War Veterans and Traumatic Brain Injuries

 

Improvised explosive devices (IEDs), also known as, roadside bombs, have become extremely sophisticated since they were first used against our soldiers in Iraq. The insurgents have been able to improve from those used in the past through trial and error, there is some possibility that the explosives used are improving with help from Iran, and [...]

War Veterans and Traumatic Brain Injury

Each year the number of U.S. veterans increases as soldiers returning from America’s most recent wars come home. However, as the survivors are welcomed home after pursuing a dutiful career serving their country, a new generation of men and women suffering from mild- to severe-traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are greeted with battled medical budgets and [...]

Families Welcome Home War Veterans With Tbi

Copyright (c) 2008 Katie Kelley
Brain injury is not only one of the most common injuries among Americans, it has also become one of the most common and expensive injuries that soldiers, now veterans, are coming home with.
With an average of 1.4 [...]

Interview – Mike Hoffman – Iraq Veterans Against the War

Interview with Mike Hoffman co-founder of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) recorded May 24, 2005. For more info: www.ivaw.org

Research Shows Veterans Overcoming Ptsd

 
Santa Rosa, CA: Researchers have published findings indicating that PTSD may be successfully treated in veterans in just six therapy sessions, without drugs, opening the possibility of help for the estimated 300,000 troops returning from Iraq or Afghanistan with traumatic stress disorders.
 
According to a pilot study published in the latest issue of the peer-reviewed International [...]

Is it good to have Veterans protest the Iraq war?

I often hear the remark that if there were a draft today, there would be more young people speaking out against the war, and this would bring the war to an end. But we had a draft for over 10 years during the Viet Nam war. I believe that it was the returning [...]

WHY ARE THERE HOMELESS VETERANS IN AMERICA?

United States homeless veterans include a significant growing number from the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.  Many suffer from post traumatic stress disorder and severe sleep deprivation.  Often those who have never suffered from the inability to sleep are unaware of how great of a toll such a problem has, in preventing those who [...]

Iraq War Veterans Interviewed by Henry Rollins Part 1

libertymaven.com 2 Iraq war veterans are interviewed here by Henry Rollins. Part 1. Footage from this interview was used in the other Liberty Maven video: Ron Paul: Troops Are Human

Veterans of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are Affected by Mental Health Disorders

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan no longer dominate the evening news or the public’s consciousness. According to a recent poll, only 16 percent of Americans name the Iraq war as the story that first comes to mind when asked what has been in the news lately. But for the thousands of U.S. servicemen and [...]

Iraq Veterans Against the War

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