INTRODUCTION Mortality in war is traditionally divided into two categories: killed in action and died of wounds. Mortality in civilian trauma is generally divided into three categories: immediate death (50%), early death (30%), and late death (20%). Can we identify a trimodal death distribution among war victims? METHODS We analyzed data for casualties in the Lebanon War from June 6 to Septem...

The armistice of Mudros, signed by the Ottoman Empire and Allies, ironically brought about optimism deep sadness among Ottomans. Soldiers civilians wished that Armistice would have heralded a peaceful period for had experienced warfare since Balkan Wars. However, soldiers to choose whether return civilian life or resist Allies’ occupation. Many veterans looked forward restarting their civil liv...

BACKGROUND The long term implications of elite infantry service on cardiovascular health and cortical bone width at middle age has not been studied. The purpose of this study was to compare the cardiovascular health and cortical bone thickness of former elite infantry soldiers at middle life with a sedentary population of religious scholars using seven factors associated with cardiovascular ris...

BACKGROUND To examine Chinese soldiers' acute stress responses, we did this study. METHODS The soldiers completed the Acute Stress Response Scale (ASRS) when engaged in major tasks, such as earthquake rescue in Wenchuan, Sichuan, and maintaining social stability in Urumchi, Xinjiang. The ASRS has good reliability and validity. The study enrolled 1,832 male soldiers. RESULTS The results show...

Suicidal and homicidal soldiers present one of the most frequent and challenging scenarios for deployed mental health providers. A chart review of 425 deployed soldiers seen for mental health reasons found that 127 (nearly 30%) had considered killing themselves and 67 (nearly 16%) had considered killing someone else (not the enemy) within the past month. Of these, 75 cases were considered sever...

European soldiers died of asthma, out of 406 treated : about 41 native soldiers: only 3 European women and 1 child out of a small number of admissions. Nor is the invaliding of soldiers heavy from this disease. At Subathoo (4,000 feet elevation) two soldiers' wives, who had suffered in Ceylon and Cawnpore, enjoyed comparative immunity, but the natives in the district occasionally are affected. ...

BACKGROUND Recent studies suggest that assessment of threat-related attention bias may be useful in identifying soldiers at risk for clinical symptoms. The present study assessed the degree to which soldiers experienced combat events and showed attentional threat avoidance affected their reported levels of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety symptoms. METHODS Four months after a...

Zwitterion Materials In article number 2101407 by Zhonggui He, Jin Sun, and co-workers, prodrug nanoassemblies modified PEG or zwitterion materials are presented as spherical soldiers rod-shaped soldiers. Through the voyage in ocean, which indicates blood circulation, they reach castle, tumors, different ships. Soldiers ashore enter castle through gates, indicate endocytosis mechanisms, to play...

CONTEXT Studies have revealed the rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and concussion among US soldiers returning from combat, but only one study has focused on the subpopulation of soldiers with headache. OBJECTIVES To determine the rate of PTSD among US soldiers with comorbid chronic posttraumatic headache attributed to head injury, to identify common mechanisms of head injury, and...