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Excess mortality in US veterans during the covid-19 pandemic: an individual-level cohort study

Abstract: Background: Most analyses of excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic have employed aggregate data. Individual-level data from the largest integrated healthcare …

Impacts of covid-19 on health and healthcare for rural veterans in home-based primary care

Abstract: This qualitative study explored the impact of COVID-19 on older rural-dwelling veterans and their caregivers enrolled in home-based primary care (HBPC) through the …

Nutrition knowledge is associated with diet quality among US Army soldiers

Abstract: Objective: Examine the relationship between nutrition knowledge, diet quality, and eating behavior among active-duty US Army Soldiers. Methods: Cross-sectional study with …

Leave no one behind: Invited commentary on association of time from injury to initial hospital arrival, emergency trauma surgery, and survival in U.S. military casualties

Abstract: Performed years after the end of combat operations in Iraq and the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, the authors of the commented report avoided the more expedient …

Long covid coping and recovery (LCCR): developing a novel recovery-oriented treatment for veterans with long covid

Abstract: Background: Long COVID has affected 13.5% of Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System users during the first pandemic year. With 700,000+ United States Veterans diagnosed …

Physical activity, social-communicative skills and fitness for military service

Abstract: Introduction: Research has suggested that increased difficulties in social-communicative skills are associated with release from military service. A few studies have …

A data-driven Method to discriminate limb salvage from other combat-related extremity trauma

Abstract: Introduction: The aim of this study was to address and enhance our ability to study the clinical outcome of limb salvage (LS), a commonly referenced but ill-defined …

Cognitive decrements in 1991 Gulf War veterans: associations with Gulf War illness and neurotoxicant exposures in the boston biorepository, recruitment, and integrative network (bbrain) cohorts

Abstract: Background: During deployment, veterans of the 1991 Gulf War (GW) were exposed to multiple war-related toxicants. Roughly a third of these veterans continue to exhibit …

Insomnia and early incident atrial fibrillation: a 16-year cohort study of younger men and women veterans

Abstract: Background: There is growing consideration of sleep disturbances and disorders in early cardiovascular risk, including atrial fibrillation (AF). Obstructive sleep apnea …

A model program for pharmacist-managed healthcare delivery: A tixagevimab–cilgavimab (EVUSHELD) clinic at a Veterans Affairs healthcare system

Abstract: Background: Pharmacists are under-utilized as caregivers who can improve patients' access to medical treatments. In this study, effectiveness of a multidisciplinary …

Combating military obesity: stigma's persistent impact on operational readiness

Abstract: Obesity poses a complex challenge to recruitment, readiness, and retention within the U.S. Armed Forces. Amidst an escalating military recruiting crisis, pre-accession …

Initiation of a comprehensive early discharge program at a Veterans Affairs hospital

Abstract: Introduction: Early discharge protocols have become a major surgical paradigm, but this protocol is not routinely used in the Veteran Affairs (VA) system. The primary …