Abstract: Iraq and Afghanistan War-era Veterans are at elevated risk for physical injuries and psychiatric illnesses, in particular the polytrauma triad of mild traumatic brain …
Abstract: Background: Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense (DOD) acknowledge that nutrition may be a modifier of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) sequelae. Military …
Abstract: Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a debilitating condition marked by chronic fatigue, cognitive problems, pain, and gastrointestinal (GI) complaints in veterans who were deployed …
Abstract: The human gut microbiome can be impacted by a range of environmental and lifestyle factors including diet, antibiotics, physical fitness and acute and chronic stressors. …
Abstract: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with a wide range of adverse outcomes. Though antidepressants are often implemented as first-line treatments for MDD, …
Abstract: Although there are known stressors related to homelessness as well as chronic health conditions experienced by those without stable housing, there has been limited work …
Abstract: The present report summarizes the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) field-based meeting titled "Modulating microbiome-immune axis in the …