Tag: Military
Pentagon Study Reveals Higher Cancer Rates Among Pilots, Ground Crews
Pentagon compared cancer cases in nearly 900,000 military members to the general U.S. population
More Than Half of Veterans With Likely PTSD Do Not Receive Treatment
Rates are better for veterans versus nonveterans, but lower among Black versus White veterans
Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD Effective Even in Compressed Format
Both massed and intensive forms of prolonged exposure therapy tied to six-month improvements in PTSD
One in Three Veterans Live in Areas With Psychiatrist Shortages
Psychiatric capacity structurally inequitable along both income gradient and rurality
Odds of Poor Long-Term Outcome High With Combat Concussion
Service members sustaining combat concussion were 37 to 49 times more likely to be in the worse disability trajectory
Treatment at a VA Hospital Tied to Lower 30-Day Mortality
Findings among dually eligible older veterans living within 20 miles of a VA and a non-VA hospital
Computerized Adaptive Test May Help Assess Suicide Risk
Suicide scale based on test with about 11 items answered in two minutes predictive of suicide-related outcomes at six and 12 months
U.S. Military Medical Personnel Being Deployed to Ease Shortages
More than 1,000 will begin arriving at hospitals nationwide starting next week
U.S. Army Reports Progress on COVID-19 Vaccine That Fights All Variants
Animal studies have already shown new vaccine induces highly potent antibody responses against major variants
U.S. Army COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Nears 98 Percent
Pentagon said earlier this year that COVID-19 vaccination was mandatory for all service members
