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Getting your head when you fallon the ground you their way a

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traumatic brain injury or TB. I canaffect your long term mental

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health doctors and medical specialistsaround the pacific are

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using the month of march to spreadawareness about TB allies

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tech sergeant. Michael jackson reports.

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Trip your army medical centers cancaution clinic held an open

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house as part of traumatic braininjury awareness month your

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but house gave click staff a chanceto share information about

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brain injuries with patientsand healthcare providers.

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The goals to encourage people acrossthe pacific to seek screening

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and treatment if they get injuredwere asking each of our different

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in Ts in the pacific region to alsodo the same kind of publicity

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and promotion about the informationthat's available about TB.

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I so that their communities whetherit be I'm garrison ports

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in the greater it area on willbecome more familiar with that

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and the key people will start tosee Cal sooner rather than later

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or never our traumatic brain injuriesamong military members

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happen during both on and off dutyactivities. It statistics

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across a military actually eighty% happened years somewhat of

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the o'clock since we do see a numberthose fall sports injuries

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training action scenes like thatservice members can contact

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their medical providers or the defenseand veterans brain injury

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center at double U double U doubleU dot D the be icy dot org

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to get more information abouttraumatic brain injuries.

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Military treatment facilities liketripping also offer several

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services to help people get thekind of treatment they need.

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Tech surgeon michael jackson tripor army medical center away..

