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Record number of troops getting concussions

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By Stacy Brogan - email

Undated (WXOW) - U.S. troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are getting a record number of brain injuries.


According to the USA Today, the Pentagon reports an average of 16 troops a day got a concussion last year.


That's the highest pace for traumatic brain injuries of any period in ten years of combat.

 
The majority of cases were mild concussions.

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