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NW Vermont.

Good WHO hepatitis poster

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Laura

The World Health Organization and other non-American public health professionals are far more forthright about hepatitis information. Notice that unsafe injections and medical procedures are emphasized in this work. Of course, most laypeople have no way of knowing if they … Continue reading →

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Example of how vets are excluded from VA healthcare

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Laura

Imagine the frustration a young self-employed veteran might feel when deciding to enroll in the relatively simple VA health care program, a benefit earned, rather than in an expensive complicated Obamacare marketplace place. He finds the VA’s Benefit Explorer tool … Continue reading →

Posted in All about Veterans, Food for thought, General Messages, Guest authors, non-va care, Uncategorized, VA Health Care | Tagged | 4 Comments

Five stunning active military photographs: a 2016 sampler

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Laura

Click images for more awesome scenes of tomorrow’s veterans at work on  Flickr.

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More troubles at Tomah VAMC (WI)

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Laura

This time the fear concerns bloodborne pathogens which may have been spread by a dentist with very dirty work habits. The headline from USA Today:  VA dentist resigns after hundreds possibly infected (LINK). On Tuesday, Victoria Brahm, acting medical director at … Continue reading →

Posted in All about Veterans, Food for thought, General Messages, Guest authors, hepatitis, Uncategorized, VA Health Care, vA news | Tagged , | 4 Comments

ACA allows the sale of health insurance across state lines–so what’s the problem?

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Laura

Many people without group health insurance, VHA, Tricare/Champa, Medicare or Medicaid are dreading the Obamacare marketplace enrollment deadline in December. Why? Because interstate competition did not take off and premiums are rising. Health insurance premiums should have dropped because private … Continue reading →

Posted in All about Veterans, Food for thought, General Messages, Guest authors, Medical News, non-va care, Uncategorized | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Old Navy T-Day menus

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Laura

Happy Thanksgiving Day!  I put together a little pdf booklet of twelve vintage Navy menu’s served to sailors on Thanksgiving Day from 1900-1950.  Maybe someone you know served on these ships.  The menus didn’t change much. To view, click link … Continue reading →

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VA rats fighting emergency care CAVC ruling: Richard W. Staab v. Robert A. McDonald

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Laura

The financial shocks that VHA-enrolled veterans face when they find out that none of their emergency care claims will be covered, if they have Medicare or private insurance, is of no ethical concern to the VA.  The National Veterans Legal Services … Continue reading →

Posted in All about Veterans, CAvC HCV Ruling, CAVC Knowledge, CAVC ruling, CAVC/COVA Decision, Complaints Department, Food for thought, Important CAVC/COVA Ruling, Lawyering Up, Military Madness, research, Uncategorized, VA Attorneys, VA BACKLOG, vA news | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Wikileaks and other groups help citizens read public domain Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Laura

Topic: Important nonpartisan accurate resources  In 2014, I posted about CRS, a section of the Library of Congress (LINK). Some of its reports were posted online haphazardly. (The report I referenced has been updated.) During the pre-election craziness, I searched Wikileak’s … Continue reading →

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History of hepatitis? Long-term sustained virologic response (SVR) but…

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Laura

still not eligible to donate blood…because why?  Research suggests that relapse is very rare so why does the American Red Cross  (link) reject potential blood donors who have ever had HCV?   They write (updated: 08/03/2016): Hepatitis caused by Hepatitis … Continue reading →

Posted in Blood info, Food for thought, Guest authors, HCV Epidemiology, HCV Health, HCV Risks (documented), hepatitis, Medical News, research, transfusions and hepatitis, Uncategorized, Vietnam Disease Issues | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Virologist explains: jet-injectors and needles spread HCV

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Laura

I posted this TEDMED talk by Nathan Wolfe on ASKNOD in 2013. Dr. Wolfe provides an overview of how epidemiologists look at historical events and conditions to understand pandemics and epidemics.  His slides and talk were not aligned and he … Continue reading →

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