Many of our military men and women suffer mild head injuries which some experts are thinking may be causing a multitude of neurological deficiencies. A recent study by the military is the first effort to determine the effect of such head injuries.

“About one in six combat troops returning from Iraq have suffered at least one concussion in the war, injuries that, while temporary, could heighten their risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers are reporting.”

“The study, in The New England Journal of Medicine, is the military’s first large-scale effort to gauge the effect of mild head injuries — concussions, many of them from roadside blasts — that some experts worry may be causing a host of undiagnosed neurological deficiencies.”
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