U.S. military Archives
Effort aims to measure resiliency in injured soldiers
Oct. 20, 2016—Physical therapists use questionnaires to identify patients at risk for slow recovery, but those tools aren’t tailored to assess the resiliency of injured U.S. military personnel.
Veterans returning from Middle East face higher skin cancer risk
Jul. 16, 2015—Soldiers who served in the glaring desert sunlight of Iraq and Afghanistan returned home with an increased risk of skin cancer, due not only to the desert climate, but also a lack of sun protection, Vanderbilt dermatologist Jennifer Powers, M.D., reports in a study published recently in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
Photo: Military perspective
Nov. 14, 2013—U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. (retired) Kimberly Siniscalchi addressed a packed audience at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing this week, in honor of Veteran’s Day.
