Soldiers in Medical News

Spinal Cord Stimulation Need Not Keep Soldiers From Action

Back pain treatment shouldn't interfere with service, study finds WEDNESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- In a turnabout from prior recommendations, a new study says soldiers who need electrical spinal cord stimulation to relieve chronic back pain may be able to return to active duty. ...

Old Tech Helps Soldiers With New Wound Infection

Antibiotic-laced bone cement cuts complications that could cost them a limb THURSDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- A combination of bone cement and antibiotics may help fight dangerous infections that can develop in compound (open) fractures suffered by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan and...

US soldiers in high-tuberculosis areas face new epidemic: false positives

U.S. Army service members are increasingly deployed in regions of the world where tuberculosis (TB) is rampant, such as Iraq and Afghanistan, and the military now faces a growing medical problem. But it is not TB itself that is on the riseinstead, the problem lies with the growing number of pseudo...

New Veterans Drug Court Focuses on Rehabilitating Our Soldiers Through Mental Health Treatment

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) is pleased to announce the establishment of the Buffalo Veterans' Treatment Court in Buffalo, N.Y., which addresses the increasing number of veterans entering the criminal justice sy...

Healing Wounds and Hearts: Warrior Weekend Helps Soldiers Relax and Recover

NEWARK, Del., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to reach out to wounded soldiers, Retired Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Steve Udovich has organized "Warrior Weekend," a series of uplifting and rejuvenating weekend retreats -- offered at no cost to injured soldiers and marines. The trips ...

UB's bioblower closer to protecting soldiers from biological attack

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A powerful air sterilization technology developed at the University at Buffalo has killed every biological agent with which it has been challenged, including airborne spores, viruses and bacteria in independent tests conducted for the U.S. Department of Defense. A prototype pro...

How do multiple deployments affect soldiers and their families?

The U.S. Military researched that question last year and put together a report, the Mental Health Advisory Team IV, that studied soldier mental health and well-being. The current issue of Traumatology, published by SAGE, takes a sobering look at that study, exploring the three most critical elemen...

Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) Expands Service Offerings for Injured Soldiers with the New 'Warriors to Work' Program

-Resume Builder and Job Postings Part of Available Resources- JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- In their ongoing effort to ensure this group of returning wounded veterans are the most well-adjusted and successful generation of veterans, Wounded Warrior Project has expanded their...

Injured Soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital to Benefit From Congressional Fundraiser

CHEVY CHASE, Md., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Garland Miller, President of the Combat Soldiers Recovery Fund, announced that there will be a Congressional reception to benefit the Fund on Wednesday evening, September 26, 2007. According to Ms. Miller, "100% of all donations to the Fund...

Life-Saving News for Battlefield Soldiers & Wounded Civilians

FDA Clears Product to Stop Severe Bleeding BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- A lightweight, pre-mixed, dressing compound that is scientifically-proven to stem high-pressure bleeding in moderate to severe wounds has received FDA clearance after six weeks of review. Availabi...

Clinical Topicals Makes Breakthrough Migraine Treatment Available Free to Soldiers

Soldiers Now Have New Weapon against Chronic Migraines from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder NEW YORK, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinical Topicals PHP announced today that it is making its new migraine treatment available free to military personnel returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...

LegalView Brain Injury Site Reports Department of Veteran Affairs Request for Research on TBI and Soldiers

LegalView updated its traumatic brain injury (TBI) blog with information of a request for research by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on the potential trauma associated with soldiers and helmets. The VA has declared that TBI is responsible for a significant portion of combat casualties an...

National Rehabilitation Hospital Team to Work with US Army to Improve Rehab Care for Wounded Soldiers

Early Detection of Brain Injury Is Key WASHINGTON, June 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A team of professionals from National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) will fly to Germany on Saturday to work with the US Army's Europe Regional Medical Command (ERMC), in assessing their current rehabilitati...

