A Hard Numbers Look At The War In Iraq After 5 Years

 A Hard Numbers Look At The War In Iraq After 5 Years$608 billion dollars (conservative projections estimate it will likely cost $3 trillion) 4,0000 dead 29,451 wounded 1,031 amputees 30% of returning solders have symptoms of post traumatic stress 20% of Iraq war vets...

A Prosthetic Arm That Acts Like a Real One

"Patients use nerves left intact after amputations to control prosthetic limbs. A new technique that capitalizes on remaining nerves allows amputees to intuitively control their prosthetic limb, providing them with a much better level of control than traditional...

Soldiers who lost limbs learn to surf

"As a child of 1970s California, Derek McGinnis felt that riding waves was like a birthright, and losing his left leg to a suicide bomber in Iraq wasn't going to stop him from surfing again. So, he rallied nearly a dozen other wounded-in-action amputees he met in a military...

US Re-Deploys Sick Soldiers on Meds

Both Army and Marine medical officers admit that some troops suffering from combat-induced psychological problems are being returned to war zones with a supply of medications. An absolute minimum of 10 percent of those returning home from war zones has a mental health...

Ailing vets overwhelm system

After returning from war zones, many face a new fight for benefits.