Surgery
Soldier who lost four limbs has double-arm transplant (Update)
The first U.S. soldier to survive after losing all four limbs in the Iraq war has received a double-arm transplant.
Jan 28, 2013
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News tagged with soldiers
Medications
Medication targeting brain stress response may help cardiovascular symptoms of alcohol withdrawal
Prazosin, a medication FDA-approved for hypertension and used off-label for alcohol use disorder, may help prevent drinking relapse in people with cardiovascular or behavioral symptoms of alcohol withdrawal, according to ...
Feb 21, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Embattled childhoods may be the real trauma for soldiers with PTSD
New research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in soldiers challenges popular assumptions about the origins and trajectory of PTSD, providing evidence that traumatic experiences in childhood - not combat - may predict ...
Nov 19, 2012
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Medical research
Ketone drink gives competitive cyclists a boost by altering their metabolism
A drink developed for soldiers to generate energy from ketones rather than carbs or fat allowed highly trained cyclists to add up to 400 meters of distance (2% increase) to their workouts , a small UK-led study reports July ...
Jul 27, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Virtual humans work better than current ways to identify post-traumatic stress in soldiers
Soldiers are more likely to open up about post-traumatic stress when interviewed by a virtual interviewer than by taking a survey, finds a study published today in open-access journal Frontiers in Robotics and AI. A computer-generated ...
Oct 12, 2017
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Biomedical technology
Rapid, temperature-sensitive hemorrhage control for traumatic wounds
As outlined in their recent publication in Biomaterials Science, researchers from the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation, (TIBI), have developed an injectable, temperature sensitive, shear-thinning hydrogel (T-STH) ...
Dec 21, 2022
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Surgery
Virginia man injured in gun accident gets new face (Update)
(AP) -- After 15 years of wearing a mask and living as a recluse, a 37-year-old Virginia man disfigured in a gun accident got a new face, nose, teeth and jaw in what University of Maryland physicians say is the most extensive ...
Mar 27, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
What are the timing and risk factors for suicide attempts in the army?
A new study that examined timing and risk factors for suicide attempts by U.S. Army-enlisted soldiers suggests risks were highest among those soldiers never deployed and that never-deployed soldiers were at greatest risk ...
May 25, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Critically injured soldiers have high rates of mental health disorders
U.S. combat soldiers who suffered a moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) are more likely than soldiers with other serious injuries to experience a range of mental health disorders, according to a new retrospective ...
Jan 28, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The old ways of reintegrating young veterans need to be abandoned
The reintegration of former child soldiers is a key mandate of humanitarian organisations across the globe.
Apr 29, 2019
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