Rebuilding wounded veterans: Annual review of limb loss & prosthetics research
The Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development (JRRD) has compiled a compendium of articles describing advances in limb loss and prosthetics research published in 2004. This research provides state-of-the-science knowledge, evidence-based rehabilitation practices, techniques, and devices that enable veterans and others with limb loss to improve their health outcomes, to participate in spo...Veterans in better health than other residents of nursing homes, new test for evaluating tinnitus
Molecular study of osseointegration, comparison of veterans to other residents of community nursing homes, new test for evaluating tinnitus pitch and loudness ...... The current issue of the Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development (JRRD) includes a dozen articles that focus on the multidisciplinary field of rehabilitation medicine, including a comparison of male veterans to other male...Study identifies factors associated with long-term opioid treatment of veteran patients
CHICAGO Veteran patients who receive long-term opioid prescriptions generally are treated with modest and stable medication dosages, according to an article in the November 22 issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. ... ..."The long-term use of opioids for the treatment of chronic pain of nonmalignant [noncancerous] origin has been generally supported by sp...VA study finds rural veterans in poorer health
WHITE RIVER JCT., Vermont - A study of more than 767,000 veterans by Veterans Affairs researchers shows those in rural areas are in poorer health than their urban counterparts. The findings, reported in the October American Journal of Public Health, validate recent and ongoing VA efforts to expand health care for rural patients. ... ..."We need to think about veterans who live in rural settings a...Chronic fatigue syndrome and Gulf War veterans
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is nearly four times as common in veterans of the first Persian Gulf War as in nonveterans, according to a new study. The study, to be published May 14, 2004 in the online edition of Muscle & Nerve, examined the possibility that genetic factors may play a role in developing the disease. The full study will be available via Wiley InterScience at ....... Fatigue that...University of Colorado tissue engineer to receive NSF's coveted Waterman Award
Arlington, Va.--If the name Kristi Anseth hasn't yet reached our collective consciousness, just wait. Anseth, a chemical engineer at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is already reaching for the heights like a Trump skyscraper, leading a team of researchers in building the scaffolds of new materials that promise to elevate many aspects of medical care for injuries and disease. ...... Alread...Veterans have increased risk of ALS
SAN FRANCISCO Veterans have an increased risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 56th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Calif., April 24 May 1, 2004....... The study found that men who served in the military were 60 percent more likely to develop ALS than men who did not serve in the military. The s...Are Gulf war veterans getting better?
Gulf war veterans still have considerably poorer health than other military personnel, but the health gap has narrowed slightly, finds a study in this week's BMJ. A second study shows no increased risk of cancer among Gulf war veterans....... The first study compared the health of members of the UK armed forces who served in the 1991 Gulf war with non-deployed military personnel over a four-year...U of MN Vet Diagnostic Lab chosen by CDC as monkeypox testing site
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (July 31, 2003) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that the University of Minnesota's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL) was chosen as the national testing site to screen for the monkeypox virus in animals. The CDC has been handling the testing since the outbreak in early June. The VDL has the same state-of-the-art molecular technolo...Women vets get less on-site specialty care at VA facilities
Medical facilities operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs routinely offer basic health care services to women veterans, but often send these women off-site to receive more specialized services like breast cancer surgery and prenatal care, according to a new study.... ...The arrangement makes it possible for the VA system to offer comprehensive women's health care, especially where the vol...Exercise, talk therapy may help relieve some symptoms of Gulf War veterans' illnesses
ANN ARBOR, MI Regular exercise and a form of group talk therapy can alleviate some symptoms commonly associated with Gulf War veterans' illnesses, according to newly released results of a study involving veterans who report such symptoms....... Fatigue, distress, mental health, and mental ability all improved after three months of low-impact exercise, weekly group sessions of cognitive behaviora...No extra disease seen in chemical-exposed Gulf War veterans
Another study adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting that exposure to low levels of chemical warfare agents during the Gulf War has not led to increased illness among veterans of that conflict.... ...While psychological and physical ailments have been found in higher rates among military personnel deployed to the Gulf War arena, there is no difference between veterans who were expose...Poor health of Gulf veterans not related to post-traumatic stress disorder
Most Gulf War veterans do not have a formal psychiatric disorder and rates of post-traumatic stress disorder amongst the group are low, finds a study in this weeks BMJ....... Previous population-based studies have shown that Gulf veterans report medically unexplained symptoms such as fatigue, difficulty sleeping, and irritability more often than other veterans. They are also more likely to report...Actonel reduced nonveterbral fracture as early as 6 months
... ...San Francisco, Calif. (June 19, 2002) A new analysis shows Actonel (risedronate sodium tablets) reduced the risk of nonvertebral osteoporotic fractures by 74 percent within one year in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. A significant reduction in the risk of nonvertebral fractures was observed as soon as six months. The effect of Actonel on nonvertebral fracture risk was based on.... BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Elaine M. Hull, Ph.D., professor of .psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at .Buffalo, has received a $602,759 Independent Scientist Award from .the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), an arm of the .National Institutes of Health. . The five-year grant will allow Hull to expand her research .of hormone and neurotransmitter interactions in th.... DALLAS - May 25, 2000 - Brain scans of veterans who returned from the Gulf War sick show evidence of significant brain-cell loss, according to UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers.. . In the June issue of Radiology, researchers report that sick Gulf War veterans when compared with healthy veterans had 20 percent less brain cells in the brain stem, 12 percent less in the right...