Veteran

Dialysis machine manufacturer Outset Medical Inc. reported record revenue for the third quarter of 2022, boosting its stock value and leading to a revised guidance for the rest of the year.

Self-reported blast exposure predicted respiratory symptoms and COPD among post 9/11 veterans who were deployed to Southwest Asia and Afghanistan, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.

SAN FRANCISCO — Longer drive times to health services impact COPD care access for U.S. veterans, researchers reported at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Arthritis and hypertension are the two most prevalent chronic conditions among U.S. veterans aged 25 years and older, according to data published by CDC researchers in National Health Statistics Report.

PTSD symptoms and moral injury appeared associated with adverse perinatal outcomes, according to results of a longitudinal survey study of female veterans published in Journal of Traumatic Stress.

Findings of a prospective cohort study highlight the need for increased attention to the health of United States military veterans returning to civilian life, as well as enlisted personnel, to prevent chronic readjustment challenges, researchers wrote in American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

In 2017, the suicide rate for U.S. veterans was 1.5 times the rate for non-veteran adults, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Women with HF have significantly greater odds of mortality after elective noncardiac operations than men with HF; however, both are at greater risk than patients who do not have HF at all, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Among military veterans, psychosis and bipolar disorder were more strongly linked to CVD events, such as MI and stroke and CVD mortality compared with other psychiatric diagnoses.

Using a novel blood-based biomarker panel, researchers detected warzone-related PTSD in male combat veterans with 81% accuracy and 77% specificity.