The public-health gurus of the American Public Health Association – all 13,000 of them – are meeting in Washington this week to figure out how we can all lead more healthy lives. It's a noble pursuit, to be sure. Some of the studies and sessions investigate issues of interest to the nation's troops. They may sound pretty grim, but here's a rule of thumb that serves me well: the bad news in military-personnel studies tends to be as exaggerated as the good news in military-weapons-development pitches.
Bottom line: our troops are better than the research indicates, and our weapons aren't as good as the research suggests (then, consider the source: the APHA boasts both a peace caucus and a socialist caucus, but no military caucus or troops caucus that I can find).
One thing's for sure: after a decade of war, here's plenty of work for these folks to do. What follows are the titles and excerpts from the summaries of some of the research they're detailing this week:
Read more: http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/11/01/soldier-the-doctors-will-see-you-now/#ixzz1clAzzVaT
http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/11/01/soldier-the-doctors-will-see-you-now/
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