Yup, the wars have served another purpose, folks!
WHO KNEW there were SUCH BENEFITS in WAR!!!
That certainly is the tone in this disgusting, war-promoting piece:
"Battlefield injuries lead to advances" by Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times | October 11, 2009
LOS ANGELES - .... Military physicians initially may have turned to the civilian medical community - in particular, to the neurologists and neurosurgeons who advise professional sports teams - to guide their treatment of brain injury, says Dr. Jamshid Ghajar, a Cornell University neurosurgeon who directs the Brain Trauma Foundation.
But now, the Pentagon’s money, experience and team approach have turned the tables, making the military the leader in the field, he says.
The principal focus of the military’s research has been on so-called mild traumatic brain injury, or concussion - estimated to account for 4 in 5 of the brain injuries that affect veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. And although veterans may have additional challenges, including amputated limbs and post-traumatic stress disorder, their brain injuries have much in common with those sustained by civilian victims....
“Our motto is ‘learn as we treat,’ ’’ says Colonel Michael S. Jaffee, a physician who directs the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center. “That allows us to better identify those things that need to be researched. And it allows those advances that do get developed to be translated into practice more quickly.’’
Well, I'm sure they are going to have plenty of lessons for years and years.
Will it truly be worth it, America?
Hand-held computer tests and back-pocket concussion-assessment cards - devised for professional sports teams but refined and promoted by the military - are making their way to the sidelines of youth sports.
Maybe we should start RETHINKING the whole SPORTS/WARRIOR CULTURE, 'eh?
And military research has prompted trauma physicians to look for spasms in the brain’s blood vessels after an injury - a sign that more aggressive actions must be taken to avert death and post-traumatic epilepsy.
More improvements, including blood tests that could detect the severity of brain trauma, are on the horizon....
Related: U.S. Military to Direct Swine Flu Vaccination Program
Didn't know they were that far into it, did you?
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A world away from the roadside bombs and combat injuries of Iraq and Afghanistan, Americans are suffering the same type of brain injury seen in troops coming home from those war-torn countries. On American roads, at workplaces and on playing fields, more than 11 million have been hurt since the fighting overseas started.
Almost 1 in 5 of these civilians will struggle with lingering, often subtle symptoms - headaches, dizziness, concentration difficulties and personality changes - for a year, and often longer. As their memories falter, their work suffers and their relationships fray, many victims of brain trauma don’t realize that their cognitive struggles are related to a blow to the head.
In what has been called a silent epidemic, about 2 percent of the US population - 5.3 million people - cope with long-term disabilities from such accidents. Many returning US troops know those symptoms well. In almost eight years of fighting in Afghanistan and more than six in Iraq, bomb blasts, vehicle crashes and other hazards of military duty are thought to have exacted between 48,000 and 360,000 traumatic brain injuries, mostly concussions, among service members.
But their epidemic has been anything but silent. Philanthropists have endowed centers to care for uniformed victims. Lawmakers have earmarked funds to research their affliction. And communities have rallied to help with their needs. The resulting recognition has brought some comfort to civilians who struggle with wounded brains.
So you GOT A SILVER LINING out of the LIES and DESTRUCTION RESULTING from such, 'murkn! The WARS, it turns out, were a GREAT THING FOR YOU -- despite the blood and death!
More important, the nation’s military branches and veterans agency have invested heavily in research on brain injury and its aftermath. The combined surge of public attention and military largess, experts say, promises to bring civilian and military victims better means of diagnosing and treating brain trauma and limiting its toll.
I think ENDING the WARS would be a GREAT START!!!
At this point, you start to wonder if it is not the AGENDA-PUSHING, WAR-PROMOTING, AmeriKan MSM that is BRAIN DAMAGED!!!
“We’re interested in finding solutions, no matter where they come from,’’ says Dr. E. Melissa Kaime, a Navy captain who directs a program of medical research on priorities established by Congress. The office’s budget, which represents a small fraction of defense funds going toward the study of brain injury, has set aside about $300 million in the last three years for research on the subject. In 2008, the Pentagon’s expenditure on brain-injury treatment and research was almost $1 billion.
ADD THAT to the TOTAL COST of the LIES, 'murkn taxpayer -- with NO END in sight!!!
The military research has prompted greater use of new medical imaging techniques that let doctors detect brain abnormalities they couldn’t see before....
Has it been worth it, America?
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