Monday, December 20, 2010

Pentagon Plan Won't Cover Brain-Damage Therapy


Pentagon Plan Won't Cover Brain-Damage Therapy

December 20, 2010 (NPR) – During the past few decades, scientists have become increasingly persuaded that people who suffer brain injuries benefit from what is called cognitive rehabilitation therapy — a lengthy, painstaking process in which patients relearn basic life tasks such as counting, cooking or remembering directions to get home.

Many neurologists, several major insurance companies and even some medical facilities run by the Pentagon agree that the therapy can help people whose functioning has been diminished by blows to the head. (continue reading...)

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