After a 40-year-old Army Reservist named Robert Card went on a shooting spree in Lewiston, Maine, in October, his community…

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U.S. Troops Still Train on Weapons With Known Risk of Brain Injury

A blast shattered the stillness of a meadow in the Ozark Mountains on an autumn afternoon. Then another, and another,…

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The Human Brain Has a Dizzying Array of Mystery Cells

Researchers identified some 3,300 types of brain cells, an order of magnitude more than was previously known, and have only…

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