Psychology & Psychiatry
Refugee trauma worse than war trauma
(Medical Xpress)—The trauma of being a refugee can be worse than the trauma of war, according to a new Victoria University study.
Nov 11, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Gulf War illness not in veterans' heads, but in their mitochondria
Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine have demonstrated for the first time that veterans of the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War who suffer from "Gulf War illness" have impaired function of mitochondria – the energy ...
Mar 27, 2014
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Health
Final review of health problems that may be linked to Agent Orange exposure during Vietnam War
The latest and final in a series of congressionally mandated biennial reviews of the evidence of health problems that may be linked to exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides used during the Vietnam War changed the ...
Mar 10, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The 'greatest pandemic in history' was 100 years ago – but many of us still get the basic facts wrong
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the great influenza pandemic of 1918. Between 50 and 100 million people are thought to have died, representing as much as 5 percent of the world's population. Half a billion people ...
Jan 11, 2018
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Medications
Pfizer's blockbuster drug Lipitor goes generic
Pfizer's patent on the best-selling drug of all-time, the cholesterol-lowering medication Lipitor, expired on Wednesday, opening the path to generic competitors for America's most popular medication.
Nov 30, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Toxic exposures caused illness in gulf war veterans, new report says
Twenty-five years after 700,000 U.S. troops fought and won the first Gulf War with remarkably low casualties, research "clearly and consistently" shows that exposure to pesticides and other toxins caused Gulf War Illness, ...
Jan 26, 2016
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Economic analysis finds penicillin, not 'the pill', may have launched the sexual revolution
(Medical Xpress)—The 1950s were not as prudish as they seemed on the surface, says economist Andrew Francis.
Jan 28, 2013
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Neuroscience
Chronic pain in Gulf War veterans linked to brain structure changes
The brains of Gulf War veterans with chronic pain possess larger pain processing regions and smaller pain regulation regions compared to their healthy peers, according to new research published in JNeurosci.
Jun 13, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How can I miss you when you won't go away? A couple's survival guide
Dinner at home was not on the menu when Jennifer Monahan planned her 10th wedding anniversary. But that was before the coronavirus pandemic drove hundreds of millions of couples around the globe indoors and into intensive ...
Apr 15, 2020
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'Holocaust journeys' can cause mental health problems
A new study led by Tel Aviv University researchers finds that the Holocaust education trips Israeli high school students take to Poland every year can trigger mental health problems.
Aug 20, 2013
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