News tagged with female veterans


Scientists identify new gene linked to PTSD

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 ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vets' PTSD affects mental and physical health of partners

A study from the University of Utah sheds new light on the health risks faced not only by military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but by their partners as well. Results of the study will be presented ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

PTSD linked to urinary incontinence in female veterans

(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 ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Women veterans report poorer health despite access to health services, insurance

As more and more soldiers return from recent conflicts overseas, new research reveals that female veterans experience poorer health than other women.

Health created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify risk factor pathways for PTSS in female and male veterans

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 ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0