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Army begins testing of Iraq-bound soldiers' brains
Associated Press
Published September 20, 2007
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Before they leave for Iraq, thousands of troops with the 101st Airborne Division line up at laptop computers to take a test: basic math, matching numbers and symbols, and identifying patterns. They press a button quickly to measure response time. It's all part of a fledgling Army program that records how soldiers' brains work when healthy, giving doctors baseline data to help diagnose and treat them if they come back with a traumatic brain injury - the signature injury of the Iraq war. The mandatory brain-function tests are starting with the 101st at Fort Campbell and are expected to spread to other military bases in the next couple of months.
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by Patricia
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09/20/07 07:14 PM
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Returning injured soldiers have high rates of traumatic brain injury, and the army has minimized disability claims, based on the apalling argument that the injured soldiers weren't too bright to begin with. see Washington Post original expose
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