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PTSD Keeps Growing In Veterans Long After the Trauma
By Victoria Brown | Jun 21, 2017 08:32 AM EDTResearchers find a correlation between PTSD severity and risky behavior, and that risky behavior was linked to the probability of experiencing a traumatic event.
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Statin Drug: Higher Survival Rate During Surgery, Lowers Risk Of Death?
By Jesmae Anne Aurita | Dec 22, 2016 09:18 PM ESTThere's a new way to have a greater chance in surviving surgery through a drug called statin. Will it be available for all?
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Mental Health Providers are Unprepared to Treat Veterans
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 12, 2014 10:19 AM ESTA new study found that mental health providers are unprepared when it comes to treating military veterans and their families.
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Short, Tall Soldiers More Depressed Than Average-Height Counterparts
By Christine Hsu | Jul 23, 2014 06:01 PM EDTPrevious studies show that short men are more likely to experience depression after joining the military. However, new findings suggest something different. Researchers found that both short and tall men in the military are more likely to suffer depression than their average-height counterparts.
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Study Finds Deployment-Related Respiratory Symptoms In Returning Veterans
By Kamal Nayan | Jul 01, 2014 11:16 AM EDTA new study investigating the causes underlying respiratory symptoms in military personnel returning from duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, found that a large percentage of veterans had non-specific symptoms that did not lead to a specific clinical diagnosis.
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PTSD Treatments Might not be Effective for Veterans
By Cheri Cheng | Jun 21, 2014 11:47 AM EDTA new report found that there is no evidence that PTSD treatments are helping veterans.
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Marijuana Study is One Step Closer to being Approved
By Cheri Cheng | Mar 18, 2014 02:45 PM EDTThe Public Health Service has approved the use of medicinal marijuana in a study aiming to test the effects of the drug on veterans with PTSD. The study now awaits the decision of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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Study Finds Veterans Prescribed Psychotropic Drugs Without Diagnoses
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 01, 2013 01:38 PM EDTA Yale study found that elderly veterans were more likely than younger veterans to be prescribed psychotropic drugs without being diagnosed.
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Study Found Brain Changes in Veterans with Gulf War Illness
By Cheri Cheng | Oct 16, 2013 01:07 PM EDTResearchers reported that veterans with Gulf War Illness suffered brain changes tied to memory deficits.
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Research Explains Why Some Soldiers don't suffer from PTSD
By Affirunisa Kankudti | Feb 23, 2013 02:38 PM ESTAlthough, witnessing trauma during combat can trigger Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in many men serving in war, current research shows that these men may already be vulnerable to the disorder due to childhood abuse of family history of drug use.
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Omega-3 Acids May Prevent Suicide Among Veterans and Military Personnels
By Drishya Nair | Oct 09, 2012 08:38 AM EDTAccording to data from the Department of Veterans Affairs, there were 17,754 suicide attempts among veterans last year and in July this year, 26 active-duty soldiers are believed to have committed suicide, the most ever recorded in a month since the U.S. Army began tracking such deaths.
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