For War's Wounded, Space to Heal
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With the fanfare of military music and a jump by paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division scheduled to mark the event, the Army will open an amputee center today at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in an attempt to better rehabilitate the troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who have lost...
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Thousands of U.S. troops with physical injuries and mental health problems are encountering a benefits system that is already overburdened.
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NBC News is planning a  major multiplatform push for a weeklong series on the medical  care of soldiers wounded in the Iraq war.
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When wounded troops arrive at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center they often are wearing the same clothes they were wearing when they were injured; usually a dirty desert camouflage uniform, sometimes just a pair ...
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The military medical system must be redirected to meet the needs of the large numbers of seriously wounded soldiers from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, they said.
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-- Traumatic brain injury, described as the signature wound of the Iraq war, may be less to blame for soldiers' symptoms than doctors once thought, contends a provocative military study that suggests post-traumatic stress and depression often play a role.
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Children and their families, shattered by war, find care for devastating wounds in Jordan.
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U.S. military hospitals treated a significant number of wounded and sick children in the early years of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, a new study finds, and military doctors say children keep arriving at their hospitals today.
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ABCâs Bob Woodruff tells his story of surviving an explosion in Iraq with candor and restraint, then focuses on those who return and do not heal as thoroughly.
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For many soldiers and family members, the repercussions of wartime deployments are one of the toughest, least discussed byproducts of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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In the sixth floor speech therapy lab at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, Specialist Hugo Gonzalez is working to rebuild what he&#39;s lost.
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BAGHDAD -- In a city with few real refuges from sectarian violence -- not government offices, not military bases, not even mosques -- one place always emerged as a safe haven: hospitals.
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Behind the door of Army Spec. Jeremy Duncan's room, part of the wall is torn and hangs in the air, weighted down with black mold. When the wounded combat engineer stands in his shower and looks up, he can see the bathtub on the floor above through a rotted hole. The entire building, constructed...
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As thousands more wounded troops return from Iraq and Afghanistan, occupational therapists are now caring for a new generation of soldiers, working to return them to civilian life or the military using a variety of rehabilitation programs.
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ATLANTA - Scientists hope a high-tech virtual experience that mimics the battlegrounds of Iraq can be used to help veterans recover from the trauma of war.
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LANDSTUHL, Germany - The number of injured US military personnel arriving at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center this week â-ost from the offensive against insurgents in the Iraqi city of Fallujah â -ched its highest level since April, a US
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FRANKFURT: Medical staff members at a US military hospital in southwest Germany are expanding bed capacity to care for a stream of wounded from Falluja, officials said Thursday.