Abstract: Introduction: The debilitating impact of cold weather on the human body is one of the world’s oldest recorded injuries. The severe and life-changing damage which can …
Abstract: The purpose of the study is to examine hypotheses involving the potential health advantages of selection into military service and the potential health disadvantages …
Abstract: A comparison of longitudinal global cognitive functioning in women Veteran and non-Veteran participants in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI). We studied 7,330 women …
Abstract: Female service members' family structures differ from the traditional male service member–female spouse composition of military families. Consequently, this …
Abstract: Background: The infantry accounts for more than a quarter of the British Army but there is a lack of data about the social and educational background of its recruits. …
Abstract: Most research on military service focuses on its short-term negative consequences, especially the mental and physical injuries of those deployed in warzones. However, …
Abstract: Purpose of the Study: We examined the association of military service-related exposures (SREs) with physical health trajectories to establish whether combat and other …
Abstract: About a decade ago we proposed the notion of late-onset stress symptomatology , to characterize the later-life emergence of symptoms related to early-life warzone trauma …
Abstract: Purpose of the Study: We tested a life-span model of combat exposure on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in later life, examining the direct and indirect …
Abstract: Purpose of the Study:With the influx of veterans entering older adulthood, it is increasingly important to understand risk factors for cognitive decline. Posttraumatic …
Abstract: Background: Deploying in a combat role negatively impacts risk-taking behaviours, such as drinking, smoking and risky driving in regular UK military personnel. Little is …
Abstract: Mild traumatic brain injury, or concussion, is associated with a range of neural changes including altered white matter structure. There is emerging evidence that blast …