Archive for March, 2007

Mar200713

Donnie La Curan

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Mental illness common in returning soldiers

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High rates of mental health disorders are being diagnosed among US military personnel soon after being released from duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to investigators in San Francisco.
They estimate that out of 103,788 returning veterans, 25 percent had a mental health diagnosis, and more than half of these patients [...]

Mar200708

Donnie La Curan

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Troop Care Panel Will Find Truth

President Bush said Wednesday the bipartisan panel he named to investigate problems at the nation’s military and veterans hospitals would work to restore confidence in the system of caring for wounded troops. “Any report of medical neglect will be taken seriously by this administration,” Bush said in an Oval Office meeting with the co-chairmen of [...]