Informing the Future Critical Issues in Health: Second Edition (2003) / Chapter Skim
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Military Personnel and Veterans
Military Personnel and Veterans
Pages 113-124
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\fIN(' ~~:) RMANCE Infectious cliseases pose a substantial thereat to tire nation's military forces, Troops bottle at Illume anti abroad face risk frown exposure to natural pathogens of; as recent events Ilave grapl~ically clemonstrated, from tire intentional use of weapo'~ized infectious agents.
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The report outlines a number of ways by which the DoD can strengthen the process, begin'~i~g witty combining all vaccine acquisition responsibilities fancier a single authority and provicling funding com~nensu~^ate with the tasI<. Otl~e~ ~-ecommendatio~s include adopting program goals that ensure greatest strength and continuity in the science anc!
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Witty Ellis in mincI, tire agency in 1958 began cleveloping wheat leas come to be called tile National Acaciemy of Sciences-National Research Council WWII Veteran Twin Registry. The registry includes detailed information on clearly 16,000 sets of twins Also had jointly entered n~ilitary service during World War 11.
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Else U.S. military currently leas only a limited '~umber of licensed meciical countermeasures to use in protecting service personnel against more titan a dozen clifferent bacteria, viruses, and toxins tint have beers ide~tified as possible biological warfare agents.
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Taxis is a specific form of leukemia that squares many traits with Hodgkin's disease and non-Hocigkin's lympl~oma, botI1 of which are known to be positively associated witty herbicide exposure. Previous updates bead considered all forms of leukemia collectively, and flack fount!
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Tire lOM's initial report Ott Agent Orange offered a number of recommendations for low to obtain better data, ant! tire Department of Veterans Affairs asleep tile IOM to oversee tire development ant]
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For a variety of otl~er chemicals there is limited off suggestive evidence of act association witty a ravage of cancers, neurobel~avioral problems, arid officer health effects. For tire majority of agents, however; tire evidence is inadequate or insufficient to determine whether there is a link between Demographic Characteristics of U.S.
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recommencis treatments treat will 'provide tire greatest degree of benefit to given groups of patients Where effective treatments are not available, the report recommends new cli~ectioa~s for research Among the ctisorders for Vehicle specific treatments are suggested are chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, fibromyaIgia, I~eacIacI~e, irritable bowel syndrome, panic disorder; and post-traumatic stress disorder Tire report also notes that tire general principles of the patient-centerec] approach to medicine should forte part of tile evaluation and treatment of all patients Taxis approach, intended to foster excellent comn~u~ication between the care provider anti tire patient, involves the investigation of all complaints, respect for tire patient's perspective, avoidance of excessive testing, and t!
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conclucles treat tile program provides a generally complete and appropriate response to tile Congressional mandate. Among tile planned activities, for example, a clinical trial witty civilian volunteers will Whelp in optimizing the way treat tire vaccine is aciministereci and will enable researchers to explore risk factors for adverse events causer!
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against inhalationa~ anthrax Safety Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed: Human Reactogenicity and Immunogenicity Trial to address change in route of administration and dose reduction ~ Fo~Iow-up study of textile mill workers vaccinated against anthrax · Studies based in the vaccine health care center network · Effects of change of route of administration on local adverse events fo~owing AVA vaccination · Effect of AVA vacci nation on hea~ti~-related q unity of life · Effect of hormonal phase in the female population on the occurrence of adverse events following immunization with AVA · Enhancecl signal detection and hypothesis testing for adverse events fo~lowing anthrax vaccination · Possible role of aluminum hydroxide adjuvant in AVA-associatecl adverse events Acceptability · Survey of knowledge attitucJes acid beliefs regardir~gthe anthrax vaccine among military personnel · Survey of civilian and military Stealth care providers regarding the anthrax vaccine and the reporting of possible vaccine-associatec] adverse events SOURCE: An Assessment of the CDC Anthrax Vaccine Safety anc!
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Tile study will determine tire current Stealth of participants in each of tire 29 SHAD tests and compare their health status witty a similar group of veterans who did not participate. It is expected to provide tire Department of Veterans Affairs with medically sound information tight it needs to settle benefits claims as quicl |
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