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Veterans and Homelessness [PDF]
, 2009 [Excerpt] The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan brought renewed attention to the needs of veterans, including the needs of homeless veterans. Homeless veterans initially came to the country’s attention in the 1970s and 1980s, when homelessness generally was ...
Perl, Libby
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The Burden of Frailty Among U.S. Veterans and Its Association With Mortality, 2002-2012.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2018 Background Frailty is a key determinant of clinical outcomes. We sought to describe frailty among U.S. Veterans and its association with mortality. Methods Nationwide retrospective cohort study of regular Veterans Affairs (VA) users, aged at least 65 ...
A. Orkaby +15 more
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Despite frogs avoiding low temperatures, examination of four salamander species revealed that none avoided cold and all possessed cold tolerance. Functional analysis of TRPM8, a cold sensor, showed that all salamander TRPM8s had lost their cold sensitivity.
Tadahiro Sawao +3 more
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Multimorbidity of mental health and substance use disorders among housed and homeless U.S. veterans
Scientific ReportsHousing can be an important social determinant of mental health, which is why it is important to understand how mental health disorders (MHDs) and substance use disorders (SUDs) cluster and vary by housing instability.
Jack Tsai +2 more
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Chronic Physical and Mental Health Conditions Associated With Employment Status in Veterans
AJPM FocusIntroduction: Veterans commonly experience both poor health and employment difficulty. However, the research examining potential relationships between chronic physical and mental health conditions and employment in veterans has important limitations ...
Kavita Mosalpuria, PhD +4 more
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BMJ Open, 2019 Objectives Military veterans often experience physical health problems in later life; however, it remains unclear whether these problems are due to military service or are a feature of the ageing process.
Victoria Williamson +4 more
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Employment for Veterans: Trends and Programs [PDF]
, 2014 [Excerpt] Veterans’ employment outcomes in the civilian sector are an issue of ongoing congressional interest. A number of programs currently exist to assist veterans in obtaining or training for civilian employment. There is regular congressional debate
Collins, Benjamin +5 more
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Lymphohaematopoietic malignancies in Scottish military veterans: Retrospective cohort study of 57,000 veterans and 173,000 non-veterans [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Lymphohaematopoietic malignancies are common in the general population. There have been concerns that military service may be associated with increased risk as a result of occupational exposures.
Bergman, Beverly P. +2 more
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Hospital Readmission After Traumatic Brain Injury Hospitalization in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To examine the risk of hospital readmission after an index hospitalization for TBI in older adults. Methods Using data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, we used propensity score matching of individuals with an index TBI‐related hospitalization to individuals with (1) non‐TBI hospitalizations (primary analysis)
Rachel Thomas +7 more
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JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 2023 BackgroundVeterans with a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and/or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be at increased risk of suicide attempts and other forms of intentional self-harm as compared to veterans without ...
Bhanu Pratap Singh Rawat +10 more
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