Depression, PTSD, Brain Injury May Each Increase Risk Of Later Dementia Among Female Veterans, Researchers Say

Reuters (12/12, Carroll) reports, “Female military veterans with traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder or depression are more likely to develop dementia later in life than peers without those conditions,” research indicated.

HealthDay (12/12, Salamon) reports that for the study, researchers examined data involving “more than 100,000 older women veterans.” The findings were published online Dec. 12 in the journal Neurology. MedPage Today (12/12, George) also covers the study.

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— “Dementia risk increased in female vets with brain injury, PTSD, “Linda Carroll, Reuters, December 12, 2018.

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