For Chronic Wounds, Honey to the Rescue: 3 Studies

Study Suggests Treating Wounds with Patented Medical Honey Dressing Makes Healing Affordable for Uninsured Patient Population

Young Patients With Chronic Wounds Can Be Helped With Patented Medical Honey

 To Beat the Stigma of Cancer Wounds, Try Adding Honey, Says Expert

04/17/2010. 2010 Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) and the Wound Healing Society (WHS) vis Newswise

History of VA Research & Development

85 years of VA R&D 04/17/2010. Watch this story of the history of VA research, and see the amazing discoveries that make Veterans' lives better every day.  (8:01 min - Windows Media) VA

New JRRD Volume 47, Issue 2, Pages 83 - 170

Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development 47(2); 83-170 04/17/2010.  This issue includes Functional imaging, pressure sore generation, wheelchair tiedown, and more. JRRD

New PubMed Articles 17 April 2010

1.

Engagement in mental health treatment among veterans returning from Iraq.

Stecker T, Fortney J, Hamilton F, Sherbourne CD, Ajzen I.

Patient Prefer Adherence. 2010 Mar 24;4:45-9.PMID: 20390058 [PubMed - in process]Free PMC ArticleFree textRelated citations

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Refill Adherence to Oral Hypoglycemic Agents and Glycemic Control in Veterans(May).

Kim N, Agostini JV, Justice AC.

Ann Pharmacother. 2010 Apr 13. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20388863 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related citations

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Self-efficacy Mediates the Relationship Between Depression and Length of Abstinence After Treatment Among Youth but Not Among Adults.

Ramo DE, Myers MG, Brown SA.

Subst Use Misuse. 2010 Apr 13. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20388012 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related citations

4.

Grants to states for construction or acquisition of state home facilities--update of authorized beds. Final rule.

Department of Veterans Affairs.

Fed Regist. 2010 Apr 8;75(67):17859-61.PMID: 20387316 [PubMed - in process]Related citations

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Relationship between anxiety, depression, and health satisfaction among veterans with PTSD.

Rauch SA, Favorite T, Giardino N, Porcari C, Defever E, Liberzon I.

J Affect Disord. 2010 Feb;121(1-2):165-8. Epub 2009 Jun 16.PMID: 19535152 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related citations

New Series On Veterans' Battle With PTSD

World Progress Report Launches Series About Veterans Battling PTSD  04/17/2010.  War. It's not always waged on a battle field. Nor, is it always two countries in conflict. Sometimes, war can take on a different front. About one out of seven military personnel have experienced the affects of posttraumatic stress disorder when returning home from a deployment. A faceless battle that rages from within, PTSD can leave servicemen and women feeling debilitated and weak. Yet, current research and effective treatments are proving that there is hope. World Progress Report via 1888 Press Release

VA Struggling to Care for Veterans

VA laboring under surge of wounded veterans - Chicago Tribune 04/17/2010.  In a sobering reminder of the long-term costs of war, a dramatic spike in disability claims during the last seven years has overwhelmed the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and nearly doubled the cost of compensating wounded veterans, according to an unprecedented Tribune analysis. Chicago Tribune

Photo: Chris Walker, Chicago Tribune

Healing Damaged Hearts

Peptides Can Repair Damaged Heart Tissue 04/17/2010.  A startup company, CardioHeal, based in Brookline, MA has developed peptide drugs that can speed up the growth of new heart muscle cells.  The startup is headed by Roger Hajjar, director of the Cardiovascular Research Center at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in New York, and Bernhard Kuhn, a cardiologist at Children's Hospital Boston, both aim to change the way how heart disease is treated.  PhysOrg.com

VA Study Shows Improved Function Years After a Stroke

Clinical study shows patients gain limb movement years after stroke 04/17/2010.  Patients show modest yet meaningful gains in limb movement and an improved outlook on life years after suffering a stroke, a major clinical study has found. The paper, published online this week in the New England Journal of Medicine (free online), provides the best evidence yet that stroke sufferers in a controlled study can regain limb movement long after an injury, through intensive therapy with specially trained personnel and newly created robotic aids.  The three-year randomized control trial by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs enrolled 127 veterans at four VA sites.   Brown University via PhyOrg.com

New PubMed Articles 15 April 2010

1.

Diabetes mellitus negatively impacts survival of patients with colon cancer, particularly in stage II disease.

Huang YC, Lin JK, Chen WS, Lin TC, Yang SH, Jiang JK, Chang SC, Lan YT, Wang HS, Liu CY, Yang YW, Teng HW.

