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NPR blogger: Great news boomers! You beat your IV drug addiction!

Is NPR blogger, Alva Noe’s response to the recent CDC’s advisory for boomers to get tested, a joke or is he serious? Noe says that boomers are “five times more likely than the population at large to carry the hepatitis C … Continue reading

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“If you haven’t figured it out yet, we’re here to talk about jet injectors.”

More excerpts (in italics) from the FDA public hearing on jet-guns 8/9/05 FDA Presenter:  Jason Lipman.  Lead Reviewer. General Hospital Devices Branch. Definition? “These devices typically have a large medicinal vial that fills an injection chamber after each subsequent injection. Reusable … Continue reading

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On a pinhead

I’ve been reading a biology text book (c. 1987) that we own.  These sentences struck me: “A virus is a genome enclosed in a protective coat.  The tiniest viruses are only 20 nm in diameter–smaller than a ribosome.  Millions could … Continue reading

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ASKNOD @ KINDLEBOOKS

Gee, I guess I’m officially published. I was looking on line to see if it had showed up and up sprang this. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=ASKNOD. If you use the Kindlebook phenomenon, you can download it from your computer. I still don’t have any … Continue reading

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Words worth remembering: FDA public hearing on jet-guns (8/9/05)

Revisit with me the picture Dr. Martin Friede (WHO) painted seven long years ago concerning jet-gun devices (emphasis mine): CHAIRMAN EDMISTON: You represent sort of the pragmatic perspective here, Dr. Friede. You’re out there in the field. If industry met … Continue reading

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The One & Only campaign

If you have ever had an injection that did not conform to the exact guidelines in this CDC video, you did not have a safe injection.   The rule is, “one needle, one syringe, only one time.”  There are no … Continue reading

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CAVC–BRIA V. SHINSEKI–POOR NEXI ALL AROUND

It’s rare to be able to go back and unearth the BVA decision that leads to the CAVC but I’m getting better at sleuthing these out. The dead giveaway is the  the date of the decision. That and the fact … Continue reading

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BVA–LAST NEXUS STANDING

Here’s a little trick we have noted over the years of reading decision after decision. On a vast majority of the claims for jet guns, most Vets, due to their unfamiliarity with the Caluza triangle (Hickson elements), submitted claims without nexus … Continue reading

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BVA–2012 DECISIONS OUT…OR NOT

BvA’s new decisions through the end of March are out. I notice there are already 15, 652 listed just for Hepatitis. Pardon my French but Holy shit, Batman! That is a lot of sick Veterans. If this represents just the appeals … Continue reading

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BVA–WHY AM I PAYING THIS ATTORNEY?

 MORE COUNTRY WATER Here’s another one of those Nashville Cats via the Jackson, Mississippi RO-JACKRO if you will. Even with an attorney repping him. this Vet still manages to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. He has everything he … Continue reading

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