Three hundred thousand soldiers have suffered brain injuries

[Paper Roses]

in Iraq and Afghanistan according to a report I just heard on NECN, New England Cable News.

There was a short story about some new medical device that would help Doc'ds and Medics identify the severity of these injuries and better provide treatment.

This is such a horror story. It leads to the next question in my mind. How many injuries have there been to our men and women that have not been made public. The figure must be astronomical.

Pain, injury and death, wrecked lives,and a destroyed economy.

I will never comprehend this useless waste.

[midnight]

1. I sure hope that their service to our country allows them the same

insurance our elected official who serve our country believe they are entitled to....

[WinkyDink]

2. There are no other jobs for the soldiers; war-profiteers rule the US; the Top 1% economy is fine.

There you have it.

[FBaggins]

3. You can't have heard right

I'm sure that we've had over 300k troops cycle through there over the last several years... But we haven had that many casualties, let alone that many brain injuries.

The report you saw dealt with vets over 55 and included almost 300k people. They weren't all vets from Iraq/Afghanistan and didn't all have brain injuries.

[pinboy3niner]

4. DoD reports 332,000 soldiers with TBI since 2000

According to official Defense Department (DOD) figures, 332,000 soldiers have suffered brain injuries since 2000, although most independent experts estimate that the number is over 400,000. Many of these are mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI), a term that is profoundly misleading.

http://www.alternet.org/world/151376/epidemic:_over_400,000_traumatic_brain_injuries_for_vets_coming_from_iraq_

The report referenced in the OP is about TBI generally, not just troop injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan:

About 1.7 million people experience a TBI each year, mostly because of falls and car accidents. TBI also is referred to as the "signature wound" of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, where TBI accounts for 22% of casualties overall and 59% of blast-related injuries, Yaffe says.

http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/medical/alzheimers/story/2011/07/Traumatic-brain-injury-doubles-risk-of-Alzheimers/49472436/1?csp=ylf

[tekisui]

5. There was a recent study that showed an increase risk of dementia and

alzheimer's for those who have received even minor head/brain injuries. So sad.