J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2010 Apr 13. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20387072 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related citations

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Change in Goal Ratings as a Mediating Variable Between Self-efficacy and Physical Activity in Older Men.

Hall KS, Crowley GM, McConnell ES, Bosworth HB, Sloane R, Ekelund CC, Morey MC.

Ann Behav Med. 2010 Apr 13. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20387023 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related citations

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Cerebrocerebellar Hypometabolism Associated With Repetitive Blast Exposure Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in 12 Iraq War Veterans With Persistent Post-Concussive Symptoms.

Peskind ER, Petrie EC, Cross DJ, Pagulayan K, McCraw K, Hoff D, Hart K, Yu CE, Raskind MA, Cook DG, Minoshima S.

Neuroimage. 2010 Apr 9. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20385245 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related citations

4.

Prevention of venous thromboembolism in Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals.

Herbers J, Zarter S.

J Hosp Med. 2010 Jan;5(1):E21-5.PMID: 20063282 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related citations

5.

Cost-effectiveness of hepatitis A vaccination for individuals with chronic hepatitis C.

Chapko MK, Yee HS, Monto A, Dominitz JA.

Vaccine. 2010 Feb 17;28(7):1726-31. Epub 2009 Dec 29.PMID: 20044051 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related citations

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Prevention of thromboembolic events in surgical patients through the creation and implementation of a computerized risk assessment program.

Novis SJ, Havelka GE, Ostrowski D, Levin B, Blum-Eisa L, Prystowsky JB, Kibbe MR.

J Vasc Surg. 2010 Mar;51(3):648-54.PMID: 20022209 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related citations

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Use of latent variable modeling to delineate psychiatric and cognitive profiles in Parkinson disease.

Mavandadi S, Nazem S, Ten Have TR, Siderowf AD, Duda JE, Stern MB, Weintraub D.

Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Nov;17(11):986-95.PMID: 19855199 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Free PMC ArticleFree textRelated citations

New PubMed Articles 14 April 2010

1.

Race Differences in Cardiac Catheterization: The Role of Social Contextual Variables.

Ayotte BJ, Kressin NR.

J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Apr 10. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20383600 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related citations

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Decrease in Long-term Survival for Hospitalized Patients with Community-acquired Pneumonia.

Bordon J, Wiemken T, Peyrani P, Paz ML, Gnoni M, Cabral P, Venero MD, Ramirez J; the CAPO Study Group.

Chest. 2010 Apr 9. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20382718 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related citations

3.

Mortality patterns of army chemical corps veterans who were occupationally exposed to herbicides in Vietnam.

Cypel Y, Kang H.

Ann Epidemiol. 2010 May;20(5):339-46.PMID: 20382334 [PubMed - in process]Related citations

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Access to weight loss counseling services among patients with bipolar disorder.

Goodrich DE, Lai Z, Lasky E, Burghardt AR, Kilbourne AM.

J Affect Disord. 2010 Apr 7. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20381155 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related citations

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Validation of endogenous controls for gene expression studies in peripheral lymphocytes from war veterans with and without PTSD.

Brkljacic J, Tanic N, Vojnovic Milutinovic D, Elakovic I, Manitasevic Jovanovic S, Perisic T, Dundjerski J, Matic G.

BMC Mol Biol. 2010 Apr 9;11(1):26. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20380724 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Free ArticleRelated citations

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Predisposing characteristics, enabling resources and need as predictors of utilization and clinical outcomes for veterans receiving mental health services.

Fasoli DR, Glickman ME, Eisen SV.

Med Care. 2010 Apr;48(4):288-95.PMID: 20355260 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related citations

UCLA Health System's Operation Mend Gets a Boost

UCLA Program That Aids Wounded Warriors: Lockheed Martin Pledges $4 Million 04/14/2010. The Lockheed Martin Corp. has announced a pledge of $4 million to benefit the UCLA Health System's Operation Mend program, which provides reconstructive surgeries and other health care needs to U.S. military personnel wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. UCLA via Medical News Today

New PubMed Articles 13 April 2010

1.

Female veterans of the OEF/OIF conflict: Concordance of PTSD symptoms and substance misuse.

Nunnink SE, Goldwaser G, Heppner PS, Pittman JO, Nievergelt CM, Baker DG.

Addict Behav. 2010 Mar 12. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20378259 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related citations

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Social anxiety disorder and social fears in the Canadian military: Prevalence, comorbidity, impairment, and treatment-seeking.

Mather AA, Stein MB, Sareen J.

