Posts Tagged ‘veterans’
Vets’ best weapon: Giving back
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Disabled veterans who continue to give back on a volunteer basis improve their employment prospects, further their education, and become better role models for their children. Continue…
Thursday, August 18, 2011 11:18 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Apr 7, 2011 16:26 - 0 Comments
Racial gaps persist in VA health care
BROWN (US) — Despite dramatic overall improvements at Veterans Affairs medical centers, health outcomes of African-Americans remains at a level below that of whites. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 12, 2010 11:22 - 28 Comments
Agent Orange effects linger for Vietnam vets
U. BUFFALO (US)—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 shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 3, 2010 12:26 - 0 Comments
Known drugs may help veterans with PTSD
U. TEXAS (US)—Drugs that have shown success in clinical trials for Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s diseases may also be useful in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 11, 2009 15:58 - 1 Comment
‘Rewired’ Guitar Hero game helps amputees heal
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—What do you get when you mix Nintendo’s Wii video game system with rehabilitation therapy? “Wii-habilitation”—a combination that helps patients cope with the often excruciating pain of physical therapy. Now two engineers in the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory’s National Security Technology Department have cranked that concept up a notch. (more…)
