Veterans with Post-traumatic Stress are at High Risk of Dementia
By Mary Brophy Marcus, USA TODAY

Veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have a significantly higher risk of developing dementia compared with veterans who don't have the disorder, a study reports today.
Using data from the Department of Veterans Affairs National Patient Care Database, scientists from the University of California-San Francisco analyzed files of 181,093 veterans ages 55 and older without dementia from 1997 to 2000. The mean age at the start of the study was 68, and 97% were male.

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During the follow-up period from 2001 to 2007, the researchers learned that 53,155 veterans were