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September 12, 2010
Military Veterans With PTSD More Likely To Develop Dementia Than Those Without PTSD.
HealthDay (9/2, Preidt) reported, "Military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, are more likely to develop dementia than those without the disorder," according to a study published in the September issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
In a study of "10,481 veterans, aged 65 and older, who had been seen at least twice at [a Veterans Affairs] medical center between 1997 and 1999" and who were followed until 2008, researchers found that "dementia occurred in 11.1 percent of patients who had PTSD but had not been injured during combat, and in 7.2 percent of those who had PTSD and had suffered combat injuries," whereas "dementia rates for veterans without PTSD were 4.5 percent for those without combat injuries and 5.9 percent for those who'd suffered combat injuries."
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