Showing posts with label traumatic brain injury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label traumatic brain injury. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Veterans Day


Today is Veterans Day.  We honor our military on this day in recognition of their service to our country.  Without them, we would not be the strong nation we are today.

However, as a country, we are failing in our duty to provide for them.  Many

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Veterans Day




Today we honor our brave and dedicated veterans who defend the freedoms we so often take for granted.  Many of them will be severely affected by epilepsy.  Over 440,000 soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan will experience Traumatic Brain Injury and more than 100,000 will develop Post Traumatic Epilepsy.  We must fight to find a cure as they fight to keep our country free.

Thank you for your service!

Source:  Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE)  https://www.facebook.com/CUREforEpilepsy?fref=nf


Thursday, September 11, 2014

9/11 The Military and Epilepsy

Memorial From World Trade Center Tower 1

It’s the thirteenth anniversary of 9/11—the World Trade Center bombings in 2001.  This is when we officially started the War Against Terrorism.  Since then, our military has been on high alert. Our troops have been deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan.  They have done tours all over the world at a moments’ notice.