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Sergeant Major of the Army Recounts How He Overcame PTSD Stigma Subhead: IoM Report Calls for Annual Screening by DoD
"DOD and VA offer many programs for PTSD, but treatment isn't reaching everyone who needs it, and the departments aren't tracking which treatments are being used or evaluating how well they work in the long term," said committee chair Sandro Galea...
Sergeant Major of the Army Recounts How He Overcame PTSD: IoM Report Calls for Annual Screening by DoD
WASHINGTON —Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler III said he was faced with his “own mortality” in Iraq in 2004, when a rocket blew up in the room where he was.
Novel Use of Fractional Lasers for Scarring Improves Quality of Life for Injured Troops
Changing Paradigms
The dermatology community is slowly coming to accept this application of the technology, Shumaker said. The two have published some articles in the last year and expect to conduct more extensive studies in the future.
“Up to thi...
Novel Use of Fractional Lasers for Scarring Improves Quality of Life for Injured Troops
Functional Improvements
Uebelhoer and Shumaker have been employing ablative fractional laser technology for traumatic scars and other types of injuries at NMCSD since 2009. They were among the first and remain one of the most prolific users of the...
Novel Use of Fractional Lasers for Scarring Improves Quality of Life for Injured Troops
SAN DIEGO NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER, CA — Thanks to the work of physicians here and at a select number of facilities around the country, the paradigm of how scars are treated might be shifting.
Telemental Healthcare Beneficial For Rural Vets with PTSD
Dutch Test D-cycloserine To Improve PTSD Outcomes
While psychotherapy, including exposure therapy, is the common treatment for PTSD, it is not always effective. In a recent study, Dutch researchers examined whether that treatment could be improved...
Telemental Healthcare Beneficial For Rural Vets with PTSD
Higher PTSD Rates Increase Workload for VHA Staffers
The workload for VHA specialty mental-health care staff has significantly increased in the last decade, with both the number treated and intensity of treatment increasing for veterans with PTSD....
Telemental Healthcare Beneficial For Rural Vets with PTSD
A new study suggests that providing more telemental health could have an especially beneficial effect on treatment of rural veterans with PTSD.1
Checklist of Environmental Hazards Helps Reduce Inpatient Suicides in VAMCs
WASHINGTON — When receiving care in a hospital, suicidal patients could take advantage of anything from bedding to belts to kill themselves.
New Diabetes Guidelines Offer More Leeway for Primary-Care Physicians, Patients
More Treatment Options
If treatment with metformin does not sufficiently reduce HbA1c after about three months, practitioners are advised to proceed to a two-drug therapy, considering the benefits, side effects and risks of each medication, which ...
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