Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Iraq War Medical Advances by DOD/DARPA will benefit soldiers & civilians

[populistdriven]

http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/blogs/paging.dr.gupta/2007/03/daily-supplement-for-war.html

Daily supplement for war?

Four years ago today, we watched the U.S.-led coalition forces invade Iraq. To be honest, I can't remember where I was. The events of that date aren't etched in my mind as are those of September 11, 2001, or even the day Saddam's statue fell. What I do remember clearly are the reports from U.S. officials citing evidence that Iraq was planning to use chemical weapons against U.S. forces, Iraqi citizens and consequently the embedded journalists on the front.

At the beginning of this war, health and medical reporters were focused on the unknown terror of biological and chemical weapons. We prepared ourselves for attacks of botulism, smallpox, anthrax. We studied the difference between nerve agents such as sarin and blistering agents such as mustard gas. Four years ago, if you had asked me the size of a danger zone in a nuclear or biochemical attack with the wind blowing 20 miles to the west and sunny conditions, I could spit out the calculation as if it were a multiplication table.

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In a broader sense, war has always been a time for incredible medical advances. By necessity, doctors are forced to innovate in the battlefield. They need to be more nimble and get the injured to care faster and more effectively. In many cases, trauma medicine feels the greatest impact of the war.

But just recently, a new Department of Defense-funded study focused on quercetin, a powerful anti-oxidant commonly found in apples, onions and black tea. The researchers found that quercetin could possibly help soldiers on the battlefield. The major findings found that after extreme exercise mimicking physical conditions in the field, quercetin could help fight off the common cold and could help improve mental vigilance. The study looked at 1,000 mg compared with the 25-50 mg eaten daily in the average American diet. The findings are promising, and more studies will be done before it will be recommended as a supplement to soldiers or civilians.

Paging Dr. Gupta: Do you realize how much of a monster you are? Here he is proudly announcing how the horror of Iraq is helping the US with medical research. By ignoring the horror of Iraq he offers not one shred of humanity. If there is one person who needs to see those awful Iraq War images it is Dr. Gupta.

[TexasObserver]

1. he's disgusting, a shill of the worst kind

The bad news is your son has traumatic brain injury!

The good news is we sure learned a lot about brain injuries with all these blown up young men and women!!

Disgusting.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

3. And the best part about brain injured soldiers for the DOD is...

...these brain injured soldiers won't be able to fill out VA claims correctly,
and wont be able to collect all the benefits they are entitled.

But don't worry soldiers, we'll have a great universal health care program in
place soon to pick up the slack! Oh wait a minute... I was dreaming again.

[TexasObserver]

15. It will take a few years for the real family bitterness to set in

For every TBI soldier, there are dozens of family members who will never be the same, either. Family units shatter. Spouses of the injured try to make it work, and sometimes choose to move on and leave behind the injured soldier. TBI destroys the soldier and decimates the family.

[L0oniX]

2. The resurrected Joseph Mengele. Nice one Dr. Poopdah.

[populistdriven]

4. Wow, Godwins Law

... has killed this thread in 2 posts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law


Your analogy suits Gupta though :)

[Lerkfish]

6. Godwins law is not in effect when the comparison is valid.

:)

[Trajan]

9. Godwin's Law ....

is embraced by those who wish to hide any analogous characteristics that might fairly be compared to those who 'did bad things' or 'acted poorly' ....

Godwin's Law is fallacious ....

[populistdriven]

10. Yep, I agree, If anything we have forgotten too much about the horrors of the Nazi's

War is so sanitized by the media

[Lerkfish]

5. Dr. Mengela Lives!

[populistdriven]

12. I added the following comment which I am sure will be bitbucket'd by the CNN mods

I agree with Gupta, the Iraq War will live on as a monument to American medical advances. Just like WW II's Mengele!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

7. The Reich's Dr.....just wonderful

[populistdriven]

8. I wonder who will be the first talking head to speculate about him having a position in Government?

[LiberalFighter]

11. Why is this in GD: Primaries?

I wonder why it is taking mods so long to lock?

[populistdriven]

there have been several threads today in GD:P discussing Iraq war casualties,

and referencing pics thereof - including this one.

[blogslut]

13. good question

n/t

[CTyankee]

14. The horrible thing is that part of what he said is sadly true: it seems we have

developed new ways of dealing with injuries because of war. A tragic commentary but I remember hearing about this going back in history with previous wars.

Why oh why can we not make all of our medical advances in peacetime?

[NashVegas]

16. Making More Effective Killers Isn't My Idea of Advance, Either

I was looking through the "Today in History" stuff.

Today is the anniversary of the first death by gas chamber. That, too, was considered an advance.