http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Investigators at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System have identified a new gene linked to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The findings, published online in Molecular Psychiatry, indicate that a gene known to play a role in protecting brain cells from the damaging effects of stress may also be involved in the development of PTSD. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-scientists-gene-linked-ptsd.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:04:19 EST news263563450 (HealthDay) -- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is independently associated with urgency/mixed urinary incontinence (UI) symptoms in female veterans, according to a study published in the June issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-ptsd-linked-urinary-incontinence-female.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:50:01 EST news257775117 As more and more soldiers return from recent conflicts overseas, new research reveals that female veterans experience poorer health than other women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-women-veterans-poorer-health-access.html Health Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:50:01 EST news253268501 Researchers affiliated with Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that risk factors for post-traumatic stress symptomatology (PTSS) among Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)/Operational Iraqi Freedom (OIF) male veterans were relatively similar to what was observed in a prior group of Vietnam veterans. The findings, which currently appear online in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, suggest there are key pathways through which risk factors contribute to PTSS across different male veteran cohorts. In addition, the researchers also identified a number of novel mechanisms of risk for OEF/OIF female veterans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-factor-pathways-ptss-female-male.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:46:11 EST news230813142