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Research: Many Veterans' seizures tied to TBI and PTSD, not epilepsy

A recent VA surveillance project highlighting the relationship among traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic stress disorder, and seizures indicates that Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan diagnosed with seizures are more likely to also have suffered TBI, PTSD, or both...Learn more

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Poor sleep increases risk, severity of PTSD, research shows

While insomnia, nightmares, and other sleep disorders are considered hallmark symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and some other mental health conditions, research has tended to view them as the result of the illness...Learn more

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Biorepository aims to help solve mysteries of ALS, Gulf War illnesses

The VA medical center in Tucson is an adobe-style complex set amid palm trees, cacti, and the blazing Southwest sun. But inside is a brain bank where extreme cold...Learn more

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Tackling meth addiction—through the immune system

Methamphetamine is one of the toughest addictions to break, say experts. Up to 6 in 10 people who go through treatment will use the drug again...Learn more

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Job journey
VA program helps Veterans with spinal cord injury re-enter the workforce

Will Clark, now 29, went through a lot of tough adjustments after the 2011 motorcycle accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down...Learn more

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When reintegration goes awry: Unraveling the factors that put Veterans at risk for crime, violence, and homelessness

Earlier this year, when an Iraq Veteran who had been diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder shot and killed Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL...Learn more

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Natural supplement put to test for PTSD

A clinical trial now under way at the Bay Pines (Fla.) VA Medical Center will see whether a natural supplement called 7-Keto can ease the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder...Learn more

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New research consortia will focus on PTSD and TBI

VA and the Department of Defense announced in August the formation of two jointly funded research consortia to study posttraumatic stress and mild traumatic brain injury...Learn more

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Colonoscopy blues

VA team says blue-dye method boosts power of colonoscopy to ward off cancer...Learn more

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Mobility movement

Researchers study the effects of low mobility on older hospital patients-and seek ways to get them moving more... Learn more