Friday, December 5, 2008

Vets' Brain Injuries Linked To Long Term Health Problems

from Medical news Today:

A report by a non-profit US medical organization suggests that military
personnel who suffer severe or moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI)
are at greater risk of long term health problems including
Alzheimer's-like dementia, aggression, symptoms similar to Parkinson's
disease, depression, and memory loss.


Titled "Gulf War and Health: Volume 7: Long-Term Consequences of
Traumatic Brain Injury", the report is published by the National
Academies press and compiled by a committee of experts working under
the auspices of the Institute of Medicine. The study was funded by the
US Department of Veteran Affairs....

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