Middle-age veterans who experienced concussions due to blasts from explosive devices may have biomarkers in their spinal fluid similar to people who develop Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study published in the March ...
Mar 13, 2024
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The rising use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has resulted in thousands of service members emerging from combat zones without working sex organs or any chance of having biological children, according to a new study ...
Apr 3, 2023
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Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists have improved upon the 3-D bioprinting technique they developed to engineer skeletal muscle as a potential therapy for replacing diseased or damaged muscle ...
Feb 25, 2020
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Many soldiers returning from combat bear visible scars, or even lost limbs, caused by blasts from improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. However, some servicemen also return with debilitating hidden injuries—the loss of ...
Apr 23, 2018
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Scientists have identified a distinctive pattern of injury in the brains of eight deceased military personnel who survived high explosive attacks and died between 4 days and 9 years later from their injuries or other causes.
Jun 9, 2016
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Individuals with mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI), particularly those who have had loss of consciousness (LOC), show structural brain abnormalities in their white matter as measured by Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI).
Apr 22, 2015
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(HealthDay)—The tools of war have changed. With the increased use of powerful explosive devices, men and women patrolling on foot in bomb-laced areas of combat are increasingly suffering traumatic injuries to the groin ...
Feb 21, 2014
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Modern combat and the global war on terror, with increased use of improvised explosive devices, have led to a nearly 350% increased rate of genitourinary injuries. The often debilitating long-term sexual, psychological, fertility, ...
Jan 28, 2014
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Antioxidants, dietary supplements and high-tech brain imaging are among some of the novel strategies that may help detect, treat and even prevent noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus among American troops, according to ...
Sep 6, 2012
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(Medical Xpress) -- During the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, blast injuries resulting from improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, and roadsides bombs took countless lives and left thousands of soldiers who managed to ...
Nov 10, 2011
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