A new study published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research reveals new patterns of tobacco use among Veterans compared to civilians: Veterans are more likely to use all commercial tobacco products—including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, e-cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco. Veterans also had a higher risk for former and current tobacco use, as well as any combustible tobacco product use, and multiple product use. Almost 1 in 4 Veterans reported currently using tobacco and 19 percent currently use combustible tobacco products. Veterans are also more likely than civilians to use multiple tobacco products, which increases health risks. The study is the first analysis of tobacco use by Veteran status to consider product type since 2015.

Two researchers from Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine were recently honored for their work in the treatment of war-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at the Trauma Recovery Center at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Denise M. Sloan, PhD, professor of psychiatry at the school and senior psychologist clinician investigator, Behavioral Science Division, National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System, along with Brian P. Marx, PhD, professor of psychiatry and a deputy director at the National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, have been working with clinicians in Israel to help survivors of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack. They have helped train Trauma Recovery Center staff to deliver a brief treatment called Written Exposure Therapy (WET) that they developed.

Young people growing up in England’s most disadvantaged areas are feeling more hopeful about their future study and work prospects thanks to targeted Government investment, according to new research from the Universities of Bath, Bristol and Durham.

For the first time, a new study has examined the effectiveness of humans in determining whether we can recognise pain in horses, just by looking at their faces.

Firms in the Gulf region are increasingly expected to align with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards. Yet the link between ESG performance and financial outcomes remains ambiguous. A new study examines whether publicly listed companies in GCC member states that achieve high ESG ratings also deliver superior financial performance.