Here’s another setback in the emergency treatment of brain injury. A study has found that hypertonic fluid, a concentrated saline solution that paramedics administer intravenously to head trauma patients, doesn’t help improve the patients’ chances of survival or their later brain…
Army Report Blames Skyrocketing Soldier Suicides On Drug And Alcohol Abuse, Lax Oversight
In the case of the U.S. military, tragically the enemy is often ourselves, according to an Army report released Thursday. http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/07/28/42934-army-health-promotion-risk-reduction-and-suicide-prevention-report/index.html The startling report found that increased drug and alcohol abuse among soldiers is contributing to a skyrocketing suicide rate…