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Medication – Prescription Drugs-Health Issues
Looking for folks who are the same medication as you and what they think of it. Exercise, diet ideas. Remember we are not giving professional advice, and you should consult your doctor regarding any and all health issues you may be concerned with.
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This is sponsored by Merck, whose manuals I constantly use as a reference in fighting the VA on medical questions. You can download these 'toolkits', even though they are meant for medical professionals. http://www.miahonline.org/tools/
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Hi, My husband was given ibuprofen 800mg. This was for a non sc condition. When they gave it to him, they gave him 4 bottles at one time and said it was no charge. He is 10% sc and pays a co-pay on other medicines. My question is...are there certain medicines at no charge and if so is there a list somewhere that tells about this? Thanks, sbrewer
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This is from Military.com A bill to improve the health care of the nation's veterans was approved by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs last week. The "Veterans Health Care Act of 2005" now goes to the floor of the Senate for a vote. Among many provisions, the bill provides free health care for veterans in the area impacted by Hurricane Katrina. That free care would end January 31, 2006. The legislation would also allow VA to reimburse enrolled veterans for the money they spend after receiving emergency treatment in a non-VA facility. The bill also directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expand and improve mental health care services, including Post Traumat…
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I have pending claims for tinnitus and PTSD as well as a couple of others to go with my long time SC for 50% hearing loss. I've gotten records from a few sources and was looking at my immunization record. I have seen people who have a condition originating with something they were injected with and wonder if any of these were suspect: small pox 6/25/76 7/1/76 triple typhoid 6/14/76 7/9/76 tetanus toxoid 6/14/76 7/?/76 4/8/79 cholera vaccine 11/24/76 12/?/76 yellow fever vaccine 12/?/76 O-polio I 6/10/76 Adenovirus 4 &7 6/10/76 Rubella vacc 6/14/76 0.5…
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Anybody whose lower back pain is undiagnoesed, or whose diagnosis seems inaccurate, pay a vist to the first site below, and if you can relate to this, the other site is useful too. http://tinyurl.com/2tmgo http://tinyurl.com/bpxd5
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Community Support Key to Kicking Drugs Anil Netto PENANG, Sep 23 (IPS) - Looking at Abdullah Mohd Isa today, it's hard to imagine that he was hooked on drugs for 10 years, injecting himself with diluted opium in desperation. Smiling and shirtless inside his home, he now looks the picture of health. These days, he runs a drop-in centre that is helping a small therapeutic community of recovering drug addicts around the fishing village of Teluk Bahang in northwest Penang to kick the habit the holistic way. Community Support Key to Kicking Drugs Anil Netto http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=30389
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My dental class is Class 1. I have been looking for this information. I will pass it on. The Board notes that the veteran is not shown to be entitled to service connection or treatment under any of the other possible classes of eligibility. For instance, there could be no eligibility for Class I dental care since he is not shown to have a service-connected compensable dental condition. (See 38 C.F.R. § 4.150). He also was not a POW, which could otherwise provide a basis of entitlement under Classes II(b, II©, III. He is not entitled to Class III dental treatment, 38 C.F.R. § 17.161(g), (because his dental condition is not "professionally determi…
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Agent Orange And Cancer
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Agent Orange and Cancer http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/...sp?sitearea=PED
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Photodymanic Therapy For Barrett's Esophagus Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a condition caused by chronic acid reflux (heartburn). In some patients with reflux, the normal squamous lining of the esophagus is replaced by a more acid resistant columnar lining called Barrett's esophagus. Patients with Barrett's esophagus are 30 to 40 times more likely to develop esophageal cancer than the normal population. The pre-malignant condition that may arise in Barrett's mucosa is called dysplasia, which describes the increasing abnormality of esophagus cells. Dysplasia is categorized as either low-grade or high-grade dysplasia. High-grade dysplasia is the same as carcinoma-in-situ, …
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September 08, 2005 Infectious Disease Research in and Around New Orleans Summary: At the very least, there are two Level-3 biolabs in New Orleans and a cluster of three in nearby Covington. They have been working with anthrax, mousepox, HIV, plague, etc. There are surely other labs in the city. Here's a great tip for all reporters looking for a completely new - and extremely important - angle on the situation in New Orleans. As far as I can tell, no one has yet mentioned the biological research labs located in and around NOLA. For example, in nearby Covington, Tulane University runs the Tulane National Primate Research Center, a cluster of Level-3 biological labs…
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The role of the thoracolumbar junction (TLJ) in common spinal disorders is frequently overlooked. This may be due to a number of reasons: (1) The patients virtually never complain of pain at the level of the TLJ. Pain caused by a disorder at this site is invariably referred to a different site. (2) Only rarely will there be radiographically demonstrable degenerative disease at the level of the TLJ (T11 - T12 - L1). (3) The diagnosis can be made only in the light of a detailed and systematic clinical examination, which will show a tender spinal segment at this level. http://www.maitrise-orthop.com/corpusmaitr...bar/index.shtml
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Symptoms, Signs, and Complications The most prominent symptom is heartburn, with or without regurgitation of gastric contents into the mouth. Complications of GERD include esophagitis (see Plate 20-4), esophageal stricture (see Plate 20-5), esophageal ulcer, and Barrett's metaplasia (see Plate 20-6). Esophagitis may cause odynophagia and even hemorrhage, which can be massive. Peptic stricture causes a gradually progressive dysphagia for solid foods. Peptic esophageal ulcers cause the same type of pain as gastric or duodenal ulcers but are usually localized to the xiphoid or high substernal region. They heal slowly, tend to recur, and usually leave a stricture on healin…
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