Iraq to Sue Over DU

This should now get interesting with Gulf War Veterans 90-91 and to present and their health effects that our own government has ignored for 19 years
Iraq to sue US, Britain over depleted uranium bombs

Iraq’s Ministry for Human Rights will file a lawsuit against Britain and the US over their use of depleted uranium bombs in [...]

Smoker loses six teeth when cigarette explodes in his mouth – Daily Telegraph

We have all heard the reasons why people should not smoke; lung and mouth and throat cancers, heart problems, prematurely aged skin, smelly clothes and hair, difficulty in finding a date, etc.  But here is a new reason to consider. 
One particular brand of cigarettes sold in Indonesia has a tendency to explode in your mouth.  One [...]

Drug could turn soldiers into super-survivors – New Scientist

A very important article for active duty combat soldiers appears today in New Scientist online.  The article is entitled Drug could turn soldiers into super-survivors and basically, the title speaks for itself.  If this turns out to be practical for use on humans, the survival rate among injured Service men and women with combat wounds [...]

French Fight AIDS With 120-Foot Flying Condom – AOL News

What a news day!  First we have the Alaska State Legislature deeply embroiled in a fight to keep wayward Alaskans away from their family pets and public animals in any unnatural way and then we have the French government hoping to fight AIDS by sending a 120 foot tall flying condom on a world tour.  You [...]

Agent Orange Song (Paul Reutershan)

The link to this song was sent into Veterans Today by a friend of ours. He asked that it be included in our Stories of Agent Orange effort. It comes from a post on the blog Agent Orange Zone.
During the Vietnam War, Country Joe McDonald wrote a song called “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To [...]

Army Report: PTSD up – Combat wounds not the leading cause of Medevacs

American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan were more likely to be medically evacuated for health problems such as a bad back than for combat injuries, says a new study published last week in the British medical journal, Lancet. However experts noted that the large number of Soldiers with chronic physical pain was likely masking an [...]

The Olympic spirit in a troubling time

Olympic Winter and Summer Games. The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) Paralympic Military Program has been instrumental in providing essential rehabilitation and mentoring to injured veterans. Some of the veterans who have been helped have suffered spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, amputations, strokes, blindness or visual impairments.

Benefits Eligibility Extended

At least 4,300 veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan who left the military because of post-traumatic stress disorder are eligible to have their cases reviewed to see if they were improperly denied benefits, a nonprofit veterans group said. The group, National Veterans Legal Services Program, said the law required service members who had been separated from the military at least in part because of post-traumatic stress must receive disability ratings of at least 50 percent to receive benefits.

VVA’s THE FACES OF AGENT ORANGE

In my last issue of VVA Veteran magazine I noted that our organization has escalated efforts to get the stories of people and families exposed to Agent Orange the attention deserved.
VVA has had the longest Agent Orange Committee outside of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) and Veterans for Peace (VFP) that have also been [...]

Health alarm raised about two state-operated veterans homes

Health alarm raised about two Pennsylvania veterans homes. Both the Hollidaysburg home and Gino J. Merli Veterans Center in Scranton show a series of serious deficiencies. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rated the facilities below average in meeting inspection requirements,

PTSD and Force Readiness

By  THOMAS C. HALL, CHAIR, Vietnam Veterans of America, PTSD/SUBSTANCE ABUSE COMMITTEE
Suicide rates in the active military and among veterans are on the rise. Military Sexual Trauma (MST) continues at epidemic proportions, and under-diagnosed traumatic brain injury (TBI) ensures a future of pain for veterans and their families. Homelessness and incarceration await too many of [...]

Former Former Monsanto Exec. Appointed to the Head of the F.D.A.!

Michael R. Taylor, J.D., was appointed FDA Deputy Commissioner for Foods. This was announced on the FDA’s website the day after the earthquake in Haiti. Michael Taylor is a former top executive, lawyer and lobbyist with biotech giant Monsanto Co. He has rotated in and out of law firms, Monsanto, the USDA and FDA.

Sickened by Service: The Proving Ground

‘Don’t worry, this stuff won’t hurt you.’ »Bunn was 21 years old when he arrived at Dugway Proving Ground, just over the snow-dusted hills from the Deseret demilitarization dump, in Tooele County. The official mission of his unit, the 45th Chemical Company, was to create smoke screens for infantry assaults. But in the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, the Army had other uses for the group.

Home Fires: In Balad, Smoke and Fire

Stories of soldiers, veterans and widows who attribute cancers and life-threatening illnesses to exposure to the burn pit are coming to light, as are more numerous reports of unexplained shortness of breath, asthma-like symptoms, respiratory issues and other problems.

This deserves a life sentence

By Dave Barry
It is with great verisimilitude that we present another installation of “Ask Mister Language Person, ” the column that answers your common questions about grammar, punctuation and unwanted body hair. This is the ONLY language column to receive the coveted Lifetime Bathroom Pass from The American Society of University Professors Who Are Never [...]

Home Fires: A Guide and an Ally

By Michael Jernigan / The New York Times
I have written several pieces for Home Fires these last couple of years. I have talked about my journey back from Iraq and my road to recovery. I have also opened up and let you into the side of my life that is haunted by demons. [...]

Breast Cancer Screening Update

When the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued its update guideline on screening for breast cancer in November 2009,1. the members were unprepared for the overwhelmingly hostile reaction from the media, public advocacy groups, and specialist medical groups.

Gulf War Veterans 90-91 Welcomed on the Hill in DC?

Gulf  War Veterans Alert!
The Veterans Affairs Research Advisory Committee has now posted its Nov 2009 meeting minutes.  The link to the full minutes:  http://www1.va.gov/RAC-GWVI/page.cfm?pg=94  The next meeting of the Congressionally chartered U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses (RAC) is scheduled for March 1st-2nd, 2010 in Washington DC.  [...]

Increase in suicide rate of vets

I am no psychiatrist or counselor but even I know when you take a young person and place them into an extended combat deployment four and five times, you have just made either a sociopath, a clinically depressed suicidal individual or a human being mimicing multiple personality disorder with a dash of schizo-affective disorder thrown in for good measure.

DU the Censored Story and a Shout Out to Civilian Doctors Caring for Gulf War Veterans to Show they Care

DEPLETED URANIUM THE CENSORED STORY
A SHOUT OUT TO CIVILIAN DOCTORS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS!
DU is covered in other parts of the world but not in the US.  I wonder why?  The latest coverage talks not just about the children of Iraq but there parents and adults in Iraq.  Interesting they talked about early age cancers and [...]

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