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Panetta: Suicide Trends Moving in Tragic Direction
WASHINGTON—Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta said that suicide trends “continue to move in a troubling and tragic direction” at the annual DoD/VA Suicide Prevention Conference held this past week.
“This issue, suicides, is perhaps the most frus...
What's in a Name?
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VA Seeks Increased Mental-Health Staff to Respond to Growing Needs Among Veterans
PTSD Rates Much Lower than Anticipated, Research Says
CAMBRIDGE, MA — While early estimates suggested that as many as 30% of troops returning from deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan could develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a Harva...
Single IED Blast Can Cause Degenerative Brain Condition
Previous research has identified CTE in football players, boxers, wrestlers and other athletes, but this research focuses on the first case series of post-mortem brains from U.S. military personnel who were either exposed to a blast, had a concuss...
Single IED Blast Can Cause Degenerative Brain Condition
As Many As 460,000 Troops Could Potentially Be at Risk
BOSTON — Compelling evidence that a degenerative brain condition can be caused by a single blast, equivalent to a typical improvised explosive device (IED), raises troubling questions about the future healthcare needs of servicemembers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
VA Laboratory Policies Under Scrutiny After Death of Vaccine Researcher
Laboratory Transmission Rare
A 2002 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study showed only 16 cases of laboratory-transmitted meningitis worldwide during the previous 15 years.
One case was a 35-year-old Alabama microbiologist who died only ...
VA Laboratory Policies Under Scrutiny After Death of Vaccine Researcher
SAN FRANCISCO — State and federal investigations will determine what, if any, changes in VA laboratory policies will result from the death of a researcher in San Francisco.
VA Claims Backlog Also Caused By High Error Rate, Not Only Processing Speed
Complexity of Claims
Tom Murphy, VBA’s director of compensation services, agreed that initial accuracy has a significant role in keeping the backlog down.
“If you’re having quality issues, it takes longer to work a case the second or third time th...
VA Claims Backlog Also Caused By High Error Rate, Not Only Processing Speed
WASHINGTON — VA’s goal within two years is to have a claims-adjudication system that gets a first-time claim decision to a veteran within 125 days with 98% accuracy.
Women Closer to Front Lines, Medical Positions Affected
The DoD’s report also listed Army officer positions newly opened to women at the battalion level, including field surgeon or medical-platoon leader, physician’s assistant and medical-operations officer.
In the past, women served in positions, such...
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