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Yes, your supportive texts to your battle buddy actually help prevent military suicide, study says
February 21, 2019
Lisa Rapaport | Task & Purpose
(Reuters Health) - Military service members who are at risk for suicide may be less likely to attempt to harm themselves when they receive supportive text messages, a U.S. study suggests.
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Study shows drug commonly prescribed to veterans could be making suicidal thoughts worse
February 18, 2019
Kathleen Jacob | Fox 17
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A FOX 17 News investigation found a drug treating PTSD in our veterans could be killing them. Prazosin is a blood pressure medication commonly prescribed to treat PTSD nightmares. Only two drugs are approved by the FDA to treat PTSD, and Prazosin is not one of them.
Retired Sgt. Allen Chapman said he takes 10 pills a day to treat depression, PTSD, and all the other side effects that come with working in a war zone overseas.
“I’ve got so many medications, it takes a while to take them all in the morning,” Sgt. Chapman said.
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Does PTSD Really Harm Veterans' Hearts?
February 13, 2019
Robert Preidt | U.S. News
By itself, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) doesn't raise the risk of heart disease for U.S. veterans, a new study finds.
"Instead, a combination of physical disorders, psychiatric disorders and smoking -- that are more common in patients with PTSD versus without PTSD -- appear to explain the association between PTSD and developing cardiovascular disease," said study author Jeffrey Scherrer. He's research director in the department of family and community medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri.
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Veterans are committing suicide in VA parking lots: report
February 8, 2019
Joshua Axelrod | Military Times
A new report illustrates a troubling trend of veterans committing suicide on VA hospital campuses after receiving inadequate care from individual facilities.
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'Time Away' Remains Top Troop, Military Family Worry: Survey
February 6, 2019
Amy Bushatz | Military.com
Absence from home remains the top concern among active-duty troops and their families for the second year running, according to the results of an annual military family survey scheduled for release Wednesday.
The survey, fielded by Blue Star Families and Syracuse University's Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), queried more than 10,000 people between April and June of last year.
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Pentagon Launches Prescription Monitoring Program to Curb Substance Abuse
February 6, 2019
Patricia Kime | Military.com
Military hospitals, clinics and pharmacies will soon share information on prescriptions written for controlled substances with civilian doctors in nine states, part of a growing effort to stem addiction and illegal transfer of medications such as opioids within the military population.
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VA Contract Makes Foundation Medicine Oncology Tests Available to Veterans
February 5, 2019
Laura Joszt | AJMC
Veterans living with advanced cancer will now have access to comprehensive genomic profiling. Foundation Medicine announced that it has won a nationwide contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs National Precision Oncology Program.
The contract covers all of Foundation Medicine’s tests, including FoundationOne CDx and FoundationOne Liquid for solid tumors and FoundationOne Heme for hematological malignancies.
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Military tax tips: New tax law is (mostly) good news
February 4, 2019
Karen Jowers | Military Times
If it’s February, it must be time to think about ….. taxes.
The deadline for filing federal income tax returns is April 15. If you live in Maine or Massachusetts, you have until April 17 to file.
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Active-Duty Military Suicides at Record Highs in 2018
January 30, 2019
Patricia Kime | Military.com
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What makes veteran entrepreneurs successful?
January 30, 2019
Kelly Finn Stormer | EIN Presswire
ARLINGTON, VA, UNITED STATES, January 30, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The National Association of Veteran-Serving Organizations (NAVSO) will present the findings of their research study conducted in partnership with researchers from Purdue University’s Center for Urban Global Sustainability (CGUS), Military Family Research Institute (MFRI) and Center for Regional Development, titled, “Success Factors for Veteran Entrepreneurs” during a lunchtime event hosted at the Booz Allen Hamilton Innovation Center in Wa
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