UVA Health System part of Armed Forces multi-million dollar effort to help soldiers

A procedure currently performed all over the world for cosmetic purposes might also improve wound healing and limb function for soldiers who are severely hurt and scarred during combat. Dr. Adam Katz, plastic surgeon and researcher at the University of Virginia Health System, will conduct research...

Presidential Commission Wants Proper Care of Wounded Soldiers at Their Homes

The US presidential commission investigating the plight of the soldiers wounded in the killing fields of Iraq and Afghanistan has focused on efforts to enable the GIs receive proper treatment in their own homes . During its seventh and last hearing Friday, the Commission admitted todays vet...

US Soldiers to Be Trained in Critical Medical Care

Any army is trained to kill. But the US military says it would teach its soldiers some basic instructions in saving life. No it is not turning pacifist, certainly not under George W.Bush. Simply such basic training could help them provide the much needed critical medical care on the battlefield. T...

Suicide Among Returning US Soldiers on the Rise

President Bush might make a show of laying wreaths on war memorials and wax eloquent on the services of soldiers in the war on terror. But post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is taking a severe toll on the countrys soldiers. Families of veterans have begun to speak out, complaining that the Pe...

Bush Administration Allows Returning Soldiers to Disintegrate, Say Critics

More damning evidence is out on the callousness of the Bush administration towards its own soldiers returning from battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. The veterans are finding it evermore difficult to get mental health treatment because military insurance is cutting payments to therapist...

Collateral Damage-Children Of Canadian Soldiers Suffer

Children of Canadian soldiers posted to battle in Afghanistan are increasingly suffering from war–related anxiety and other such psychological disorders, say// concerned experts. Ontario’s ombudsman Andre Marin had undertaken a recent investigation into the matter. It was seen that a center fo...

British Soldiers Suffer Delay of Treatment for Mental Illness

British soldiers who are suffering from mental illness after serving in war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan, were asked to wait 18 months or longer for treatment// from the National Health Service (NHS). It said that the figures released by British Ministry of Defence (MoD) showed 2,123 servicemen ...

Fired HIV-infected Soldiers to Get Back Their Jobs

Mexico City- Mexico's Defense Services will be bound by a Supreme Court order that will require them to re-instate HIV-infected// soldiers who were fired due to their health condition. Last week the Supreme Court enforced that the armed forces cannot discharge soldiers and naval officers with...

Ill Health among Soldiers Returning From Iraq

Professor Simon Wessely, of the King's Center for Military Health Research at King's College London said that British soldiers returning from Iraq are suffering from health problems. // Hence the researcher and his team are examining whether there had been an increase in ill health in soldiers retu...

Move to make HIV Tests mandatory For Soldiers In Northeast

As part of efforts to prevent the spread of HIV in the three armed services, particularly the army, the Indian armed forces plan to make HIV tests mandatory // for all its personnel serving in the northeast. A proposal to test all soldiers going to the insurgency-affected northeast as well as t...

Caffeine pill to keep soldiers alert in the field

A defense pill to keep soldiers alert in the field by producing the stimulation enjoyed by regular coffee drinkers is being developed by defense scientists in Singapore.// In what is believed to be the first extensive study of the effects of caffeine on Asians, DSO National Laboratories, Sin...

Caffeine keeps soldiers sharp

Caffeine can help increase reaction time and improve performance for military servicemen who must perform complex tasks or who need help staying alert for longer periods of time, according to a new report by the National Academy of Sciences. The report, by the academy's Institute of Medicine, found...

China Declares War on Unsafe Foods for Soldiers

China has declared war on unsafe food for its 2.3 million soldiers, with the military to implement new safety measures following the recent spate of health scandals, state media reported on Friday. Measures include weeding out fake or substandard food products and eliminating the common pr...

US Trying Hard to Provide Proper Treatment for Wounded Soldiers

The US government does not have a precise figure of those wounded in the killing fields of Iraq or Afghanistan. The death toll is relatively easy to keep track of 3,500 in Iraq for instance. But in the case of the wounded estimates vary, between 35,000 and 53,000. But more important the...

