Tuesday, February 07, 2006

#33 - War Makes People Sick

A team of reaseachers from the University of California have completed reviewing the medical records of 15,000 Civil War soldiers.

The news?

Fighting in the war made them sick.

Well, that is rather simplistic, but the study shows that there was a higher incidence of health problems (both physical and mental) for those who fought in the Civil War.

The BBC extends this information into the effects of war on today's soldiers.

Read more about this here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4686656.stm

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