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TBI Therapy and Nutrition: IOM report releases April 20

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Nutrition research is pointing to ways that nutrients or diets may lessen the effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI), raising the possibility that the US Department of Defense might be able to use nutritional approaches to help personnel who receive a TBI.

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