Brain injuries in U.S. combat veterans largely undiagnosed »
Posted By ameliog 1 year, 3 months ago in Science & TechnologyThese symptoms, which may be subtle and may not surface for weeks or months after their return, are often debilitating enough to hobble lives and livelihoods. To this day, some veterans - it is impossible to know how many - remain unscreened, their symptoms undiagnosed. Mild brain injury was widely overlooked by the military and the veterans health system until recently.
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alakazam1 year, 3 months ago
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What can one say to article after article like this?
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How long will it be allowed to continue?
What I want to know is when the people who claim to Love America and be concerned about it's political processes but waste all their time flinging political poodoo at each other are going to DO something about it.
How about some Bipartisan effort for the U.S. Vets? -
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miklkit1 year, 3 months ago
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This will continue as long as the republicons control the purse strings. Exxon john McSame has the worst record on Veterans support, voting with dumbya 95% of the time.
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We have to change our government to change the way our Veterans are treated. -
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kritikit1 year, 3 months ago
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it makes me not want to serve my country. it makes me mad. what exactly are we fighting for, what are all these brain injuries worth. or is it just a ploy to say that the returning soldiers are brain damaged and we should not trust there accounts of the war. its sounds like a set up for a smoke screen
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donald511 year, 3 months ago
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Wasn't it only about 6 months ago that an Air Force Colonel at teh Pentagon said that the military had not even attempted to test for the signature injury of the Iraq war for two years.... the traumatic brain injury from IEDs!
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These repugs lie that they take care of the military! Its all an excuse to let sole source unaudited contracts and spend money on big problems like star wars that we, nor the world, doesn't need.... the money can be better spent helping Americans recover from these injuries, if possible at all!
McCain or McBush, whatever you want to call him, is right on with the corrupt, uncaring repugs on taking car of our soldiers! Bomb Bomb Iran... to get more injured soldiers for nothing! -
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crespi1 year, 3 months ago
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Isn't interesting that Obama has helped so many wounded veterans while the Republicans have cut funding for our soldiers' battle related head traumas?
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NOW, of course, the Neocon right is trying to damage control their indifference toward our wounded vets.
But go back a few years and look who voted AGAINST our troops' care...
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