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Research Topic: Diseases, Disorders & Other Health Conditions
/ General Health Status
On-going Research Projects:
This project will determine the effectiveness of newer pharmaceutical fatigue countermeasures.
This study will compare the effectiveness of various types of early intervention (debriefing, information, cognitive-behavioral) following a potentially traumatizing event, in order to develop valid methods to improve soldier resilience after such events.
This research program conducts and manages research on potential vaccines and treatments to protect US forces from HIV.
This research will develop a treatment for several forms of retinal blindness by using retinal prosethesis.
This ongoing study (Millennium Cohort Study) will use periodic surveys to track changes in the health of a large group of US service members and veterans over time to determine the health impact of deployments and other aspects of military service.
This project will conduct studies on how to design and test HIV vaccine candidates.
Completed Research Projects:
This study tracked the health status of Gulf War veterans over a five-year period.
The study compared health problems of Gulf War Veterans to Vietnam Veterans to see if there was a general relationship between health problems and exposure to a combat environment.
This study looked at the short and long-term impact of deployment to Southwest Asia on the physical and mental health of soldiers and their families.
This study attempted to establish an effective way to test for squalene antibodies and to determine if these antibodies are present in ill Gulf War veterans.
This study used existing health records to compare the health of Saudi military members stationed in a combat area during the Gulf War with military members stationed in a non-combat area.
This project tested the blood and urine of a group of soliders to look for signs of possible environmental exposures.
This study compared the treatment and patient statisfaction between Primary Care Clinics and Gulf War Special Emphasis Clinics.
This series of studies were conducted by the Boston Environmental Hazards Research Center, which is located at the Boston VA Medical Center. The studies focused on environmental health, neuroscience, and neurocognitive methodologies related to the health of Gulf War veterans.
This study tested new approaches to health care delivery for Gulf War veterans suffering from undiagnosed and ill-defined illnesses and disability.
This project compared brain images and functions of deployed and non-deployed Gulf War era veterans.
This study performed a combined analysis of two clinical registries on Gulf War veterans: the DOD's Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program and the VA's Gulf War Health Examination Registry.
This project established the Deployment Health Research Center to conduct epidemiological research relevant to military personnel.
This project examined patterns of readjustment of Gulf War veterans following their return from the Gulf region.
This study evaluated disease reports of a Pennsylvania Air National Guard unit.
This project's aim was to test the effects of exposure to diesel fumes and physical stress on Persian Gulf War Veterans.
This study compared post-war symptoms and diseases of Gulf War-era deployed veterans to non-deployed veterans.
This study compared hospitalizations of Gulf War-era deployed veterans to non-deployed veterans.
This study compared hospitalizations between Gulf War-era deployed to non-deployed veterans.
This project evaluated cognitive, social and behavoiral functioning among Gulf War veterans experiencing health problems after their return.
This project reviewed self-reported health complaints and environmental exposures in the Persian Gulf region.
This project reviewed the Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program (CCEP) database to develop a general computer package that can be used to gather general health and symptom information related to Gulf War service.
This study looked at Gulf War Veterans to determine if any risk factors exist that may pre-dispose a person to multiple chemical sensitivities syndrome.
The study examined self-reported health assessments of Army personnel, who assumed exposure to low levels of chemical warfare agents compared to those not exposed.
This study used a brain scan to examine the brain activities of Gulf War veterans with unexplained pain.
This project reviewed self-reported symptoms of Gulf War veterans through a telephone survey.
This study reviewed the health of a group of national guard members to learn more about the health effects of deployments, job strain, and other factors.
The project's aim was to survey some Persian Gulf War veterans to determine risk factors and their relationships to symptoms that could represent health problems for Gulf War Veterans.
This study compared confirmed illnesses of Gulf War veterans to veterans who did not deploy to the Gulf.
This study combined UK (United Kingdom) and US databases of information about symptoms, medical conditions, health status, and risk factors to compare the findings and better understand the health impact of the Gulf War deployment.
This project established innovative clinical programs for Gulf War veterans in the VA medical centers Portland and Seattle.
This project tested a military health questionnaire and determined its potential for DoD-wide implementation as the Recruit Assessment Program (RAP).
This study reviewed Kuwait oil fire Health Risk Assessment data of US troops located at eight fixed air/soil sampling sites.
This study used an imaging technique to determine if there was a relationship between certain brain activity and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Vietnam War-era veterans.
This study assessed the health status of Gulf War veterans and non-Gulf War veterans to determine if the Gulf War veterans health status are better, worse or the same as non-Gulf War veterans ten or more years after the war.
This study compared self-reported symptoms and health-related quality of life among Gulf War veterans to determine if these factors could be associated with deployment.
This study compared a number of symptoms and other health outcomes in Gulf War veterans to veterans who did not serve in the Gulf.
This pilot study collected brain function data on 50 Gulf War veterans with social and mental health complaints.
This study evaluated the brain function and mental health of some Gulf War veterans who sought treatment.
This project studied pain and pain-related data among Gulf War veterans to assist in the development of a treatment.
This study compared health problems between female veterans deployed to the Gulf War and those deployed elsewhere.
This study compared the physical, social, mental, and family health of Gulf War veterans to military personnel who deployed and did not deploy to other regions of the world.
This study looked at the association between Persian Gulf War illness and stress among women who served in the Persian Gulf War.
The project's aim was to determine if unexplained illnesses in some Gulf War Veterans is similar to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) or Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) in civilian populations.
This study developed and evaluated an intervention for smokeless tobacco cessation.
This project was for a multiyear study designed to evaluate the relationships between exposures (including chemical, physical, and stress) and unexplained illnesses in Gulf War veterans.
This study compared the health status of deployed and non-deployed Gulf War era veterans.
This study surveyed reserve and National Guard members before, during, and after deployment to Bosnia.
This research reviewed the daily water needs of soliders working in hostile environments.
This project reviewed the questions on the survey given to all new Navy enlistees.
This project was conduted to improve understanding of the long-term consequences of alcohol problems on injury risk.
This is the parent program for DOD projects DOD-8A and DOD-8B.
This study compared pre and post-deployment health status of military personnel deployed to the Middle East. (See also DOD-154)
This study was designed to evaluate the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder and physical symptoms in Gulf War veterans.
This project was designed to learn more about mental stress and physical symptoms experienced by Gulf War veterans.
This study looked at the effects of stress from war-related trauma on Gulf War veterans over time.
This study looked at the relationship between Gulf War illness and stress exposures experienced by Gulf War veterans.
This study reviewed health records of a group of Army personnel enrolled in the VA Registry of Persian Gulf veterans.
This study compared individuals with a family history of alcoholism to individuals with no family history of alcoholism.
This study collected data on sleep and cognitive performance to provide recommendations on sleep during combat and operational deployments.
The project's goal was to develop a database of U.S. service members who served in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
This was phase one of the VA survey study (VA-2) which included a questionnaire to review the symptoms and other health outcomes of Gulf War veterans.
This was phase two of the VA survey study (VA-2) which included telephone interviews to identify symptoms and other health outcomes of Gulf War veterans.
This was phase three of the VA survey study (VA-2) which used computer records to identify symptoms and other health outcomes of Gulf War veterans.
This was a joint VA and DOD program to fund the Institute of Medicine's Medical Follow-Up Agency to maintain databases and conduct population research on veterans.
Joint program funded by VA and DoD to providing the Medical Follow-Up Agency with funding to perform epidemiological research on veterans.
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