Health
Sexual violence in war has lasting effect
Survivors of sexual violence in war zones suffer long lasting consequences, such as physical injury, mental trauma and social stigma, research suggests.
Sep 20, 2016
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Pediatrics
Study looks at program for Defence Force kids
A James Cook University researcher has been studying the help given to children with a parent deployed on active duty with the military.
Jul 12, 2016
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Health
International law fails to protect pregnant women in war zones, argue doctors
Deaths from violent conflict and lack of available care are major causes of mortality among pregnant women in war zones, warn doctors in an editorial published in The BMJ today.
Apr 21, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds some Vietnam vets currently have PTSD 40 years after war ended
While it has been 40 years since the Vietnam War ended, about 271,000 veterans who served in the war zone are estimated to have current full posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) plus subthreshold (meeting some diagnostic ...
Jul 22, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Photographer covering Ebola: The world must see
The biggest danger in a war zone is not seeing the enemy. What people face here in Liberia is a war, and no one has seen the enemy.
Oct 5, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study examines mental health toll exacted on civilians working with military in war zones
The punishing psychological toll endured by military personnel in war zones has been extensively documented for years by researchers, perhaps more than ever in the wake of recent military engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Apr 9, 2014
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Health
Lighting up in uniform: Study looks at what makes soldiers reach for a pack of cigarettes or not
Is it possible to predict which soldier will start smoking and which one will maybe quit? Yes, says Christopher B. Harte of the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System and Boston University School of Medicine in the US, ...
Jan 29, 2014
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Health
Britain launches DRC medical programme
Britain is to launch a £179 million five-year healthcare programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo which it hopes will reach six million people, Foreign Secretary William Hague announced on Tuesday.
Mar 27, 2013
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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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Psychology & Psychiatry
Yoga, deep breathing used to treat soldiers' stress
Rich Low dreamed of Iraq long after he returned home from the war.
Aug 27, 2012
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