#  Brains of veterans near bomb blasts appear to age faster. 

 





June 03, 2015

 

 

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U.S. [veterans](http://www.cbsnews.com/heroes/) who were nearby to bomb blasts in Iraq and Afghanistan appear to experience faster brain aging, according to a new study.

[](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/brains-of-veterans-near-bomb-blasts-appear-to-age-faster/)

The study, which is the first to examine the longer-term [brain health of veterans](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hidden-brain-damage-seen-in-veterans-with-blast-injuries/)exposed to bomb blasts, was published this week in [Brain: A Journal of Neurology](http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/05/29/brain.awv139).

[](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/brains-of-veterans-near-bomb-blasts-appear-to-age-faster/)

"These are exposures to blasts, not necessarily blasts that lead to concussion, that feeling of fuzziness or getting knocked out," said Dr. Regina McGlinchey, a study leader at the VA Boston and director of the Translational Research Center for TBI \[Traumatic Brain Injuries\] and Stress Disorders, or TRACTS. "These are events where the veterans themselves thought they were just fine."

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