In this interview with Link’s John Hamilton, journalist Aaron Glantz speaks about the challenges veterans face when they return home from war, including PTSD, a poor economy, and a hostile government. Glantz also describes the difficulty injured veterans - particularly those with PTSD or traumat...
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) 13 People who sustain a traumatic brain injury, even of mild severity, remain at increased risk for epilepsy for at least 10 years, according to a study published online February 23 by The Lancet. Prior research has shown that traumatic brain injury carries a ...
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The number of post-traumatic stress cases of soldiers coming home from war has skyrocketed in recent years. Instead of taking drugs or other medication, some soldiers are finding hope and courage in the animals they adopt from the battlefield.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) 13 In most infants who undergo fluoroscopy guided lumbar puncture (LP), the procedure will introduce red blood cells into the cerebrospinal fluid, which can cause diagnostic problems, new research shows. The rate of these so-called traumatic LPs in children ...
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A virtual reality game, called 'Virtual Iraq,' is helping soldiers deal with mental scars, like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Kasey-Dee Gardner reports.
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In battle fallen soldiers are never left behind. Once these dogs become part of the family, the soldiers can’t bear to leave them in Iraq once they go home.
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Injured soldiers that come through Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany are being diagnosed traumatic brain injury at the rate of nearly 25 percent.
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One morning a soldier awakes to find something crawling in his sleeping bag. With visions of the dreaded camel spider he looks down to see the face of Lava, an orphan puppy, who then licks his face!
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(NECN: Latoyia Edwards, Boston, Mass.) - Nearly one in five U.S. troops suffer from depression or stress disorders. The Home Base Program provides support and services to veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, who return home with post....
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room. The final chapter is Matt the Vietnam Veteran. Intoxicated he sits with a friend, Tattoo Tommy in an empty theater describing how he lives each day with his memories of the past. A 1961 farewell speech by President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns the viewer of the dangers of the Military Indust...
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