Veteran

From a Marine in Afghanistan:   Hey Bizarre, From the Sand Pit it's freezing here.  I'm sitting on hard, cold dirt between rocks and shrubs at the base of the Hindu Kush Mountains , along the Dar 'yoi Pomir River, watching ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2010-06-25 10:56 - 0 comments

I had a doctors appointment at the local VA clinic yesterday and found something very interesting I would like to pass along. While going through triage before seeing the doctor, I was asked at the end of the exam, three questions:   ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2010-05-17 09:09 - 0 comments

Of all the military bugle calls, none is so easily recognized or more apt to render emotion than Taps. Up to the Civil War, the traditional call at day's end was a tune, borrowed from the French, called Lights Out. In July of 1862, in the ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2010-02-01 13:17 - 0 comments

By Rick Maze     The Army Times     Sunday 04 November 2007     About 6 percent of Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans seeking treatment at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries, according to ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2007-11-07 12:19 - 0 comments

By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The widely cited estimate that 1-in-3 Vietnam veterans suffered post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of their service may be too high, researchers are reporting. In a detailed re-analysis of a 1988 ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2006-08-21 11:10 - 0 comments

by LES BLUMENTHAL The News Tribune July 11th, 2005 The day before his 22nd birthday, a bomb hanging from a tree along a road near Fallujah exploded above Rory Dunn’s Humvee. Dunn’s forehead was crushed from ear to ear, leaving his brain ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2005-07-19 17:41 - 0 comments

Jun 11, 2004 by James Meikle The Guardian - UK All 50,000 troops who served in the first Gulf war might have been exposed to low levels of chemical warfare agents during the fighting and its aftermath, a US investigation has suggested. ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2004-06-15 12:25 - 0 comments

Friday, May 7, 2004 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Veterans Affairs Department will close three hospitals in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Mississippi and build two new ones in Nevada and Florida as part of much-anticipated restructuring plan, The Associated ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2004-05-10 13:08 - 0 comments

Thu Apr 29, 2004 By DANIEL Q. HANEY, AP Medical Editor Men who served in the U.S. military during the last century appear to have an unusually high risk of dying from Lou Gehrig's disease, but experts are puzzled over why and are uncertain ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2004-04-30 13:47 - 0 comments

by Mary lou Seymour  This Veterans Day, I'd like to give my thanks to all vets who have helped keep America safe and free, but I'd especially like to pay tribute to those vets who have the courage and conviction to understand that ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2004-01-23 16:02 - 0 comments

by Mary lou Seymour November 11,2003  This Veterans Day, I'd like to give my thanks to all vets who have helped keep America safe and free, but I'd especially like to pay tribute to those vets who have the courage and conviction to ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-11-13 20:18 - 0 comments

Part 1 in a 5 part series Interviews by Jay Shaft Coalition For Free Thought In Media 12th October 2003 I had the unique opportunity to interview five US military servicemen who just got back from Iraq, or in the case of two men, corresponded ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-11-11 02:58 - 0 comments

Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Public Affairs VA Fact Sheet Illnesses of Gulf War Veterans ...Disability Compensation Since early 1995, VA has been providing compensation payments to chronically disabled Gulf War veterans ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-05-19 18:26 - 0 comments

By Tom Allard, Defence Writer January 17 2003 Veterans of the 1991 Gulf War were more likely to suffer from psychological disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome and other medical symptoms but there is no identifiable Gulf War syndrome, an ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2003-01-17 01:48 - 0 comments

Nov. 26, 2002  Gulf vets fight a different battle Local veterans detail illnesses, frustrations felt over last 10 years By Carol Biliczky Beacon Journal staff writer  Mitchell Lambert came back from the Persian Gulf War with lasting souvenirs ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2002-11-29 12:58 - 0 comments

Cherry Tomatoes with Lemon-Walnut Pesto Stuffing (Photo provided) Meatless menus with meaning From cookbooks to PETA, vegetarian recipes are gaining recognition BY PHILIP POTEMPA Times Features Writer Posted on ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2002-08-15 13:45 - 0 comments

Thu May 9, 2002 By Alison McCook NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Korean War Navy veterans exposed to high levels of microwave radiation emitted from radar equipment were no more likely than other men to develop most forms of cancer--including ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2002-05-28 12:39 - 0 comments

April 11, 2001 By Patricia Reaney LONDON (Reuters) - Veterans of the Gulf War have more health problems and illnesses than other men and women in the armed services, British doctors said on Thursday. One of the largest studies done into ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2002-03-20 03:19 - 0 comments

Thu Mar 7, 2002 By Merritt McKinney NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - British soldiers who served in the Gulf War are twice as likely as other veterans to report a sensitivity to at least one chemical, UK researchers report. In a new study, 28% of ...

Blog - Natural Solutio... - 2002-03-12 12:13 - 0 comments