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AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Three weeks of healing touch treatments, combined with listening to a guided imagery CD, provides significant clinical reductions in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms for combat-exposed, active duty Marines, according to a study released in the September issue of Military Medicine. The report finds that the 68 Camp Pendleton Marines who were randomly assigned to 6 sessions of the combined intervention within a three-week...
MindMachines.com officially nominates the pROSHI neurodynamic activator for VA and DOD PTSD study. The DOD (United States Department of Defense) and VA (Veterans Administration) have announced $100 million funding for a PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and TBI study. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 30, 2012 MindMachines.com officially nominates the pROSHI neurodynamic activator for VA and DOD PTSD study. The DOD (United States Department of Defense) and VA (Veterans Administration)...
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NeuroSigma, Inc., a Los Angeles-based medical device company, announced today that its Monarch(TM) eTNS(TM) system for the adjunctive treatment of epilepsy and depression will make its debut at the 10th European Congress on Epileptology, which takes place in London, England from September 30 to October 4, 2012. "This conference represents an outstanding opportunity to put the Monarch in the hands of many healthcare professionals who...
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Healing touch combined with guided imagery (HT+GI) provides significant clinical reductions in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms for combat-exposed active duty military, according to a study released in the September issue of Military Medicine. The report finds that patients receiving these complementary medicine interventions showed significant improvement in quality of life, as well as reduced depression and cynicism,...
Association between drug, alcohol problems and mortality most prominent in younger veterans with PTSD, including those from Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who are also battling drug or alcohol problems face a higher risk of death, according to new research from the University of Michigan Health System and the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. The new study is the first to examine the association between drug or alcohol use disorders and death in...
SleepSTAR, the next evolution of Mind-Body Bridging (MBB) for sleep, announces that the U.S. Department of Defense has awarded $2.75M to the University of Utah to study the health and welfare benefits of MBB with veterans subjected to physical and emotional trauma. Houston, TX (PRWEB) September 11, 2012 The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded $2.75M to the University of Utah to study the health and welfare benefits of Mind-Body Bridging (MBB) with veterans subjected to physical and...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online PTSD generally develops in people who have experienced traumatic events, like car accidents or terrorist attacks. However, these symptoms can result from everyday events like childbirth. A study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) found that about one in three post-partum women develop some symptoms of PTSD, and a small group demonstrates fully developed PTSD symptoms. The researchers believe that PTSD is more common in women than...
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash., July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have released PE (for prolonged exposure) Coach, a smartphone mobile application for use with post-traumatic stress disorder treatment. Both departments use prolonged exposure therapy as an effective treatment for PTSD. PE Coach is a free app for Apple and Android mobile devices. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120731/DC48808) Psychologists at the...
Audio-Digest Foundation, the largest independent publisher of Continuing Medical Education in the world, is releasing free written summaries of its anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family practice, gastroenterology, general surgery, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, otolaryngology, pediatrics, psychology, and urology programs via Amazon Kindle. Glendale, CA (PRWEB) July 27, 2012 For Friday, July 27, 2012, Audio-Digest Foundation...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Tel Aviv University have discovered that sleep deprivation in the first hours following an intense event could help decrease the likelihood of having Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The study, published in international scientific journal Neuropsychopharmacology, included a variety of experiments that focused on how sleep deprivation in the six hours after exposure...
