Category Archives: Medical News

JETGUNS DON’T KILL PEOPLE-BUT JUST IN CASE…

Posted on November 28, 2015 by asknod

By now we’ve read about a gazillion articles about how guns don’t kill people. The problem is that sometimes people use guns to kill people. They also show a marked proclivity to use bathtubs, 2X4s, knives, cars and a plethora … Continue reading →

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BVA–ISOLATED AND INFREQUENT USE OF DRUGS CODICIL

Posted on November 16, 2015 by asknod

I have seen this one used before several years ago but it has always met with mixed success at the BVA. 38 CFR § 3.301(c)(3) is rarely employed but here it worked. One might note the Vet was represented by an … Continue reading →

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BVA–SEX, NOT POLYSUBSTANCE ABUSE = HCV

Posted on November 11, 2015 by asknod

From the Joe Friday/Badge 714 Memorial VARO Every once and a while we see a really good example of VA bending over backwards using a reverse nexus that flies in the face of anything they have ever held before on HCV. … Continue reading →

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In 2008 a Mayo doc answers: ‘Whatever happened to ‘jet injectors?’

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Laura

Gregory A. Poland, M.D. (LINK) answered this question with the wimpy “possible” word yet then explains plausibility without using the word. Dear Mayo Clinic, I remember we used to get vaccines and other shots using an air gun, and lots of … Continue reading →

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LZ CORK–BUTCH FINALLY GETS HIS COMP & PEN EXAMS

Posted on November 3, 2015 by asknod

I don’t know if you folks heard, but when Butch Long filed with VA back in March of this year, he was careful to give them his new address. He made sure it was very clear where he lived. You … Continue reading →

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BVA–SQUIDLEYONE JOINS THE P&T CLUB

Posted on November 2, 2015 by asknod

I’m sorry for being the slow boat on the website. Thank you Kiedove for helping to fill out the page in the interim. I apologize but I’m busy writing the new book. Great news came in from South Dakota last … Continue reading →

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Chantix, Nov. 19th, DoD and VA links

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Laura

Just a few quick military tobacco cessation links before Nov. 19th, the Great American Smoke-Out. DoD: Quit Tobacco. (LINK) This site has a bunch of tools and information including links to Tricare programs and a savings calculator. Varenicline (Chantix–Pfizer link) … Continue reading →

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BVA–OH. THE SEPT. 1974 “GONORRHEA EVENT”? LESS LIKELY AS NOT

Posted on October 30, 2015 by asknod

There are a finite number of ways you can get Hepatitis C. The common denominator is blood-more specifically some otherbody’s blood in you or on you. Without casting aspersion on those who have it, we have to look at lifestyle, … Continue reading →

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VA’s 2015 flu-shot code for Walgreens and FDA approved jet injectors for flu shots

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Laura

First the mundane: Last fall, my spouse agreed to test the Walgreens/VA free flu shot partnership. The pharmacist asked for his private insurance card and VA ID. He was given the shot, but his Medicare Advantage plan, as first payer, … Continue reading →

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VA emails not true for Vermonters: “When you’re in, you’re in”

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Laura

The return to our home in Vermont, from MN, hasn’t been too easy or too hard–we are managing and making progress. However, attempting to transfer care from the Minneapolis VA to White River Junction/Burlington Clinic continues to be a miserable … Continue reading →