The numbers are startling. The VA estimates that 107,000veterans are homeless on any given night. Approximately twice that many will experience homelessness in the course of a year’s time.
The nation’s defense is handled by less that 1/2% of the population.
Children of those exposed to Agent Orange and the genetic damage we have seen are the future victims from the fallout of using this dastardly chemical
Military suicides have increased since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a study conducted by the Center for a New American Security.
A veteran commits suicide every 80 minutes, according to a study published Monday.
“Used Prosthesis should be brought to foreign military veterans.”
Did you know that October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month?
I must confess right upfront that this posting is a little self promotion. Well, kind of. Three months ago, a dear friend of mine that I have known for over 25-years contacted me with an urgent request concerning his son who had recently returned from Afghanistan.
Is treatment of veterans done in an equitable manner and if not, how do we remedy the situation?
Now the VA offers a list of ships who were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam Conflict.
There has been misinformation spread by the media that all files for compensation for Agent Orange related presumptive illnesses must be filed by August 30th, 2011. UNTRUE and FALSE!
Getting to the facts on Agent Orange.
Let us get back to the Agent Orange problem and the plight of many veterans.
On February 15, 2001, Sonia Reich fled her home in Skokie, Illinois, insisting that someone was trying to kill her — to “put a bullet in [her] head.” It took a year for her son, Chicago Tribune journalist Howard Reich, to understand why she was running the streets of Skokie, fearing for her life: Late-onset PTSD Turns [...]
More than 20,200 Connecticut veterans are receiving disability compensation for injuries and illnesses connected to their military duty, with those living in New London County more likely to be receiving benefits than their peers in other parts of the state, according to data obtained from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
I am being asked what is the VA and why am I in this medical system? Also why is it taking me so long to start treatment?
Chinese authorities ordered ban on medicines that contain Dextropropoxyphene, a painkiller. The country’s drug watchdog agency warned that medicines, which have negative side effects, may create a potential threat to the life of citizens.
Janey Ensminger wanted to be known as the girl who lived. The 9-year-old lay in a North Carolina hospital room in 1985, her body broken by leukemia. Her mouth was covered in sores. Everything hurt.
Waivers do not match the number of discharges so there is a clear problem still going on in the military. While “personality disorder” discharges dropped, it looks like they are still trying to get rid of “problems” instead of taking care of them.
How do Gulf War illness, Chronic Fatigue, Health of veterans, 911 Rescuers Health all connect? Lack of Leadership from US Legislators
When we read about all the advances being made, the programs the DOD has come up with to “help” the troops recover, there is always something that does not add up because at the same time we read about what they are doing, somewhere hidden from our eyes, problems lurk in the darkness like a bad horror movie.
An “expert” just came out and set us back 40 years on PTSD. He thinks there is no effective treatment and that time will take over. In other words, “get over it” leaving veterans to think there is no hope again. Here we have a major line of BS from an “expert” on PTSD.
Right after 9-11 I contacted Jonathan Shay, well known author and working with veterans for the VA in Boston. He was trying to help me get my book, For the Love of Jack, His War/My Battle by Kathie Costos, published without much luck.
By serving in our nation’s armed services, you have earned a right to professional and modern health care
Coming Home Returning from Hell These Men and Women Just Want to Get Back to Their Normal Lives by Chaplain Kathie When the men and women leave their bases, they head into combat with weapons they were trained to use. Imagine if they were sent without weapons. Imagine if they were sent with weapons but [...]
This week, nearly 1,200 life-saving advertisements will go up on city buses, bus shelters, rail and subway stations across the Nation displaying a message of hope for those who have served their country and may be facing an emotional crisis. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is advertising its Suicide Prevention Hotline through Jan. 9, 2011.
“THE SUICIDE BLUES ARE BREAKIN’ UP THAT OLE GAME O’ MINE” By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor They always march off to war, fanfare, flags, speeches, parades. There’s always an enemy, an evildoer, torpedo boats in the Tonkin Gulf or mystery airplanes and dissolving buildings in Manhattan. The “armchair pundits” and “Monday morning quarterbacks” all [...]
An international study of clinical data led by a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-Harvard University cardiologist found that patients with deposits of fatty plaque in their arteries are at especially high risk for life-threatening cardiovascular events if they have diabetes, disease in multiple arteries or a history of heart attack or stroke.
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