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Archive for August 1st 2011

Meditation Shows Promise in Alleviating Combat-Related PTSD Symptoms Cont.

At 12 weeks, while no specific ratings were performed, the study stated that all subjects reported feeling “calmer, less stressed and less anxious.” Rosenthal, who authored “Transcendence: Healing and Transformation through Transcendental Meditati...

Meditation Shows Promise in Alleviating Combat-Related PTSD Symptoms

WASHINGTON — Could repeating a mantra and meditating help alleviate symptoms of combat-related PTSD and improve quality of life in veterans suffering from the malady? A new pilot study suggests the answer is “Yes.­­”

Supervisor at DC VAMC Helps Vision Impaired See Possibilities for Their Lives Cont.

A little more than three years ago, prompted by Congress and veterans service organizations, VA began opening more vision rehabilitation clinics and blinded vet centers across the country. Lillie became the supervisor of the DCVAMC clinic and move...

Supervisor at DC VAMC Helps Vision Impaired See Possibilities for Their Lives

WASHINGTON—Lillie Kennedy’s office is a testament to what she helps teach veterans as the Vision Rehabilitation Supervisor at the DC VA Medical Center. 

Advising Patients on Sexual Health, Intimacy Issues After TBI Cont.

TBI and the Military The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences’ Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS) in Bethesda, MD, is working to improve communication around injuries and has released fact sheets for providers and fami...

Advising Patients on Sexual Health, Intimacy Issues After TBI

WASHINGTON — Sexual health and intimacy problems are important issues for those who have sustained a brain injury, and providers need to be able to address the topics with TBI patients, researchers said at the Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury held in Washington.

While PTSD Research Has Accelerated, Much About the Disorder Remains a Mystery Cont.

Testing Treatments How the disease impacts patients over time remains relatively unknown. Little has been done in the way of longitudinal imaging studies in PTSD patients. One study in 2003 showed patients treated with peroxetine — commonly used t...

While PTSD Research Has Accelerated, Much About the Disorder Remains a Mystery Cont.

Imaging the Effects of PTSD  “We’re looking ahead to try to understand why exactly it is that people with PTSD have a higher risk of dementia,” Neylan said. “One reason is that it might be related to increased risk of cerebral vascular disease, or...

While PTSD Research Has Accelerated, Much About the Disorder Remains a Mystery

SAN FRANCISCO — Research into PTSD has accelerated exponentially over the last decade. Where once it was understood as little more than a loose collection of symptoms, now researchers are beginning to define the pathology of the disease as well as what effects it might have on other bodily systems. And, as patients with PTSD age, more is being understood about how PTSD will affect health the rest of their lives.

VA Improves Staff Training, Technology for Prosthetics Cont.

Smart Prosthetics The next step in the technology will take prosthetics from the realm of product to that of service. Miller is currently on the lookout for technology or proposals that could be considered “smart prosthetics.” While the term may s...
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