Veteran

The introduction of TNF inhibitors in 2003 has failed to stop fracture rates in patients with ankylosing spondylitis from more than doubling from 2000 to 2020, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Compared with placebo, mifepristone taken daily for 1 week did not improve PTSD in male veterans over long-term follow-up, according to phase 2a data published in JAMA Network Open.

Veterans with feelings of loneliness and lower life purpose that preceded the COVID-19 pandemic had greater odds of developing new suicidal thoughts or behaviors during the pandemic, data published in JAMA Psychiatry showed.

The American Society of Nephrology has called upon Congress to increase funding for veterans living with kidney diseases, according to the press release.

The Veterans’ Health Administration will provide coverage of a drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease to veterans with early stages of the disease, according to a press release from the drug’s manufacturer.

Distress levels among veterans were greater at 1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic, but decreased at 2 years to pre-pandemic levels, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Among veterans aged 65 years or older, frailty was positively associated with risk for suicide attempts and negatively associated with risk for suicide death, according to data published in JAMA Psychiatry.

A PTSD program initially developed for veterans is now serving and providing benefits to civilians, with treatment typically lasting 1 week to 3 months.

Veterans with prolonged grief disorder had greater odds of also having PTSD, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, according to data published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

Veterans with end-stage kidney disease receiving hospice financed by the Veterans Health Administration were more likely to receive concurrent treatments than those receiving Medicare-financed hospice, according to recently published data.