by Emily Stembridge, Vanderbilt University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study comparing 618 military veterans who deployed to a combat zone after Sept. 11, 2001, and 2,099 health care workers (HCWs) working during the COVID-19 pandemic found similar levels of potential moral injury (PMI), with 46.1% of veterans and 50.7% of HCWs reporting PMI. PMI—the...
by University of Glasgow Kernel density plot of age at suicide, veterans and non-veterans. (A) men (B) women. Credit: DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2021-107713 Scottish veterans face the highest risk of suicide in middle age, many years after leaving service. The study, led by the University of Glasgow in partnership with the Forces in Mind Trust and published in...
by University of Chicago Medical Center For military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), symptoms such as anxiety, anger and depression can have a devastating impact on their health, daily routine, relationships and overall quality of life. A new pilot study by the University of Chicago Medicine and the Stanford University School of Medicine...
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Research Summary AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY One in four people aged 65 or older has diabetes. The disease is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States and a major contributor to heart disease. Experts have recommended that the best way to slow the progression of diabetes–and help...
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with reduced overall survival for patients with multiple myeloma (MM), with a differential effect across race, according to a study published online April 21 in Blood Advances. Sarvari V. Yellapragada, M.D., from Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, and colleagues examined the differential impact of vitamin D deficiency...
A new study finds a lower risk of adverse post-treatment outcomes among returning military service personnel with chronic pain who received nondrug therapy. New research shows that some nondrug therapies, including exercise therapy, can help relieve pain in veterans. Many people returning from military deployment experience physical and mental health issues. These can include chronic...
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY CORVALLIS, Ore. – Military veterans exposed to combat were more likely to exhibit signs of depression and anxiety in later life than veterans who had not seen combat, a new study from Oregon State University shows. The findings suggest that military service, and particularly combat experience, is a hidden variable in research on aging, said Carolyn Aldwin, director of the Center for Healthy Aging Research...
Michael Kidd, now 84 years old, fought in the Korean War. His young German shepherd Millie helps calm him down when things start to swirl, usually at night. Harry Stolberg—a 42-year-old former Marine who served in Bosnia, Liberia and Nigeria—has a chocolate Labrador named Rocky who wakes him up from his troubled dreams. And 31-year-old Phil Davanzo—who...
The committee that carried out the study and wrote the report, Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 11 (2018), focused on the scientific literature published between Sept. 30, 2014, and Dec. 31, 2017 NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE Hypertension Upgraded in Latest Biennial Review of Research on Health Problems in Veterans That May Be...
