Tag: well-being
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Draft blunder minimizes Broncos’ chance at Jones
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FORT DETRICK, Md., Oct. 10, 2012 – From a windowless building behind barriers and fences here, scientists, physicians and other experts monitor a range of intelligence and open-source channels for threats to the health of…
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RIPE FOR THE PICKING
For a lot of years, women veterans felt unwelcome in Department of Veteran Affairs hospitals and clinics as if they weren’t real veterans, they complained. Reinforcing that impression was routine referrals to multiple health care providers, in or out of VA, to get comprehensive primary care.That is changing rapidly, thanks to VA’s commitment to improve…
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Draft blunder minimizes Broncos’ chance at Jones
FORT DETRICK, Md., Oct. 10, 2012 – From a windowless building behind barriers and fences here, scientists, physicians and other experts monitor a range of intelligence and open-source channels for threats to the health of U.S. forces and the homeland. But the Defense Intelligence Agency’s National Center for Medical Intelligence, known as NCMI, is an…
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STREAK IS A PERFECT 10
NEW YORK—As criticism over sugary sodas intensifies, Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper are rolling out new vending machines that will put calorie counts right at your fingertips. The move comes ahead of a new regulation that would require restaurant chains and vending machines to post calorie information as early as next year, although the timetable…
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Porter living out his dream
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A $10 million study will investigate if a substance found in fish oil can reduce the risk of suicide among military veterans, where the rate is higher than in the population as a whole. The three-year study of omega-3 fatty acids was announced Monday by the Medical University of South Carolina,…
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Herndon wants to be starter
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2012 – The White House has issued the first U.S. National Strategy for Biosurveillance to quickly detect a range of global health and security hazards, and the Defense Department has a running start in implementing the new plan, a senior defense official said. Andrew C. Weber, assistant secretary of defense for nuclear,…
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Having shared rivalry and a title, why not a flight home?
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2012 – Finwe Wiendenhoeft is a military-connected kid living the kind of healthy lifestyle First Lady Michelle Obama encourages through her “Let’s Move” campaign Â- and one endorsed by the Defense Department. Healthy is a way of life for Finwe, 9, who lives with her family on 30 acres in southwest Wisconsin,…
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Party like it’s 2003
WASHINGTON — Suicides among active-duty soldiers in July more than doubled from June, accelerating a trend throughout the military this year that has prompted Pentagon leaders to redouble efforts to solve a puzzling problem. The Army, which is the only branch of the military that issues monthly press statements on suicides, said 26 active-duty soldiers…
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Little choice but to NIT-pick
Military researchers are getting better clues into a suspected link between combat-related traumatic brain injuries and whether the shocks and jolts that come along with a battlefield blast or concussion may have long-term neurological effects. Studies on the biological changes in the brain being done in collaboration with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel…
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Listen to Karl or end up sleeping with the fishes
President Barack Obama signed a bipartisan bill last week that, for the first time, offers veterans and family members government-funded hospitalization and medical services for 15 specific ailments presumed linked to drinking water contamination at Camp Lejeune, N.C., over 31 years, ending in 1987.The bill has several controversial features, including a mandate that the Department…