Category Archives: Blood info

Jet injector multi-dose vial image

Silvia sends us this picture of multi-dose vials from Wyeth, Merck and Parke.  They were manufactured for jet injectors to deliver 50 doses per vial.  If patient 1 was a blood-borne pathogen carrier, whose blood entered the vial, the next … Continue reading

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We need to talk about multi-dose vials

Then and now There seems to have been no consideration for infection control with regard to the use of multi-dose vials in the military in previous decades. Hence the massive outbreak of blood-borne pathogen infections we see in our veteran … Continue reading

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Vet forced to go off DMII meds to prove he has it

Nurses have told us that DMII is a chronic condition; that once you have it, you always have it.  And to never go off the restricted diet or risk suffering terrible side effects.   When we lived in a senior … Continue reading

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State (N.J.) v. Dr. Albert L. Weiner

 Albert L. Weiner, O.D., began practicing osteo­pathic neuropsy­chiatry in the 1940’s; he made it into the Guiness book of records as the world’s fastest psychiatrist after his greedy conduct was made public.  According to court commentaries, when he wasn’t teaching … Continue reading

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RA drug warning for active or latent HCV carriers

A new Pfizer drug marketed as Xeljanz (tofacitinib) is “a prescription medicine called a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor. XELJANZ is used to treat adults with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis in which methotrexate did not work well. It is … Continue reading

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Praise for a few old hepatitis researchers

From the 1940s to 1960s, two types of hepatitis were known to researchers …infectious and serum.  A third type was unknown.  From the 1930’s and earlier, an assortment of names confused everyone.  Old names for HBV included serum hepatitis, homologous … Continue reading

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NIH: Post-blood transfusions = about 5 million HCV cases in 70’s and 80’s in U.S.

I have been waiting for a numerical estimation on HCV risk factor #1, blood transfusions, and found it in the above YouTube video.  If you read a lot of HCV reports on PUBMED, you know that Dr. Harvey J. Alter is … Continue reading

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CBS news report (12/1/15): most veterans denied HCV meds

We have all read news stories about the difficulty veterans with active chronic HCV infection are having getting treated with Sovaldi at the VA. Some articles express a more reality-based report on the service-connected HCV outbreak among Vietnam veterans.   … Continue reading

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BVA–PORPHYRIA EQUALS 100% SCHEDULAR

In an important ruling which can be used by other Vets, Veterans Law Judge Vito Clemente made a finding of fact that Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT) can be rated at 100%. The argument is universal and can readily be fashioned to … Continue reading

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Easier cheaper blood testing on the way

A positive story from Zina Moukheiber in Forbes (July 21, 2014) features innovator Elizabeth Holmes. She left Stanford to begin a company that only needs a micro-amount of blood for many types of tests.  Her company, Theranos, has attracted capital from many areas, and … Continue reading

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