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Just like nature and nurture shape up our physical and mental faculties, these two factors also seem to determine our response to stress. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD has been shown to have a genetic and environmental connection. A study...
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Reaching for a cigarette to cope with a flashback is all too common among sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder. The nicotine hit may feel good but scientists say...
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The Pentagon on Thursday sought to assure troops that it takes post-traumatic stress seriously despite the recent decision not to award the Purple Heart to those with...
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The Pentagon has decided it will not give the Purple Heart, the prestigious medal awarded to service members wounded or killed in action, to sufferers of post-traumatic...
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This is not a matter to laugh at it simply is related with a modern world’s latest tragedy the May 12’s earthquake in Sichuan - China. According to the...
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A Veterans Affairs psychologist denies that she was trying to save money when she suggested that counselors make fewer diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder in...
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Instablogs reported yesterday that the U.S. Army thinks it has a crisis on its hands. 115 soldiers committed suicide last year, up nearly 13% from the year before. ...
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Groundbreaking research suggests genes help explain why some people can recover from a traumatic event while others suffer post-traumatic stress disorder.Though...
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Cutting-edge new research helps answer the puzzling question of why post-traumatic stress doesn’t happen to everyone who endures horrible trauma.In this case, the...
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There isn’t enough evidence to tell if most treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder work, says a scientific review that highlights the urgency of finding...
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An analysis conducted by the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that children in those countries who were forced to fighting wars are more vulnerable...
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President George Bush still seems brimming with confidence in his war agenda. With every speech, things are going bitter in Iraq, and he doesn’t even blush when...
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Stress has always been linked to poor health but perhaps this is for the first time that any study has come out uncovering negative effects of stress on kids’...
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If you find symptoms of post-traumatic stress, which include a tendency to startle at loud noises, nightmares and flashbacks then your chances of suffering from heart...
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Heart patients and patients of other medical complications might be affected from Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The August issue of the Harvard Heart Letter,...
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Romantic breakup may trigger woman’s brain. It may be seen in the MRI scans. Arif Najib, of the University of Tubingen Medical Center in Tubingen, Germany has...
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For millions, especially veterns of war, P.T.S.D. may be their final straw. Research has directly linked P.T.S.D. to heart disease and premature death.
made popular Aug 9 2008
Instablogs reported yesterday that the U.S. Army thinks it has a crisis on its hands. 115 soldiers committed suicide last year, up nearly 13% from the year before. ...
made popular May 30 2008
Children are always the innocent victims of war. The Israeli attacks on the Palestinians in the occupied territories have rendered a large number of Palestinian...
made popular Mar 15 2008
Stress may play havoc with the life of a child. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may result if a kid undergoes physical, emotional or sexual abuse or witness...
made popular Mar 5 2007
Stress has always been linked to poor health but perhaps this is for the first time that any study has come out uncovering negative effects of stress on kids’...
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In the United States, the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy reigns supreme and sexual assault is a normal way of life for many women officers. The...
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If you find symptoms of post-traumatic stress, which include a tendency to startle at loud noises, nightmares and flashbacks then your chances of suffering from heart...
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Heart patients and patients of other medical complications might be affected from Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The August issue of the Harvard Heart Letter,...
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