Obama: More post-traumatic stress help for vets 07/10/2010. The government is taking what President Barack Obama calls "a long overdue step" to aid veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, making it easier for them receive federal benefits.
The changes that Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki will announce Monday (07/11/2010) fulfill "a solemn responsibility to provide our veterans and wounded warriors with the care and benefits they've earned when they come home," Obama said in his weekly radio and online address Saturday (07/10/2010). AP
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Navy Veterans With Mesothelioma
US Navy Veterans Diagnosed With Mesothelioma Should Call The Mesothelioma Victims Center First With Its Expanded Free Service 07/08/2010. When it comes to an individual, or family member dealing with a diagnosis of a rare form of cancer called mesothelioma, there is nothing even close to the Mesothelioma Victims Center, and the expanded free help and assistance it provides. Expanded free help and assistance includes assistance with Social Security, or Veterans Administration disability relief, assistance in finding the absolute best health care options in the area of the mesothelioma victim, practical information the family needs to know about this form of cancer, and the names of the absolute best mesothelioma law firms in the US. PR Web
VA to Make PTSD Claims Easier
Veterans Affairs to Ease Claim Process for Disability 07/08/10. The government is preparing to issue new rules that will make it substantially easier for veterans who have been found to have post-traumatic stress disorder to receive disability benefits, a change that could affect hundreds of thousands of veterans from the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam. NYT
Monday, July 5, 2010
U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy: "Every day in America, our military veterans are being held behind enemy lines," because of a "Byzantine mental health system."
Patrick Kennedy Says Military Veterans Are "Being Held Behind Enemy Lines" By Mental Health Care System; Receives NAMI's Highest Honor 05/07/2010. U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy told the annual convention of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today that "Every day in America, our military veterans are being held behind enemy lines," because of a "Byzantine mental health system." Medical News Today
New PubMed Articles 5 July 2010
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Personal Connected Healthcare Technologies Promted for Rural Veterans
Continua champions use of personal connected healthcare technologies at House Committee on Veterans Affairs hearing 07/05/2010. Continua Health Alliance championed the use of personal connected healthcare technologies to increase veteran access to quality healthcare during last week's hearing of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health. President and Chair of the Continua Board of Directors, Rick Cnossen, testified on behalf of the Alliance to address the issues facing veterans living in rural areas who typically receive lower quality healthcare than the general population due to lack of access. He discussed resolving this by utilizing eCare, defined as a class of health information technologies that can facilitate any kind of virtual visit or electronic connectivity outside of traditional office visits, and personal connected healthcare devices which can provide lower-cost access to quality care. The Medical News
Fully Automated Claims System Under Development by VA
VA to develop fully automated, online system for handling disability compensation claims 07/05/2010. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced today plans to develop a fully automated, online system for handling Veterans' disability compensation claims. More than a simple digitization of existing paper-based claims, the new system is part of VA's modernization of the end-to-end processing workflow. Automation will substantially reduce processing time and increase accuracy while simplifying the way that Veterans interact with the claims process. The Medical News
New Federal Website to Help Navigate Health Insurance Options
Federal website intended to help people navigate health insurance options 07/05/2010. The federal government unveiled its new website Thursday for consumers looking for health coverage, on the same day that insurance policies for uninsured people with medical conditions became available through a federally run high-risk insurance program. The new website -- healthcare.gov -- brings together information from more than 1,000 insurance companies and every Medicaid and children's insurance program to offer consumers a menu of personal options that fit them. North Jersey Media Group Inc. via PhysOrg.com
Balanced Vitamin E Complex Levels and Alzheimer's Disease
High blood levels of vitamin E reduces risk of Alzheimer's 07/05/2010. "Vitamin E is a family of eight natural components, but most studies related to Alzheimer s disease investigate only one of these components, tocopherol", says Dr. Francesca Mangialasche, who led the study. "We hypothesized that all the vitamin E family members could be important in protecting against AD. If confirmed, this result has implications for both individuals and society, as 70 percent of all dementia cases in the general population occur in people over 75 years of age, and the study suggests a protective effect of vitamin E against AD in individuals aged 80+." Journal of Alzheimer's Disease via PhysOrg.com
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