Active-duty Army personnel have worse cardiovascular health than civilians of similar ages, a surprising new study has found. Just 30 percent of soldiers had ideal blood pressure, compared to 55 percent of civilians, researchers reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Only a third of both soldiers and civilians weighed an ideal amount.… Continue reading Heart Disease and U.S.Soldiers
Category: Veterans’ Health
Veterans to Get Easier Access to Clinical Trials
Veterans with cancer who receive treatment from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will now have easier access to clinical trials of novel cancer treatments, thanks to an agreement between VA and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NCI and VA Interagency Group to Accelerate Trials Enrollment,… Continue reading Veterans to Get Easier Access to Clinical Trials