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Substance Abuse In The Military Now A Public Health Crisis | Huffington Post | 27 September 2012 |
According to the Millennium Cohort Study soldiers who are deployed and exposed to combat, "are at increased risk of new-onset heavy weekly drinking, binge drinking, and other alcohol-related problems." |
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Study Links Deployment to Hypertension | Health.mil | 15 December 2009 |
DoD medical researchers have found that service members who suffered multiple combat exposures during a deployment, and especially those who had witnessed death as a result of war, were much more likely to report hypertension (chronic high blood pressure) compared to those who had not seen combat. |
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Military Deployment May Lead to Unhealthy Sleep Patterns | Health.com | 1 December 2010 |
Deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan significantly affects the quality and quantity of sleep of many U.S. military personnel, new research indicates. |
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Military Personnel With Mental Woes Before Deployment at Higher PTSD Risk | Health Day | 3 May 2011 |
Military personnel who have a psychiatric disorder prior to deployment or who've been injured during combat are more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after they return home. |
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Risk factors for lower extremity tendinopathies in military personnel | Healio | 01 August 2013 |
Lower extremity tendinopathies and plantar fasciitis were common injuries among military personnel, with plantar fasciitis incidents significantly associated with deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan, according to recent study results |
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DSM-4, DSM-5 checklists successfully assess PTSD among veteran, military populations | Healio | 27 April 2021 |
Both the PTSD Checklist-Civilian and PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 versions successfully assessed the disorder among veteran and military populations, according to results of a diagnostic study published in JAMA Network Open. |
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Iraq/Afghanistan deployment tied to respiratory woes | Global News | 3 December 2009 |
U.S. military personnel deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan face an increased risk for developing respiratory symptoms, including persistent or recurring cough and shortness of breath, a large-scale military study has shown. |
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Millennium Cohort Study Expanding To Include Spouses of Service Members | Force Health Protection and Readiness | 22 March 2010 |
The Millennium Cohort Study, which was launched in 2001 to help address health outcomes related to Service members' deployments, will soon be increasing its enrollment to more than 200,000 participants. The next survey cycle, which begins this year, will add 50,000 new Cohort members plus 10,000 spouses of Service members to the study. |
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Poor Health Linked to PTSD Risk Among Vets | Forbes.com | 16 April 2009 |
Military personnel who have poor mental or physical health before they go into combat are more likely to experience post-traumatic stress disorder following their battlefield experience, a U.S. military study finds ... |
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Experts Debate Link Between Deployment And Suicide Risk | Forbes.com | 19 December 2013 |
There is a very interesting debate over combat deployment and suicide risk in the December 18 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.The conversation unfolds in the letters section, and it addresses the results of a JAMA study published in August that suggested military deployment is not associated with suicide risk. |
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