Brain Trauma in Iraq
From: Technology Review - May/June 2008
By: Emily Singer

Thousands of US soldiers have survived powerful explosions in Iraq. Many are
returning home with brain injuries that could result in long-term
disabilities.  

In honor of Veterans Day, Technology Review is highlighting a piece on
blast-related brain trauma in Iraq, which originally ran in the May 2008
issue. The piece interweaves the stories of two National Guard sergeants who
withstood separate blasts while fighting in Iraq in 2004 and the scientists
racing to understand the often invisible wounds that resulted. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/20571/page1/

Submitted by Jerry Weisman