The Few Who Served Deserved to Be Cared For

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Solomon et al report on the association between combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) trajectories and early detection of health risk factors in trauma survivors. It is a prospective assessment over 23 years of 116 Israeli combat veterans of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, of whom 101 were prisoners of war and the other 15 were comparable combat veterans. This elegant study focuses on the association of psychological and physiologic stress in captivity with C-reactive protein levels and metabolic syndrome.