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Scientist Urges Army to Study 'Smart Drugs' for Soldiers
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL NewsORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 2) -- A prominent neuroscientist is urging the Army to study the effects of cognitive-enhancing pharmaceuticals -- so-called "smart drugs" -- on soldiers in the battlefield. The rapid expansion of smart-drug use among everyone from students to scientists has sparked controversy about the health effects of such neuro-pharmaceuticals, and considerable debate about whether the drugs provide people with an "unfair" advantage. But for soldiers fighting wars, the possible benefits -- and detrimental health effects -- of such drugs are simply not being studied, Paul Glimcher, a ...
Modern Soldiers, Ancient Medicines
By Tony Deconinck - AOL News
(Nov. 11) -- It's late afternoon on the Colorado plains, and the sun is disappearing behind the ridge of mountains to the west of us, but all I can see is darkness. I'm in a traditional Lakota sweat lodge, a 15-foot-wide dome of willow branches covered in thick moving blankets and canvas. Inside the tiny lodge, 20 of us are shoulder to sweaty shoulder in burning pain. The ceremony leader sings a traditional song, pouring cup after cup of water onto the still-glowing rocks, increasing the heat until voices break the darkness in anguish. Mine would join them if I could, but the heat is like a ...
Pat Tillman's Wife Speaks Out for Military Families
By Mara Gay - AOL News
(Nov. 11) -- Before he was killed by friendly fire, Army Ranger Pat Tillman wrote that his love for his wife made him question his decision to serve in Afghanistan. "Sometimes I'm overwhelmed with an injection of intense sorrow that is difficult to control. An intense need to be close to Marie, surrounded by her touch, smell, beauty and ease," he wrote in his journal. "It's as though one week of pain is condensed into 5-7 minutes. ... What have I done?" Tillman, of course, is famous for leaving the NFL, where he played for the Arizona Cardinals, to serve in the military, a decision he said ...
Study: Quarter of US Military Applicants Are Too Fat to Fight
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Oct. 15) -- There's no question that America's youth are squeezing into bigger jeans than they did a decade ago. But a new study on military recruits offers a startling reminder that today's young adults are increasingly too fat to fight. Researchers at Cornell crunched the numbers on military applicants and concluded that 25 percent are deemed unfit to serve because they're overweight or obese. Using estimates from a civilian study, the team also estimated that from 2007 to 2008, 5.7 million men and 16.5 million women within recruitment-age range (17 to 39) were ineligible for military ...
'Medal of Honor' Video Game Still Banned by Military, Despite 'Taliban' Change
By Dave Thier - AOL News(Oct. 6) -- What's in a name? A whole lot, says the military. Or wait, maybe not quite so much. It's hard to tell, actually. On Oct. 1, game publisher Electronic Arts removed a controversial feature in its new "Medal of Honor" game that would have allowed the player to control the Taliban in the game's multi-player mode by renaming them the "opposing force." The publisher was responding to a firestorm of criticism, the most significant of which was probably the U.S. military's decision to ban the game at its bases. Now that the publisher has changed the feature, however, the military still ...
Army Gears Up to Outfit Soldiers in 'Iron Man' Suit
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL News
(Sept. 28) -- Defense companies are hoping someday to outfit soldiers with external skeletons that would bestow the wearer with superhuman capabilities. That day may still be years away, but Raytheon, one of the companies working on this technology for the Army, is riding the coattails of "Iron Man," which helped popularize the notion of such high-tech armored suits, to show off the prototype it's already created. The company Monday released a video featuring actor Clark Gregg, who plays Agent Phil Coulson in the movie version of "Iron Man," talking about the latest updates to the ...
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From a Lefty: Five Things the Right Is Doing Right
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyFor nearly two years, the Democrats have controlled the House, the Senate, the presidency and two new judicial appointments to the Supreme Court. So why does it feel like the Democrats lost in 2008? I think it's because the Democrats have turned losing into an art form. You know how they say a good dancer makes it look easy? That's the Dems. They make winning look like losing, and losing look like the eternal hell-fires of damnation. The left could learn a few things from the right. To wit: 1) The right talks to average people. Even unabashed progressive Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) ...
7 US Troops Killed in Latest Afghanistan Fighting
By not in system - AOL NewsKABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 29) -- Seven U.S. troops have died in weekend attacks in Afghanistan's embattled southern and eastern regions, while officials found the bodies Sunday of five kidnapped campaign workers for a female candidate in the western province of Herat. Two servicemen died in bombings Sunday in southern Afghanistan, while two others were killed in a bomb attack in the south on Saturday and three in fighting in the east the same day, NATO said. Their identities and other details were being withheld until relatives could be notified. The latest deaths bring to 42 the number of ...
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