By Stephen Spotswood
WASHINGTON–The news that patients with TBI could have a higher risk of dementia later in life has reverberated far outside the veteran patient community where the research was conducted. With TBI accounting for 22% of casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan and 59% of troops exposed to blasts, veterans and service organizations are concerned that the coming decades could see a virtual epidemic of dementia in these servicemembers.
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