FROM ARMY TIMES...
The Army says it has begun trials of a simple blood test that can diagnose traumatic brain injuries, a signature wound of the war that is nevertheless tough to detect.
The study of more than 1,600 patients will culminate with submission of its findings to the Food and Drug Administration by year's end, according to Col. Dallas Hack of the Army's Combat Casualty Care Research Program.
In the military, one of the leading causes of traumatic brain injuries is blasts from roadside bombs. By 2010, roughly 20,000 brain injury cases had been diagnosed in the Army and more than 30,000 cases were diagnosed across the services, according to Defense Department statistics.
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