Source: USA Today
What has been called the "signature wound" of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan— the mild brain damage troops suffer from a roadside bomb — might be so unique in its destruction that it could be a newly discovered disease, scientists say. "Most of us in this room would concur that this (blast-induced brain injury) disease ... perhaps does require a separate category," Army Col. Geoffrey Ling, a neurologist, told a roomful of colleagues at a brain-injury convention this year. "It may actually have some unique features to it, which makes it a very interesting new disease." Read more...
