Undiagnosed brain injury - the hidden legacy of Iraq
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MoD begins study amid fears that up to 20,000 soldiers may be affected after being exposed to high-velocity explosions.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The war in Iraq is not over, but one legacy is already here in this city and others across America: an epidemic of brain-damaged soldiers.
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LONDON -- Doctors working for the US military in Iraq collaborated with interrogators in the abuse of detainees at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, profoundly breaching medical ethics and human rights, a bioethicist charges in The Lancet medical journal.
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US troops injured in Iraq have required limb amputations at twice the rate of past wars, and as many as 20 percent have suffered head and neck injuries that may require a lifetime of care, according to new data giving the clearest picture yet of the severity of battlefield wounds.
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Correspondent Michael Weisskopf had his right hand blown off in Iraq. This is the story of how he rebuilt his life - and what he learned from the soldiers who lost even more
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There isn't enough evidence to tell if most treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder work, says a scientific review that highlights the urgency of finding answers as thousands of suffering veterans return from Iraq.
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A new scientific study estimates that as many as 100,000 Iraqi civilians died in the US-led invasion and its aftermath. The study, reported in a respected international medical journal, says
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Two Latvian soldiers sustained injuries in a car accident in Iraq on December 14, one of them will be transported back to Latvia, LETA learned at the Ministry of Defense.
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If Americans were not embarrassed enough when the Abu Ghraib atrocities came to light, and when researchers of John Hopkins University and Columbia University reported in October that up to 100,000 Iraqis have died during the US-led attack, they were in
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People with brain injuries are missing out on the support they need to enable them to return to work, experts say.
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The Army is trying to teach all of its soldiers to recognize symptoms of brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder &#151; and not be ashamed of seeking treatment for the signature injuries of the Iraq war.
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With Maoist attacks on the rise in Nepal, authorities apprehend large-scale displacement of people. In fact, a good indicator of this âflight of passageâ is a newspaper report on Iraq-bound Nepalese that
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Nearly a third of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who received care from Veterans Affairs between 2001 and 2005 were diagnosed with mental health or psychosocial ills, a new study concludes. Of nearly 104,000 veterans studied, more than half (56 percent) were diagnosed with two or more disorders.
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Some of worst incidents of U.S. casualties in Iraq since the ouster of Saddam Hussein:
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Justin Strzelczykâs brain damage adds to the evidence that longtime football players might endure hidden brain trauma.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (08/12/04) - A former US Marine has testified before a Canadian asylum tribunal that his unit had killed more than 30 innocent Iraqi civilians in only two days, news agencies reported.
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A different perspective on the war in Iraq: behind the scenes at a hospital.