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Health & Wellness News tagged with soldiers

Tens of Thousands Have Traumatic Brain Injury - Our Troops Need Help
Health & Wellness  (tags: Americans, brain injury, environment, government, health, healthcare, medicine, prevention, protection, soldiers, veterans )

Kit
- 268 days ago - truthout.org
Between 45,000 and 90,000 troops have been treated for traumatic brain injury symptoms ranging from headaches to vision problems to an inability to function beyond a coma state.
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Army Battles Traumatic Brain Injuries
Health & Wellness  (tags: army, soldiers, health, brain, injuries, Marines, Iraq, Afghanistan, traumatic, explosion )

Sky Bird
- 679 days ago - news14.com
FAYETTEVILLE -- The Army is mobilizing its resources to fight a serious threat to soldiers' health. They estimate that as many as 10-20 percent of soldiers and Marines returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from a traumatic brain injury caused by a...
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What the Government Isn't Publicizing - The Opportunistic Pathogens Coming Home With Out Veterans
Health & Wellness  (tags: patghogens, opportunistic infections, mosquitos, Leishmaniasis, Acinetobacter baumanni, deadly disease, troops, soldiers, Iraq, Afghanistan )

RC
- 771 days ago - iraqinfections.org
Now this is something I've never seen onthe news. Our troops are picking up deadly pathogens & diseases while serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. and bringing them home. The government has kept this a pretty big secret, thus creating the danger of spread.
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Revamp Urged for Care of Veterans
Health & Wellness  (tags: US, Veterans, Iraq, Iraq war, Congress, legislation, healthcare, disability, US troops, Afghanistan, injured, wounded, soldiers, family-assistance, long-term rehab )

ON VACATI
- 774 days ago - washingtonpost.com
President Bush sent legislation to Congress yesterday to revamp the health-care and disability system for U.S troops wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan by eliminating duplicative bureaucracy and providing more assistance to families dealing with the long-term
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The Doctor, the Depleted Uranium, and the Dying Children   video
Health & Wellness  (tags: alert, depleted, uranium, soldiers, ammunition, children, Americans, British )

Alf
- 779 days ago - video.google.com
Depleted uranium ammunition proved to cause rare cancers, birth defects, and other horrific effects. The doctor who exposed these facts has been hounded and vilified by the governments to blaim. This is not just about Iraqis, it affects the soldiers who
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