The Record: Letters, April 29, 2013
Source: Clifton journal
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-28 23:20:01 -0700 | health-news
In other words, you would have no way of knowing whether a company in which you invest is contributing to causes or politicians with whom you vehemently disagree. That Garrett is doing the bidding of "trade groups and businesses" if...
Combat-medicine lessons applied to Boston wounded
Source: Courier & Press
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-28 20:14:21 -0700 | health-news
Improvised explosive devices caused carnage on the street of an American city, but after more than a decade of grim experience treating U.S. troops maimed by such weapons in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of the emergency workers and volunteers along...
Routt County Veterans Affairs officer, volunteers secure benefits for soldiers
Source: The Steamboat Pilot
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-28 05:45:12 -0700 | health-news
Steamboat Springs The flurry of activity in Michael Condie's office earlier this month reveals why it could take decades for communities across the United States to fully realize all of the physical and mental impacts the wars in Iraq...
Spaulding rehab patients arrive at new Charlestown hospital building
Source: The Boston Globe
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-27 10:21:53 -0700 | health-news
Clukey was celebrating his status as the first patient of more than 100 being transported to the hospital's glistening $225 million waterfront building today as part of an intensively planned operation. The moment was also a personal milestone: Just weeks...
Young war veterans struggle to find jobs
Source: Contra Costa Times
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-27 08:09:06 -0700 | health-news
The simple, heartfelt expression of gratitude toward men and women in military uniform has been repeated countless times in recent years: Thank you for your service. But when post-9/11 members of the military exchange their fatigues for business attire, that...
Cuesta College offers free parking passes to veterans
Source: KSBY
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-24 18:39:30 -0700 | health-news
News Cuesta College is now offering free parking passes to veterans in honor of a former student. The school says Mike Mihalakis, who was enlisted in the Army National Guard, had hopes of returning back to Cuesta after service in...
Dixon woman saved by 40 units of blood returns with family to NorthBay for drive
Source: The Reporter
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-24 02:26:34 -0700 | health-news
Thanks to NorthBay Medical Center's Trauma and Labor and Delivery teams, the 27-year-old pulled through. On Tuesday, Jenkins and her 3-month-old son, Corrie-Ray, returned to NorthBay to thank the staff who helped save her life and support a blood drive...
Bill includes aid for victims of bombing
Source: Boston Herald
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-22 21:18:15 -0700 | health-news
The many victims who lost limbs in the horrific Boston Marathon bombings last Monday could get state aid to make their homes handicapped accessible just like returning war veterans under a proposal being pushed on Beacon Hill. These were innocent...
Nearly Half of Veterans Found with Blast Concussions Might Have Hormone Deficiencies
Source: Newswise
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-22 06:51:46 -0700 | health-news
Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Description Up to 20 percent of veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq have experienced at least one blast concussion. A new study finds about 42% of screened veterans with blast injuries have irregular...
In Boston blasts, veterans shift into combat mode
Source: Washington Post
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-17 20:36:22 -0700 | health-news
Brennan Mullaney, a captain in the Army Reserve, said the bombs in Boston were more shocking than those he experienced in Iraq...Mullaney, now a captain in the Army Reserve, served 15 months during the surge in Iraq. Collazo of Humble,...
Auditors find low enrollment in vets jobs program
Source: The Boston Globe
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-16 16:21:24 -0700 | health-news
Federal auditors say a job-training program designed to help veterans re-enter the workforce has more than 60,000 empty slots, left unfilled despite efforts to reduce the jobless rate among veterans. The program is geared toward unemployed veterans between the ages...
Trauma team kicks in
Source: CNN
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-16 04:19:57 -0700 | health-news
Shock waves hit my whole body Witness: Pool of blood in middle of store Is it possible to secure major events? "I ran out and saw people who were missing legs and part of their face and part of their...
Pittsburgh area veterans hit hard by backlog of claims
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-15 21:53:23 -0700 | health-news
More than 866,000 veterans nationwide are awaiting disability benefits, and processing is taking an average of 9.5 months. The wait is even longer in the Pittsburgh region, which is home to more veterans than almost anywhere else in the country....
Veterans Affairs Doctor Has Serious Doubts About Women In Combat
Source: BusinessInsider
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-12 07:32:01 -0700 | health-news
Less than 10 days after two more female Marines were dropped from infantry officer training, a Veterans Affairs doctor has expressed doubt on the long-term physical effects of women in the infantry. I'm certain the majority of women doing this...
How stressed are you really?
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-04-11 21:30:57 -0700 | health-news
Instead, we seem to be preoccupied with managing the effects of stress. The message from everyone doctors, personal trainers, psychotherapists, even our mothers is that if we can fix our stressed-out selves, we can handle pretty much anything. It's a...
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