Category Archives: Medical News

VAMC Bribery Case

Posted on April 2, 2012 by asknod

Alert member Loyal always gets the perfect wine for the dinner. And he seems rather adroit at finding juicy tidbits about our old Alma Mater-VA. This has to be one of the finer “No comments” I’ve seen from them. Tampering … Continue reading →

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More Paperwork= Speedier Claims Process?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by asknod

What have they been smoking down if Foggy Bottom? Since when did a new alphabet Cabinet level outfit like the VA ever speed anything up. This is the height of hypocrisy. Here’s a really good site and an interesting take on … Continue reading →

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Delphi Website–Personality Disorders

Posted on March 30, 2012 by asknod

Member Fuzzy Jim posted this on the HCV’s Delphi Forum: Came across this article today in the VVA newsletter. IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Release March 22, 2012 No. 12-07 Contact: Mokie Porter, VVA 301-996-0901 Rob Cuthbert, Yale VLSC 203-436-4982 Zachary Strassburger, … Continue reading →

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RYE BREAD

Posted on March 30, 2012 by asknod

Rye Bread is the Secret Two old guys, one 80 and one 87, were sitting on their usual park bench one morning. The 87 year old had just finished his morning jog and wasn’t even short of breath. The 80 … Continue reading →

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HCV and Pain–VA’s Own Study

Posted on March 28, 2012 by asknod

Gee, what else have these guys been up to and burying out back of the hospital? Here’s ammo for that claim from none other than the very Bozos who will tell you there’s 1) No conclusive studies on the subject … Continue reading →

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Army IG Is On It (PTSD)

Posted on March 22, 2012 by asknod

Boy, this didn’t take long. When Patty barks, everyone lines up and wags their tales down at the Five-sided Puzzle Palace. Sure enough Johnny Judge is on the warpath and looking in every hospital and clinic in search of baaaaad Shrinks. At … Continue reading →

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Teleprevir vs. Boceprevir

Posted on March 22, 2012 by asknod

What to do? Two new drugs on the market (or virtually there) and much said of each.What hard facts do we know at this point and what is conjecture? School of thought number one holds that Teleprevir (marketed as Incivik) … Continue reading →

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New Drugs to Inhibit HCV?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by asknod

I just found this on my Facebook page from Founder Patricia. This is pure gold if it pans out. Hopefully it will be available to me before I reach bingo. Considering I just hit Stage 4 last Monday, it couldn’t … Continue reading →

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MORE PTSD FROM FROM JBLM

Posted on March 15, 2012 by asknod

The never ending story of the whacky doctors “practicing” medicine instead of “performing” it at Fort Lewis Fumble, Washington continues. Our anonymous member in Michigan spotted this and knew we needed to include it in the “help wanted” section of … Continue reading →

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Dayton VAMC Malpractice problems.

Posted on March 12, 2012 by asknod

Eagle-eyed member Loyal spotted these this morning. As much as VA likes to tout the Presumption of Regularity in this and that, and Doctors can do no wrong, we still read about these glaring VA “medical misadventures” which always seem to be … Continue reading →

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