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Former Atlanta Falcons linebacker Buddy Curry, second from left, approaches the podium to testify during a state House committee hearing on House Bill 673 on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, in Atlanta. With him are current Falcons, kicker Matt Bryant, left, wide receiver Kevin Cone, third from...

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CORRECTS BYLINE TO DEIRDRE HAMILL - Dr. Robert Spetzler, right, talks about Sam Schmid's brain injury during a news conference at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix on Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. Schmid, an Arizona college student believed to be brain dead and poised to be an organ...

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Brent Masel, national medical director of the Brain Injury Association of America, speaks about treatment for traumatic brain injuries, Thursday, April 7, 2011, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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In this Spring, 2004, provided by Dr. Ken Lee, Lee, back right, carries an injured soldier at a medical clinic in Babylon, Iraq. Lee suffered a brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder after he was nearly killed in a suicide bomber attacked in Baghdad, Iraq. Now as the last...

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In this photo taken on June 30, 2011, Dr. Ivan Covas-Maldonado discusses traumatic brain injury, or TBI and other problematic symptoms at Fort Carson, Colo. Thousands of soldiers have suffered from various degrees of TBI after nearly 10 years of a military presence in Afghanistan.

AP Photo 7 months ago

In this photo taken on June 30, 2011, soldiers from Fort Carson, Colo. , returning from a deployment to Afghanistan, begin the process of determining traumatic brain injury, or TBI, and other problematic symptoms at the Army base during a briefing within the Soldier Readiness Center.

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In this Dec. 14, 2011 photo, Dr. Ken Lee talks about his injuries in Iraq in 2004. Lee had a brain injury and PTSD after a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad. He's using his unique experience _ as a doctor, patient and combat veteran _ to call attention to the effects of combat trauma that...

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FILE - This Dec. 8, 2011 file photo shows trainers tending to Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy (12) after he was hit by Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker James Harrison in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game in Pittsburgh. In a series of interviews with The Associated...

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In this photo released by the Bartal family, Albert Bartal is shown at San Francisco General Hospital. Police said Wednesday 22-year-old Eduardo Shaparo Esquivel was arrested in the attack on 29-year-old Albert Bartal of San Francisco. Bartal remains in critical condition with a...

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A man displays a banner to police officers to protest police brutality against Scott Olsen and others as Occupy LA protesters march through the downtown financial district, in solidarity with Occupy Oakland protesters, in Los Angeles, California November 2, 2011. Scott Olsen, a...

Reuters Pictures 3 months ago

Signs and pumpkins are displayed for former U.S. Marine Scott Olsen, who was injured in last week's Occupy Oakland protests, near Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, California November 1, 2011. Olsen, a 24-year-old former U.S. Marine who had served two tours in Iraq, was struck in the head...

Reuters Pictures 3 months ago

People walk past signs for former U.S. Marine Scott Olsen, who was injured in last week's Occupy Oakland protests, near Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, California November 1, 2011. Olsen, a 24-year-old former U.S. Marine who had served two tours in Iraq, was struck in the head during the...

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FILE - This Oct. 16, 2011 file photo shows San Francisco 49ers defensive end Justin Smith (94) sacking Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game in Detroit. In a series of interviews with The Associated Press, 23 of 44 NFL players said...

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FILE - This Sept. 18, 2011 file photo shows Washington Redskins' linebacker London Fletcher reacting in the final moments of the second half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals in Landover, Md. In a series of interviews with The Associated Press, 23 of 44 NFL players...

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The Ahead(TM) EU-100 hand-held device for acquiring and analyzing EEG recordings from patients suspected of a brain injury.

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Alabama National Guard 1st Lt. Antone Williams dries off after tubing with his brother during a day of activities at the Adaptive Aquatics facility on Lay Lake in Wilsonville, Ala. , Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. Williams, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in Kandahar in 2010 and lost his...

AP Photo 6 months ago

Army SFC Vic Birdseye smiles during a day of activities at the Adaptive Aquatics facility on Lay Lake in Wilsonville, Ala. , Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. Birdseye, 36, of Gold Hill, Ore. , sang as he skied for the first time ever despite a brain injury that has left him in constant pain...

AP Photo 6 months ago

Alabama National Guard 1st Lt. Antone Williams walks through his devastated neighborhood in Pleasant Grove, Ala. , Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. Williams, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in Kandahar in 2010 and lost his home to a twister on April 27, is among the troops participating in...

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This Jan. 12, 2012 photo shows Benoit Valentin of the French National team standing over the superpipe at Park City Mountain Resort in Park City, Utah, as the team prepares for the Winter X Games. Though they just arrived at this Utah mountain town, they know this is the pipe where...

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In this Jan. 12, 2012 photo, French national team freestyle coach Greg Guenet watches his skiers train on the superpipe as they prepare for the Winter X Games at Park City Mountain Resort in Park City, Utah. Though they just arrived at this Utah mountain town, they know this is the pipe...

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In this Jan. 12, 2012 photo, members of the French National team practice for the Winter X Games as a shadow is cast into the 22-foot superpipe at Park City Mountain Resort in Park City, Utah. Though they just arrived at this Utah mountain town, they know this is the pipe where Canadian...

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Sgt. Mark Miranda, a public affairs specialist stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, demonstrates the use of a program for tablet computers and smart phones that is designed to help calm symptoms of post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury, Friday, July 22,...

AP Photo 7 months ago

Ryan Lamke posses for a photograph in Washington on Thursday, July 14, 2011. Lamke was a corporal in the Marine Corps and served as an infantry assault man in Iraq. While in Fallujah, Iraq in 2005, he sustained traumatic brain injury, orthopedic injuries to his left arm and post...

AP Photo 7 months ago

In this photo taken on June 30, 2011, Spc. Bob Westbrook, left, who has been on recent deployments to Afghanistan, has been receiving state-of-the-art treatment and rehabilitation from the Army base's Warrior Recovery Center because of a TBI, or a Traumatic Brain Injury, in Fort Carson,...

AP Photo 7 months ago

In this photo taken on June 30, 2011, Spc. Bob Westbrook, who has been on recent deployments to Afghanistan, has been receiving state-of-the-art treatment and rehabilitation from the Army base's Warrior Recovery Center because of traumatic brain injury, in Fort Carson, Colo. Westbrook...