Medications
COVID meds like Paxlovid will soon have big price tags
Americans have been getting COVID treatments such as Paxlovid for free, but that's about to end.
Oct 30, 2023
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News tagged with veterans
Health informatics
Study shows thyroid cancer is more common among transgender female veterans
A new study by UC Davis Health endocrinology researchers has shown a high prevalence of thyroid cancer among transgender female veterans. It's the first evidence of such a disparity in the transgender female population in ...
Oct 24, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Review of trials comparing depression therapies ACT and CBT may indicate CBT's superiority
A new study from psychologists at the University of Kansas gauges the quality of the evidence from more than 500 randomized controlled trials of a common treatment for depression, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).
Oct 23, 2023
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Medications
Psychedelics found to improve mental health, cognition in special ops veterans
One treatment each of two psychedelic drugs lowered depression and anxiety and improved cognitive functioning in a sample of U.S. special operations forces veterans who sought care at a clinic in Mexico, according to a new ...
Oct 5, 2023
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Cardiology
Insomnia may be an early risk factor for irregular heart rhythm
Younger adults diagnosed with insomnia were more likely to develop a type of irregular heartbeat—and to do so earlier—than those without a history of insomnia, according to a large study of military veterans. The findings ...
Oct 5, 2023
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Cardiology
Gulf War illness may increase risk for heart disease or stroke
Military veterans with Gulf War illness may face a higher risk for heart disease, stroke and several risk factors, a new study suggests.
Oct 2, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Nurses, health care staff face higher suicide risks
Nurses, health technicians and health care support workers face a higher risk of suicide than the general U.S. population does, an alarming new study shows.
Sep 26, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Self-harm is underrecognized in Gulf War Veterans
As the VA continues to explore new methods of suicide prevention, researchers at the Durham VA Medical Center in North Carolina believe one important indicator has gone understudied, and they are looking to change that in ...
Sep 15, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mental health problems during COVID highly variable by symptom cluster and population group: Study
People already diagnosed with a mental disorder before the COVID-19 pandemic did not show a disproportionate increase in symptoms afterwards. This is one result from the first systematic review of longitudinal studies following ...
Sep 1, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mortality risk increased for six months after COVID-19 in veterans
U.S. veterans infected with COVID-19 have an increased risk for mortality during days 0 to 90 and 91 to 180, but risk is reduced thereafter through two years, according to a study published online Aug. 21 in JAMA Internal ...
Aug 31, 2023
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