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	Women Soldiers See More Combat Than In Prior Eras Have Same PTSD Rate As Men, Reports Dr. Shira Maguen Women who served in the U.S. Army in Iraq and Afghanistan were involved in combat at significantly higher rates than in previous conflicts, and screened positive for post-traumatic stress disorder at the same rate as men, according to a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.

	New Approach To Stroke Treatment Puzzle Raymond A. Swanson, MD The only medication currently approved for stroke treatment – tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), which dissolves blood clots – is associated with an increased risk of bleeding in the brain, particularly among patients with hyperglycemia (high blood sugar). A study led by Raymond A. Swanson, MD, Chief of the Neurology and Rehabilitation Service at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, provides a possible reason.

	Stress Response Predictor In Police Officers May Be Relevant for Military Sabra Inslicht, PhD Police academy recruits who showed the greatest rise in the stress hormone cortisol after waking up in the morning were more likely to show acute stress symptoms in response to trauma years later as police officers, according to a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, the University of California, San Francisco, and New York University Langone Medical Center.

	Geriatrics Researchers Receive National Recognition Publications in JAMA Highlight Program's Innovative Ideas The geriatrics research program at San Francisco VA Medical Center, already respected as one of the most innovative and influential in the United States, received an additional boost in October 2011 when two articles by SFVAMC physician-researchers appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association.