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Combat makes for gun-shy investors, study says
Veterans who have faced combat are more risk-averse when it comes to investing than noncombatants, according to a new Cornell study. As a result, they may struggle to build wealth through long-term investments, ...
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Apr 10, 2012 |
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'I was an E-4.' Cutting jargon from resumes helps veterans find civilian jobs, career counselor says
University at Buffalo career counselor Holly Justice is hosting a workshop Nov. 10 to help student veterans translate their military experience into resumes that will catch the attention of civilian companies.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Hewlett-Packard begins Palm unit layoffs
Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday that it has begun laying off workers as part of its move to give up on the webOS mobile operating system it got when it bought Palm.
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Study: Extramarital sex and divorce more common among veterans
Veterans were significantly more likely to have ever engaged in extramarital sex and ever gotten divorced than people who were never in the military, according to new research to be presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of ...
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Aug 22, 2011 |
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Hippocampus smaller in veterans not recovered from PTSD
(PhysOrg.com) -- The hippocampus, a brain area associated with memory and stress, was about six percent smaller on average in veterans with current chronic PTSD than in veterans who had recovered from PTSD, in a study conducted ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Casualties of war: Wounded veterans more likely to die of coronary heart disease
War-time stress may lead to an increased risk death by coronary heart disease in later life. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Health Services Research surveyed a cohort of 55 year old Finnis ...
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Bartenders may have role in assisting troubled war veterans
For troubled war veterans, a friendly bartender can be the source of more than just drinks and a sympathetic ear.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Women war veterans face higher risk of mental health problems during pregnancy
Pregnancy among women veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan appears to increase their risk for mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a study published ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Suicide rate among young women veterans more than twice that of civilians
Young women veterans are nearly three times as likely as civilians to commit suicide, according to new research published by researchers at Portland State University (PSU) and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Veterans with bipolar disorder may have increased risk of suicide
Veterans diagnosed with any psychiatric illness appear to have an elevated risk of suicide, and men with bipolar disorder and women with substance abuse disorders may have a particularly high risk, according to a report in ...
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Nov 01, 2010 |
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Big VA study shows surgery checklist saves lives
(AP) -- Which hip is being repaired? Is this the right anesthesia? Do we have all the right surgery tools?
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Emotional effects of heavy combat can be lifelong for veterans
The trauma from hard combat can devastate veterans until old age, even as it influences others to be wiser, gentler and more accepting in their twilight years, a new University of Florida study finds.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Diabetes now tops Vietnam vets' claims
(AP) -- By his own reckoning, a Navy electrician spent just eight hours in Vietnam, during a layover on his flight back to the U.S. in 1966. He bought some cigarettes and snapped a few photos.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 30, 2010 |
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Sociologist finds combat veterans face more lifelong socioeconomic challenges
From the many images sent home from foreign battlefields over the last several decades, Americans have viewed the plight of their country's combat-weary veterans as stark and often iconic scenes that seem somehow frozen in ...
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Aug 02, 2010 |
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Obama: More post-traumatic stress help for vets
(AP) -- The government is taking what President Barack Obama calls "a long overdue step" to aid veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, making it easier for them to receive federal benefits.
Jul 12, 2010 |
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