J Psychiatr Res. 2010 Apr 6. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20378128 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related citations

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Osteoporosis screening: factors associated with bone mineral density testing of older women.

Davisson L, Warden M, Manivannan S, Kolar M, Kincaid C, Bashir S, Layne R.

J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Jul;18(7):989-94.PMID: 20377374 [PubMed - in process]Related citations

4.

Quality of care among obese patients.

Chang VW, Asch DA, Werner RM.

JAMA. 2010 Apr 7;303(13):1274-81.PMID: 20371786 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related citations

5.

Use of intensive care, mechanical ventilation, both, or neither by patients with acute lung injury.

Cely CM, Rojas JT, Maldonado DA, Schein RM, Quartin AA.

Crit Care Med. 2010 Apr;38(4):1126-34.PMID: 20173631 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related citations

U.S. Air Force Academy and the Department of Veterans Affairs to Provide Care for Veterans in Southern Colorado

Academy, VA Team Up for Ambulatory Surgery Services 04/13/2010.  A $14-million cooperative venture between officials from the U.S. Air Force Academy and the Department of Veterans Affairs, funded by the Department of Defense and VA's Joint Incentive Fund, will bring much-needed ambulatory surgical care to veterans in southern Colorado.   Medical procedures for urology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, ear, nose and throat and general surgery are scheduled to commence for veterans May 1.  Health.mil

Two New VA Twitters

VeteransHealth: RT @VA_PTSD_Info: Learn more about the #PTSD and mental health services available at VA for Women Veterans. http://ow.ly/1orNT

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VeteransHealth: CBS News aired a heartwarming story about VA’s new foster care program in Tampa, FL. Watch here: http://ow.ly/1xS9s #veteran

Institute of Medicine Report Details Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War

Gulf War and Health: Volume 8. Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War (free online) 04/12/2010.  At the request of Congress, the IOM is conducting an ongoing review of the evidence to determine what might be responsible for Gulf War veterans’ long-term health problems. In this report, the IOM updates its 2006 summary of veterans’ health problems and determines that Gulf War service causes post-traumatic stress disorder and is associated with several other illnesses and disorders. IOM

New PubMed Articles 11 April 2010

1.

Are We There Yet? The Four-Year Impact of a VA Fellowship Program on the Recovery Orientation of Rehabilitation Programs.

Kymalainen JA, Henze KT, Deluca M, Mitton TA, Walton HM, Duffy P, Kapungu C, Lefebvre T, Alexander WH, Pinsky J.

Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2010 Spring;33(4):320-7.PMID: 20374990 [PubMed - in process]Related citations

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National Dissemination of Supported Housing in the VA: Model Adherence versus Model Modification.

O'Connell M, Kasprow W, Rosenheck RA.

Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2010 Spring;33(4):308-19.PMID: 20374989 [PubMed - in process]Related citations

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Veterans Health Administration Transitional Work Experience vs. Job Placement in Veterans with Co-Morbid Substance Use and Non-Psychotic Psychiatric Disorders.

Penk W, Drebing CE, Rosenheck RA, Krebs C, Van Ormer A, Mueller L.

Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2010 Spring;33(4):297-307.PMID: 20374988 [PubMed - in process]Related citations

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Transition to Low Intensity Case Management in a VA Assertive Community Treatment Model Program.

Rosenheck RA, Neale MS, Mohamed S.

Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2010 Spring;33(4):288-96.PMID: 20374987 [PubMed - in process]Related citations

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A proof of concept trial of an online psychoeducational program for relatives of both veterans and civilians living with schizophrenia.

Glynn SM, Randolph ET, Garrick T, Lui A.

Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2010 Spring;33(4):278-87.PMID: 20374986 [PubMed - in process]Related citations

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Using organizational change strategies to guide peer support technician implementation in the veterans administration.

Chinman M, Shoai R, Cohen A.

Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2010 Spring;33(4):269-77.PMID: 20374985 [PubMed - in process]Related citations

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Who Attends Vet-to-Vet? Predictors of Attendance in Mental Health Mutual Support.

Resnick SG, Rosenheck RA.

Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2010 Spring;33(4):262-8.PMID: 20374984 [PubMed - in process]Related citations

8.

The veterans administration, the military, psychiatric rehabilitation, and me.

Anthony WA.

Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2010 Spring;33(4):259. No abstract available. PMID: 20374982 [PubMed - in process]Related citations

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US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Efforts to Promote Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery.

Goldberg RW, Resnick SG.

Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2010 Spring;33(4):255-8. No abstract available. PMID: 20374981 [PubMed - in process]Related citations