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Veterans

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Veterans' Health

Three Discoveries That Could Impact Diagnosis, Treatment of PTSD and Gulf War Illness

November 10, 2020

Members of the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, make their way through concertina wire during a live fire demonstration during Operation Desert Shield.

Veterans

At BU and Beyond, Many Gulf War Veterans Still Suffer from Toxic Wounds

November 8, 2019

US midfielder Michelle Akers and Brazil's Grazielle lie injured after going up for a header at the Women's World Cup semi-final match between the US and Brazil 04 July, 1999.

CTE

How Does CTE Impact Women? Former Soccer Stars Join the First All-Female CTE Study at BU

July 3, 2019

female veteran standing in front of the american flag

Veterans

Gulf War Veterans Suffer Excess Memory Problems, Chronic Pain

March 7, 2018

Officers of 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Ready First 1st Armored Division, participate in an urban combat exercise at a training facility on Fort Bliss, Texas.

Alzheimer’s Disease

Links Found among Concussion, Genes, and Alzheimer’s

February 16, 2017

Mckee

CTE

Brain Trauma and CTE

February 3, 2017

Surgeons and nurses operate in a hospital operating room

Health Care

Surgeons Better Off Admitting Mistakes

August 29, 2016

John D. Otis, AssociateProfessor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine

Accolades

John Otis Gets Med School’s Highest Teaching Honor

May 11, 2016

Aging

Aging Too Fast, Too Young

April 19, 2016

Erika Wolf, Boston University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry

Accolades

Presidential Honors for PTSD Researcher

March 9, 2016

Military

Psychiatry & Psychology

Alcohol Use Drives Up Depression among Military Service Members

January 4, 2016

Terence M. Keane, BUSM assistant dean for research, professor and vice chairman in the department of Psychiatry. Photo courtesy of Keane

Accolades

Keane Receives VA’s Highest Honor for Clinical Research

January 4, 2016

New Chief Damage Controlman Keith Frizell stands at attention after being pinned to chief petty officer during a chief pinning ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

Psychiatry & Psychology

Suicide Risk in Veterans: A New Indicator?

November 11, 2015

VA Hospitals

Veterans

Prescription: Get Talking

August 12, 2015

Veterans Affairs

Medicine

VA Honors Public Health Professor with Top Research Award

June 24, 2015

Medicine

Readmission of High-Risk Patients Doubles Costs

February 23, 2015

Readmission of High-Risk Patients Doubles Costs