Special Operations Forces & Incidence of PTSD Symptoms

Research Paper Title Special Operations Forces and Incidence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms. Outline To determine the rates of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) positive symptom scores in Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel, an anonymous survey of SOF was employed, incorporating the PTSD Checklist (PCL-M) with both demographic and deployment data. Results indicate that all SOF… Read More

Obesity & Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is now more common than alcoholic liver disease owing to the rapid rise in the prevalence of obesity (Marchesini et al., 2008), and NAFLD is the most common cause of abnormal liver function tests (Clark et al., 2011). Its prevalence worldwide is thought to be approximately 20% in the general population… Read More