In this Issue: News Update Childhood Trauma May Influence PTSD More Than War Experience IG Report Points to Lack of Responsiveness by Iowa City VAMC Management Focus on Diabetes Soldiers with Diabetes Increase Disease Management Challeng...

In this Issue: News Update Invasive Fungal Infections Complicate Treatment of IED-Wounded Troops Nurses' Union Ratifies Contract with VA Focus on Pain Management: Ketamine Increasingly Used for Military Pain Management Ketamine Resets S...

DECEMBER ISSUE Forward this newsletter to a colleague U.S. MEDICINE NEWS UPDATE Gregory Light, PhD Poor Neural Processing of Auditory Tones Gives Clues to Schizophrenia Impairments SAN DIEGO - A deficiency in the neural processing of simp...

NOVEMBER ISSUE U.S. MEDICINE NEWS UPDATE Steven E. Nissen, MD More Cardiac Events for Diabetic Veterans Started on Sulfonylureas NASHVILLE--While metformin generally is considered first-line treatment for diabetes, many recently-diagnos...

A 2010 study published by Cozza and his colleagues in the Journal of Traumatic Stress underscored the impact that combat injuries can have on children. That study examined the impact of combat injury on family functioning in 41 families and foun...

While making sure no segment of the population is overlooked in alcohol screening is crucial, how that screening is administered also appears to be important, according to Katharine Bradley, MD, MPH. She said at the webinar that, since 2006, th...

In addition, researchers observed that physicians typically recommend HCV treatment for patients with moderate liver disease and defer it for those with minimal disease progression. “Given the more rapid disease progression among co-infected pat...

Please read this article and participate in this month's online opinion poll. Will the federal conference restrictions make it difficult for you to satisfy continuing education requirements and keep up in your clinical area? What is your opinion? ...

The stricter federal guidance comes as Congress is questioning federal agencies about their conference spending. The increased scrutiny was largely prompted by reports of a 2010 General Services Administration conference in Las Vegas, where exo...