Veteran Health Care
MDMA Assisted Therapy for PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) presents a health problem for which currently available treatments are modestly effective. Here is the report of the findings of a “randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-site phase 3 clinical trial” to test the efficacy and safety of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-assisted therapy for the treatment of patients with severe PTSD, including those with common […]
VA finally accepting claims related to SW Asia service burn pits
Many people were exposed to burn pits while in the sandbox and have had lingering, unexplained health effects since. It’s been an uphill battle, but the VA is now accepting claims on a presumptive basis. KoB sends in this Fox News article; Veterans who claim they were made sick from the toxic smoke emanating from […]
Brief News From the VA
If you’re getting medical care or prescriptions from the VA’s medical section and you’ve been paying a co-payment, you should get a letter from the VA regarding those copayments. Don’t toss it out. You may be getting some money refunded. Per the letter I received: You will be receiving a refund from the Department […]
Regarding Returning Vets
How is the VA health care system going to handle a post-pandemic load of new patients after this one is over? And if many employees are nearing retirement, how is that going to be addressed? This article takes a look at the impending problem, but mostly just asks questions without answering them. Please note that […]
PTSD Treatment?
FDA-regulated study shows promise for using marijuana to treat veterans with PTSD Todd South The first FDA-regulated, placebo-controlled, double-blind study on smoked cannabis among veterans with diagnosed PTSD revealed improvements among those receiving doses with higher levels of THC, an active component in the herbal drug. Published March 17 in the journal PLOS ONE, the […]
Changes at Clarksburg VA Medical Center
Clarksburg VA Medical Center If you recall, at least seven veterans at the VA hospital in Clarksburg, W.Va., were murdered by lethal doses of insulin. Those injections were administered by nursing assistant Reta Mays, causing severely low blood sugar which ultimately led to the fatalities. She has pled guilty to seven counts of second degree […]
Family Seeks Damages After Veteran’s Suicide Inside VA Mental Health Unit
The family of Sgt. Brieux Dash, a veteran who died by suicide in a Department of Veterans Affairs mental health unit last year, filed a claim against the VA on Friday, arguing that the agency’s “deliberate indifference” and “complete disregard for patient safety” contributed to Dash’s death. Dash, 33, hung himself March 14, 2019, on […]
Former VA Hospital Employee Pleads Guilty to Murders of Seven Veterans
Wait for it… A former nursing assistant at the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia, pleaded guilty Tuesday to the murders of seven veteran patients and an attempt to kill an eighth at the facility.Reta Mays, 46, worked the night shift at the medical center’s medical surgical award and was […]
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