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NW Vermont.

May 5, 1868: Memorial Day Order

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Laura

 A little history said well.. (Text source: VA website.) MEMORIAL DAY ORDER Headquarters Grand Army of the Republic, Washington, D.C., May 5, 1868. GENERAL ORDERS No. 11 I. The 30th day of May, 1868 is designated for the purpose of … Continue reading →

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Vitamins: hype versus evidence?

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Laura

It’s extremely hard for consumers to make informed choices about dietary supplements and vitamins because of a dearth of exacting studies, the lack of regulations, and conflicting information from nutrition and medical science. A while back I stopped buying multivitamins … Continue reading →

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Veterans’ Choice Card: 16 Days left to leave a public comment on final rule

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Laura

It’s was interesting to learn that the VA symbolically viewed veterans living outside their 40-mile inner circle as common crows (not even as ravens).  Crows in folklore are bad omens, harbingers of evil, and doers of mischief.  In nature, crows are … Continue reading →

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Good news: Statins and liver cancer study

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Laura

Quick note.  A private doctor has recently prescribed statins to improve my husband’s lipid numbers. Previously, safety concerns about hepatitis and statins have kept them out of his medicine kit.  I’m assuming these fears are now allayed for other people … Continue reading →

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Weekend photos to enjoy

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Laura

       So proud of you.    

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VA Office of Research and Development (ORD)

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Laura

The VA conducts research, some of which is later published in scholarly journals; some which remains unpublished.   The ORD also has information on research in the publishing pipeline that the public doesn’t have access to because it’s on a private … Continue reading →

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Century-old hepatitis miscellany from Minnesota

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Laura

1915 In a Bad Way “Where are you off to in such a hurry?” “To fetch the doctor for my husband.” “What’s up with him?” “He tells me he has got hepatitis, dyspepsia, rheumatism, enteritis, gastritis, appendicitis, nephritis and cerebro … Continue reading →

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The VA’s Improved Transportation Service in 2015

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Laura

Not everyone will be able to ride the bus.  The links below should take you to the VTS phone line in your location. Scheduling a ride to the VA may get easier for vets living within 20-miles radius of a … Continue reading →

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VA training book, “How to Lie with Statistics,” outed

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Laura

Did you happen to catch this story last (CNN video–6 minutes or AZTV) fall? The best-seller was studied at the VA until 8/14 when Sec. MacDonald pulled it from training programs. The book is not promoting lying per se but Huelskamp (Kansas), who … Continue reading →

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Today’s trip to a non-VA ER

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Laura

Walking the beagle led to a nasty fall on snowy concrete for my old Marine this afternoon. He entered the apartment (cussing at himself) with blood streaming out of his nose, cuts on his hand and a knee screaming “pain, … Continue reading →

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