When military deployments call for their parents to serve abroad, adolescents have a tough time adjusting, and a new University of Washington study shows their moods often lead to risky behavior.
Easier access to benefits and treatment to begin this week.
Senators press military leaders to improve efforts to address traumatic brain injuries, suicide and other wounds suffered by soldiers returning from wars.
Seattle Times’ Hal Bernton reports that Seattle researchers have found “long-term changes in brain functions of Iraq veterans exposed to blast shock waves.”
The military is failing to diagnose brain injuries in troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom receive little or no treatment.
The US Veterans Affairs Administration said today it is expanding a pilot program designed to streamline the disability evaluation process over the next several months to 17 additional military installations, including the Naval Medical Center in Bremerton. The goal of the pilot is to test “a new process that eliminates duplicative, time-consuming and often confusing [...]
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Experts divided over recommendation to screen children for cholesterol
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Peeking in on your doctor’s notes
Although federal law guarantees patients the right to examine and get copies of their medical records, providers haven’t always made it easy to do so. But the movement to give patients direct access to their health information has picked up steam, and policymakers have encouraged it as a way to empower patients to help manage their health and their medical care.
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