US Medicine Direct - March 2010 Issue

Dear U.S. Medicine Reader,

Our March features reporting on a wide variety of topics that we hope you find useful and of interest.

Read more about how developments in the field of regenerative medicine are transforming the way medicine and dentistry will be practiced in the future.This is very positive news for our severely injured servicemembers returning from war.

We look forward to sharing more updates on this developing field in the coming months.

Ken Senerth
Editor, U. S. Medicine

LATE BREAKING NEWS

Worst Case Scenario Demonstrates Disconnect Between DoD and VA for Transitioning Veterans
According to Staff Sgt. Sean Johnson’s physicians his sight could not have been saved, even if his traumatic brain injury was discovered sooner. The damage from the mortar attack that happened on March 25, 2006 had been done and, even though much of it went unnoticed at the time, was irreversible. However, SSgt. Johnson imagines that his experiences after returning home would have been unimaginably less frustrating had the full extent of his injuries been diagnosed in a timely manner. read more

MARCH ISSUE

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Detecting Rheumatoid Arthritis Early Critical to Ensure Quality of Life. Read More

VA’s Rheumatology Consortium Continues Momentum From Initial Meeting Read More

The Military Addresses Sexual Assault in its Ranks Read More

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MARCHY ISSUE U. S. MEDICINE

Domestic Internal Security Reviewed in the Wake of the Fort Hood Shootings
Defense Secretary Robert Gates vowed to take action in response to a Fort Hood report that found that more needed to be done to protect troops from “internal threats.” “It is clear that as a department we have not done enough to adapt to the evolving domestic internal security threat to American troops and military facilities that has emerged over the past decade,” said Gates. read more

Administration Requests a $125 Billion Budget for VA in FY 2011
The Administration has requested a $125 billion budget for VA in FY 2011 to fuel what VA officials have called a systematic transformation of the department … one that could, they say, turn VA into the “model of governance” over the next 4 years. This transformation focuses on three critical concerns: better access to benefits and services; ending the downward spiral that can result in veteran homelessness; and reducing the disability backlog and wait times. However, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki admitted that, despite promises to decrease the backlog year-by-year, the problem will likely get worse before it gets better. read more

DoD Budget Proposal Up 3.4% Over Last Year
The President’s FY 2011 DoD proposal includes $549 billion for the base budget, which is up 3.4% over last year. In addition, the department is requesting $159 billion in FY 2011 to support overseas contingency operations, primarily in Afghanistan and Iraq, and $33 billion to implement the President’s new approach in Afghanistan. read more

Growing or Repairing Damaged Tissue or Organs Is Transforming Medicine
The ability to grow or repair damaged tissue or organs through regenerative medicine is transforming medicine according to a DoD official at the 2010 MHS Conference. “Regenerative medicine is going to change the way that we practice medicine and dentistry in the future. It is actually changing the way that we are practicing right now in the defense health program,” said Army Col. Robert Vandre, DDS, project manager at the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM). read more

Ken Senerth
Editor, U.S. Medicine
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