News tagged with women veterans


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

Almost one third of Iraq/Afghanistan women veterans with PTSD report military sexual trauma

Thirty-one percent of women veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder reported military sexual trauma (MST), in contrast to one percent of men with PTSD, according to a study ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1