Obesity linked to hyperparathyroidism in chronic kidney disease
...." The study was based on a database of 496 U.S. veterans with moderate to severe CKD who were not yet on dialysis. The database allowed the researchers to test the association between body weight and PTH levels, while accounting for a number of possible confounding factors. The results showed a signific...Split the difference: Pill-splitting study looks at cost-saving step that could be used by millions
...f Veterans Affairs, which requires that nearly all veterans taking statins split their pills but does not charge co-pays for any medicines. Still, Choe says, other employers and agencies can re-design their prescription plans to encourage and reward pill-splitting, by restructuring the co-pay for each mon...JRRD releases single-topic issue on pain and pain management
...: "What about comorbid chronic pain" pg. 153 In veterans who were being treated for posttraumatic stress di...related conditions according to their doctors. The veterans who told their primary care doctor that they had pain before PTSD treatment said that their pain was...Scientists find war vets' hand dexterity determines susceptibility to PTSD
...ce post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Combat veterans with an extreme level of mixed handedness are near... likely to develop (PTSD) after combat compared to veterans who use both hands less often, according to the study, which is being published in the May issue of ...Veterans exposed to Agent Orange have higher rates of prostate cancer recurrence
...ng in Anaheim, Calif. The study looked at 1,653 veterans who had prostate cancer surgery at Department of V...d more Agent Orange exposure. Researchers found veterans with Agent Orange exposure more likely to be black and younger at the time of surgery to remove thei...Weill Cornell researchers use 'Virtual Iraq' simulation to study post-traumatic stress disorder
...esearch trial, participating Iraq War and Gulf War veterans with and without PTSD are shown a brief, 3-D virtu...e study found that as many as 13 percent of recent veterans are diagnosed with PTSD. The Weill Cornell researchers are testing whether physiological arousal (...VA should revise its methods for evaluating and rating PTSD in veterans
...essing and rating this condition, and whether some veterans are getting payments that are too low, too high, o...mployed. The agency also should ensure that all veterans applying for PTSD compensation receive a thorough, initial evaluation by an experienced clinical pro...Hepatitis C increases risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
...population. It is more common among U.S. military veterans who use the Veterans Affairs (VA) medical system, in which approximately five percent of veterans are infected with HCV. HCV infection causes liver cancer and cirrhosis, and may also increase the r...Risk of lymphoma increases with hepatitis C virus infection
...chers note that this study was limited to military veterans who used the VA system, so the results may not be ...valence of HCV infection is much higher among U.S. veterans who use the VA medical system (5 percent) than in the general population, where only 1.6 percent car...For Iraq veterans, migraines may be sign of other problems
...end that health care providers who evaluate combat veterans for headaches perform mental health screening in order to ensure that psychiatric disorders are identified and properly treated. All soldiers returning from deployment presently undergo mental health screening." ...Brains scans of symptomatic Gulf War veterans show differences
...on, April 28 May 5, 2007. The study involved 36 veterans of the first Gulf War (1990-1991). Half of the veterans had a high number (more than five) of symptoms, such as joint pain, fatigue, forgetfulness, headache...Low education predicts lower quality of life for prostate cancer patients
... range of counseling and referral services to help veterans with mental, emotional, career, and other problems. Knight says that the study is as far as we know, the first to emphasize the impact of educational level on quality of life after prostate cancer treatment, as opposed to health literacy, a much mo...Study finds drug helps PTSD nightmares
...d to improve sleep and lessen trauma nightmares in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). "Th...ological Psychiatry. The randomized trial of 40 veterans compared a nightly dose of prazosin (PRAISE-oh-sin) with placebo over eight weeks. Participants cont...Mental illnesses appear common among veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan
Almost one-third of returning veterans who received health care at Veterans Affairs facil...e of the wounded survive than ever before." These veterans are eligible for two years of free health care related to their military service through the Departm...Virtual activities: Virtuous or perilous?
...tional therapy, such as a game-based treatment for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. He presents at 1:45 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 18 in the Da Vinci Ballroom, fourth floor, Renaissance Parc 55. Rizzo will participate in a news briefing at 10 a.m. that day. EXPANDING THE LITERARY MIND BY VIRTUAL PLAY...JRRD releases single-topic issue focused on vision rehabilitation
...entify factors that inhibit the reading ability of veterans with visual impairments. Our study investigated whether preferred retinal locus (PRL) and scotoma placement were related to text navigation ability in subjects with low vision. We also investigated whether a trained retinal loci (TRL) could be develo...Patients with PTSD experience less pain sensitivity -- may be related to altered processing
...ocessing in patients with PTSD. Twelve male Dutch veterans with PTSD and 12 male veterans without PTSD were recruited and matched for age, region of deployment and year of deployment. The e...Doubts cast on organophosphate poisoning as cause of Gulf War Syndrome depression
...oning causes symptoms of depression among Gulf War veterans and farmers, who are exposed regularly to these chemicals. Several studies have found that people who are regularly exposed to organophosphates are more likely than the general population to have symptoms of depression, including irritability, diff...Common PTSD drug is no more effective than placebo
...entical looking placebo pill on 63 male and female veterans at four VA medical centers in California and Hawai...ults do not support the use of alpha 2 agonists in veterans with chronic PTSD. Neylan speculates that instead of lowering the overall level of norepinephrine,...Combination of personality traits increases risk for heart disease
...dicine. The team analyzed data on 2,105 military veterans who served in the Vietnam War and took part in the U.S. Air Force Health Study, in which researchers tracked the health of participants for 20 years. None of the men enrolled had heart disease when the study began. At the start of the study, partic...