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September 02, 2010

Results of a study reported in the September 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggest that Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have a greater risk for dementia than Veterans without PTSD, even those who suffered traumatic injuries during combat. Exposure to life threatening events, like war, can cause PTSD, and there are high rates among Veterans. PSTD includes symptoms such as avoiding things or people that remind a person of the trauma, nightmares, having difficulty with sleep and mood problems. “We found Veterans with PTSD had twice the chance for later being diagnosed with dementia than Veterans without PTSD,” said Mark Kunik, MD, M.P.H., a… Read more

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