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Article: MILITARY MEDICAL EXPERTS HOPE TO DISPEL MYTHS, ADVANCE TREATMENT FOR MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

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March 24, 2009
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SCHWEINFURT, Germany, March 17 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release:

By Mark Heeter U.S. Army Garrison Schweinfurt Public Affairs Office

Get a good night's sleep.

That is a seemingly simple, yet sometimes complicated, goal and advice from medical professionals as part of a reintegration program for redeploying Soldiers who might have suffered traumatic brain injuries, said Brig. Gen. Keith Gallagher, commander of Europe Regional Medical Command.

"When you come back from Afghanistan or Iraq, part of the screening program process is (confirming) if you had multiple concussive injuries 'downrange,'" Gallagher said.

The objective of the reintegration is to "get you to where you ...

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