Category Archives: Medical News

DVA-WHAT ELSE COULD GO WRONG?

Posted on June 3, 2015 by asknod

That question must ricochet around 810 Vermin Ave. NW day in and day out. If it isn’t someone with a conscience and an ax to grind filing a Whistleblower claim, it’s some unnerving revelation that the boys in Denver have … Continue reading →

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VHA–YES, WE HAVE NO HARVONI

Posted on May 17, 2015 by asknod

This just in from member Mike. Fargo, North Dakota is officially out of Harvoni or you have to wait until Hell freezes over to get any. Mike reports it’s not even a normal wave off with red smoke. They say they … 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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VA BUTT TRACTORS UNSANITARY–REALLY?

Posted on May 12, 2015 by asknod

Here we go again. It”s like Timothy Busfield in Field of Dreams when he suddenly notices all the 1930s ballplayers around him. “Hey, where did they come from?” Suddenly Newsweek and all the MSM have “discovered” the VA’s shoddy medical practices … Continue reading →

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THE NEW VA.GOV–ONE-STOP SHOPPING FOR EVERYTHING

Posted on May 11, 2015 by asknod

Long awaited and long overdue. One website for everything coming May 20th. Unless I miss my guess, the people you’ll be talking to will sound like they’re from India. “Ah, Mr. Gordon. It is good that you have contacted to us. … Continue reading →

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THE FASTEST GUN IN THE WEST–THE JETGUN

Posted on May 3, 2015 by asknod

As many know, our famous nurse Sylvia Price has scored the ultimate eBay item. Yeppers. HCVets has it’s own jetgun now and all those skanky manuals that went with it. The revelations that are going to come out now will … Continue reading →

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VA CHANGES 40-MILE RULE

Posted on March 24, 2015 by asknod

Secretary Bob announced today they will be changing the unique language that measured the distance from a Veteran’s house to the nearest VA facility as the crow flies and in nautical miles. Since odometers measure it in statute miles, this … Continue reading →

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CAVC–PHIL AND VICKI’S WIN UP AT THE BIG HOUSE

Posted on March 14, 2015 by asknod

February and March have been fortuitous months for wins, apparently. I haven’t been on a roll of this magnitude in years. We began with Leigh’s win and Kelly’s was right on it’s heels. My Writ compounded it with interest and … 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 →