News tagged with 'Afghanistan'

When Jill Wilkins' husband died of a mysterious brain tumor within one year after returning from active service in Iraq, the military didn't recognize illnesses from burn pits. Now she's become a one person online force with a Facebook page that helps vets connect the dots over their mysterious illnesses.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a common brain change seen in about one in five veterans returning from Iraq and Afganistan. Now researchers are scanning the brain and are able to see subtle traumatic brain injuries - the first step to effective treatment for all kinds of neurological disorders that come from trauma.