"Severe Combat Injuries Linked to Risk of Chronic Diseases"
"U.S. soldiers who've suffered severe combat injuries are at high risk for chronic diseases, according to a new study. "The more severely a service member is injured, the more likely they are to develop a wide variety of chronic medical conditions, including high blood pressure, diabetes, chronic kidney disease and hardening of the arteries," study lead author Major Ian Stewart, a researcher at the David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base in California, said in a n