Migraines may Be a Symptom of Other Problems for Iraq Soldiers

Soldiers returning from Iraq who have migraine headaches are more than twice as likely to also have symptoms of post-traumatic stress, depression or anxiety than soldiers who do not have migraines, according to research. The study involved 3,621 United States Army soldiers who were given a ...

U.S. Army Developing a Robot to Rescue Injured Soldiers

A remote-controlled robot is being developed by the U.S. Army to rescue injured or abducted soldiers, without putting their comrades at risk. The 1.8-metre-tall Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot (Bear) will be able to travel over bumpy terrain and squeeze through doorways while carrying ...

US Army to Recruit More Psychiatrists to Counsel Stressed Out Soldiers

It would be spending $33 million to add about 200 mental health professionals to help soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health needs. "As the war has gone on, PTSD and other psychological effects of war have increased," conceded Col. Elspeth Ritchie, psychiatry cons...

Migraines may Be a Symptom of Other Problems for Iraq Soldiers

Soldiers returning from Iraq who have migraine headaches are more than twice as likely to also have symptoms of post-traumatic stress, depression or anxiety// than soldiers who do not have migraines, according to research. The study involved 3,621 United States Army soldiers who were given a h...

Row in Australia Over Mental Health Support Available for Returning Soldiers

Veterans associations in Australia have called upon the federal government to provide better mental health support services for soldiers //returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Doctor Robert Marr from the Medical Association for the Prevention of War says there needs to be a specific couns...

A Realistic Arm on the Anvil for Injured Soldiers

As the Iraq war continues to take its toll and the number of injured soldiers is increasing, there is some cheer for the marines who have// lost their limbs. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the US has announced that its team has developed a breakthrough prosthetic arm...

Military Healthcare Lacks Compassion, Say US Soldiers

Many a time, in many countries, those called up to risk their lives in the service of their nation// find themselves ignored and even ill-treated. Apparently the US is no exception. Wounded soldiers and war veterans poured out their grievances during a hearing of the President’s Military Medic...

Drug for bleeding disorder given to U.S soldiers

A drug that is used to treat bleeding disorders, like hemophilia, is being used to control bleeding in severely wounded U.S soldiers in Iraq. // The drug Recombinant Activated Factor VIII has been proven in the past to cause serious complications in non-hemophiliacs. It can cause heart attacks, ...

Yoga to De-stress Indian Army Soldiers

A parliamentary panel has recommended that the Indian Army immediately introduce yoga for its soldiers in field areas to de-stress them.// "There is also imperative need for regular lectures and exercises on yoga techniques to de-stress our jawans in field units. Immediate steps may be initiat...

Personality Disorders Caused Army To Let Go Of 1,000 Soldiers

It is reported that the Army was forced to discharge about a 1,000 soldiers due to their suffering from personality disorders//. This is the same reason why private Steven D. Green, who is accused of raping and killing an Iraqi woman and murdering her family, was also discharged. Steven D. Gre...

Book Seeks To Rehabilitate Soldiers

A new book is offering strategies for the Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans to cope with the community members, employers, and their families. A person undergoes tremendous change after fighting in a battlefield, and // returning to normal civilian life again can be very difficult. The book is...

US Reportedly Experimenting on Nepali Soldiers

The US Government is reportedly using Nepali soldiers for experiments for finding a vaccine for Hepatitis. The vaccine is expected to protect the US soldiers while serving abroad. Hepatitis E is reported to account for half the hepatitis cases in lesser developed nations. //In 1995, the US Armed Fo...

Knowing What to Look for Can Aid in Proper Diagnosis & Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries

... (MTBI's) in the U.S., due in large part to the ongoing involvement of American troops in the Middle East. As many as 18% of the 1.5 million American soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan during the past eight years have suffered from a mild traumatic brain injury, reports the New England Journal ...