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VA scientists have discovered signs of early aging in the brains of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans caught near roadside bomb explosions, even among those who felt nothing from the blast.Years after coming home from war, veterans are showing progressive damage to the brain's wiring, according to a...

Before the anger and the divorce, before four tours to Iraq and Afghanistan, before the explosions and the pain, Staff Sgt. Daedan Jackson had been just a kid planning to go to school. t just sort of happened,” said Jackson, now 34, on joining the Army. His girlfriend at the time was in ROTC, and...

U.S. veterans who were nearby to bomb blasts in Iraq and Afghanistan appear to experience faster brain aging, according to a new study. The study, which is the first to examine the longer-term brain health of veteransexposed to bomb blasts, was published this week in Brain: A Journal of Neurology....