ARMED FORCES – Youngstown Vindicator

Published: Sun, August 13, 2017 @ 12:04 a.m.

ARMED FORCES

VETERANS

Veterans Service office to be closed

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission office at Oakhill Renaisssance Place, 345 Oak Hill Ave., Suite 100, Youngstown, will be closed Friday.

Facilities offer alternative medicine

SANTA MONICA, CALIF.

More than 80 percent of military health care facilities offer some form of complementary and alternative medicine, in addition to conventional medicine, mainly for pain management and psychological disorders, according to a new study from the RAND Corp.

Complementary and alternative medicine includes practices such as acupuncture, chiropractic, stress management/relaxation therapy, progressive muscle relaxation, yoga, biofeedback and massage. About a third of the general population report using these therapies.

For the military, these treatments are one more tool in the toolkit for dealing with issues such as chronic pain, and they can offer an alternative to opioid drugs. In addition, some of the mind/body practices can be effective for the reduction of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, said Patricia M. Herman, lead author of the study and a senior behavioral scientist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

BASIC TRAINING GRADS

Air Force: Reserve Airman 1st Class Daniel R. Phillis, a 2014 graduate of West Branch High School, Beloit, the son of Richard Phillis of Salem and Marcia Phillis of Beloit.

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ARMED FORCES - Youngstown Vindicator