Military Matters: 2010-06-06

Saturday, June 12, 2010

One-tenth of U.S. Iraq vets may have PTSD

Thursday, June 10, 2010

BBC News - UK troops join former US personnel in 'toxic' lawsuit

BBC News - UK troops join former US personnel in 'toxic' lawsuit: "Seven former British soldiers are suing an American defence firm, accusing it of exposing them to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals in Iraq."

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Sleep problems are common in US soldiers returning from wartime deployment

"There is an extremely high prevalence of sleep disturbances in U.S. soldiers returning from wartime deployment, according to a research abstract that will be presented Tuesday, June 8, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, at SLEEP 2010, the 24th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC."

Sleep problems are common in US soldiers returning from wartime deployment:

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