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Article: Traumatic brain injury is no joke: ; We should all work to fashion better treatment
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- July 2, 2008
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THE Daily Mail's June 24 article on traumatic brain injury June
is important in America, not just for veterans with TBI, but as a
wake-up call.
Between 5.3 and 6.5 million people are disabled from brain
injuries at any given time. There are 2 million people brain injured
each year, so attrition is obviously high.
Traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death of children
and elderly in America. Brain injuries are the fourth leading cause
of death of people 44 and under.
A quarter of a million people are hospitalized each year, and
50,000 of those die. The cost of brain injury is $48 billion
annually.
More Americans died of brain injuries between 1981 and 1993 than
have been killed in ...
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......Jersey, has introduced the Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2006 (H.R. 5738...expansion and improvement of traumatic brain injury programs." The bill, introduced...the legislation follows:Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2006H.R. 5738To amend...
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