Med Schools Pledge Greater Focus on Military, PTSD

More than 100 medical schools nationwide, including the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Thursday pledged to work to enhance “the wellness of America’s veterans, service members and their families” and seek to improve care and research into traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.

The schools, through the Joining Forces initiative – launched by First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden – made a pledge to do their part in improving support and services to members of the military...