.Army Begins Testing Soldiers' Brains Before Sending Them To Iraq
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) -- A new Army program records how soldiers' brains work when healthy.
The results will give doctors baseline data to help diagnose and treat soldiers if they come back from Iraq with brain injuries.
Division surgeon for the 101st Airborne Lieutenant Colonel Mark McGrail says the program allows the Army to be more proactive.
The mandatory brain-function tests are starting with the 101st at Fort Campbell in western Kentucky.
The tests provide a standard, objective measurement for each soldier's reaction time, their short-term memory and other cognitive skills.
One veterans group wants to ensure that the Army doesn't use the results to deny treatment by claiming that soldiers' problems came from pre-existing conditions.
WCPO
We should do the same for politicians
The results will give doctors baseline data to help diagnose and treat soldiers if they come back from Iraq with brain injuries.
Division surgeon for the 101st Airborne Lieutenant Colonel Mark McGrail says the program allows the Army to be more proactive.
The mandatory brain-function tests are starting with the 101st at Fort Campbell in western Kentucky.
The tests provide a standard, objective measurement for each soldier's reaction time, their short-term memory and other cognitive skills.
One veterans group wants to ensure that the Army doesn't use the results to deny treatment by claiming that soldiers' problems came from pre-existing conditions.
WCPO
We should do the same for politicians
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