Headaches take toll on soldiers

Troops evacuated from Iraq and Afghanistan with headaches unlikely to return to duty; heavy helmets a major factorHeadaches, a virtually universal human complaint at one time or another, are among the top reasons for medical evacuation of military personnel from Iraq and Afghanistan, and for ongoing depletion of active-duty ranks in those countries, according to research led by Johns Hopkins specialists. Just one-third of soldiers sent home because of headaches return to duty in either place, the research shows.

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