[JumpCrisscross]

> head injuries are a known cause of dementia

Almost 2x more likely [1].

> wonder if the risk of head injury has reduced with time?

The lack of spikes from the world wars would suggest otherwise.

[1] https://karger.com/ned/article-pdf/56/1/4/3752570/000520966....

[MangoToupe]

I think being around explosions actually IS linked to Alzheimer's. It wouldn't surprise me to find a link to dementia as well.

But generally, bullets, disease, and malnutrition don't cause the same sort of brain trauma.

https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/blast-related-concussi...

[WalterBright]

60 Minutes recently ran a segment on the cumulative damage of relatively small explosions (such as rifle shots) can lead to brain injury and dementia, even with hearing protection.

[genewitch]

I know i gave you a little crap vis a vis the toyota stuck accelrator thing in another thread, but i quoted you about this stat twice, yesterday. I rarely pay attention to usernames when replying, and you have a breadth of experience that doesn't immediately identify who's "speaking."

how many books have you written ;-)