In a breakthrough study, we found that a procedure called stellate ganglion block can improve symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. We hope that our study is the first step to healing for millions of veterans and others for whom PTSD symptoms have long been a barrier to a better life.
out of every 100 people will have PTSD at some point in their lives.
of veterans of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom have PTSD in a given year.
During the 20 years that she has been leading RTI’s work to find better treatments for tuberculosis (TB), Doris Rouse sometimes found herself pounding on her desk exclaiming to staff, “Someone is dying every 15 seconds from this disease,” to emphasize the critical importance of the work.
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