News tagged with veterans
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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 ...
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Mar 16, 2011 |
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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, ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 10, 2012 |
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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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Gulf War veterans display abnormal brain response to specific chemicals
A new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers is the first to pinpoint damage inside the brains of veterans suffering from Gulf War syndrome - a finding that links the illness to chemical exposures ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 23, 2009 |
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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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Metabolic syndrome a risk for veterans with PTSD
Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to have metabolic syndrome than veterans without PTSD, according to a study led by Pia Heppner, Ph.D., psychologist with the University of California, San ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 08, 2009 |
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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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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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Battlefield camaraderie yields long-term dividends for veterans, study finds
The benefits of wartime camaraderie extend far beyond the battlefield, a new UCLA study of U.S. Civil War veterans suggests.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Many veterans not getting enough treatment for PTSD
Although the Department of Veteran Affairs is rolling out treatments nationwide as fast as possible to adequately provide for newly diagnosed PTSD patients, there are still significant barriers to veterans getting a full ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 10, 2010 |
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Over 2,200 veterans died in 2008 due to lack of health insurance
A research team at Harvard Medical School estimates 2,266 U.S. military veterans under the age of 65 died last year because they lacked health insurance and thus had reduced access to care. That figure is ...
Nov 10, 2009 |
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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 ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Agent Orange exposure linked to Graves' disease in Vietnam veterans, study finds
Vietnam War-era veterans exposed to Agent Orange appear to have significantly more Graves' disease, a thyroid disorder, than veterans with no exposure, a new study by endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo has shown.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 28, 2010 |
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Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD
(AP) -- Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 20, 2009 |
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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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