NASA technology helping injured US troops
Patented NASA technology that originally enhanced robotics and sounding rockets is now aiding U.S. soldiers returning from overseas duty with spinal cord or traumatic brain injuries, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. The revolutionary new physical therapy device named SAM, for the Secure Ambulation Mode, is based on technology originally developed and honed at NASA's Goddard...No Signs Of Any New 2003 War Syndrome In British Troops
A research conducted by the King’s Collage London, analysed health reports of the armed forces personal who took part in the Gulf war in 2003 with those who took part// in the 1991 war, to see if there was a new ‘Iraq war Syndrome’. The study findings that are published in The Lancet report that they have found no evidence for a new "Iraq War Syndrome" in British male armed forces per...Anthrax Vaccine to be Made Mandatory for Troops-Pentagon
The anthrax vaccine, used to combat bio-warfare, is to be restarted with a mandatory immunisation program for troops in Afghanistan, Iraq and South Korea, declared// the Pentagon on Monday. However it is not planning to do the same for troops serving in other places including the US. The assistant secretary of defense for health services, Dr. William Winkenwerder, says that this is bec...DU Test Finds UK Troops Uranium Free
A test developed by a team led by a University of Leicester geologist was recently used by the UK government’s Independent Depleted Uranium// Oversight Board to detect exposure of UK troops to depleted uranium (DU) during the 1991 Gulf Conflict. Randall Parrish, Professor of Isotope Geology, developed the test with Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Axel Gerdes, who now works at the University...One Third of US Troops Suffer from Mental Health Problems
More bad news for the Bush administration in the US. A Defence Department panel has warned that continued engagement// in Iraq and Afghanistan is posing a serious challenge on two fronts. One, soldiers are at an ever greater risk of mental health problems. Second at the current level of staffing and funds, the military health care will not be able to provide those affected necessary st...One Third of US Troops Suffer from Mental Health Problems
More bad news for the Bush administration in the US. A Defence Department panel has warned that continued engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan is posing a serious challenge on two fronts. One, soldiers are at an ever greater risk of mental health problems. Second at the current level of staffing and funds, the military health care will not be able to provide those affected necessary st...