Researchers say troops’ brains may be injured by blasts from firing M1 Abrams tank guns and other weapons, even if they measure below the Pentagon’s ceiling for safe exposure.
Tag: Concussions
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‘The Daily’: Football’s Young Victims
A new study suggests that a disease many believed was reserved for professional athletes is also afflicting young amateurs.
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U.S. Troops Still Train on Weapons With Known Risk of Brain Injury
Pentagon researchers say weapons like shoulder-fired rockets expose troops who fire them to blast waves far above safety limits, but they remain in wide use.
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A Secret War, Strange New Wounds and Silence From the Pentagon
Many U.S. troops who fired vast numbers of artillery rounds against the Islamic State developed mysterious, life-shattering mental and physical problems. But the military struggled to understand what was wrong.
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A Former Hockey Enforcer Searches for Answers on C.T.E. Before It’s Too Late
Chris Nilan fought more than 300 times during a pro hockey career, then had years of addiction and anger problems. A high-risk candidate for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, Nilan is being studied by Boston University.