News tagged with war veterans

Causes of Gulf War Illness are complex and vary by deployment area: study

Gulf War Illness (GWI) -- the chronic health condition that affects about one in four military veterans of the 1991 Gulf War -- appears to be the result of several factors, which differed in importance depending upon the ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Sociologist finds combat veterans face more lifelong socioeconomic challenges

From the many images sent home from foreign battlefields over the last several decades, Americans have viewed the plight of their country's combat-weary veterans as stark and often iconic scenes that seem somehow frozen in ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Limited data suggest possible association between Agent Orange exposure

A new report from the Institute of Medicine finds suggestive but limited evidence that exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides used during the Vietnam War is associated with an increased chance of developing ischemic ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 3