August 28, 2012
1. Civilians suffering from PTSD, too.
2. VA to try 'phased' approach to lung cancer CT screening.
3. VA Funding Helped Lead To Development Of "Revolutionary" Prosthetic
Ankle.
4. Strong, Sustained Growth In Research Spending In Asian Nations
Contrasts With US Cuts And Short-Term Approach - A "Brain Drain" Could
Result.
5. VA Transforms Health Care For Women Vets.
6. Doctor Launches Female Only ER At Manhattan VA.
7. Women's Veterans Summit.
8. University Of Ky. To Study Military Suicides.
9. VA To Use Sound Therapy Device For Tinnitus.
10. Mobile Vet Center In Charleston Area To Help Veterans.
11. Program Assists Homeless Veterans.
12. Living With PTSD.
13. Veterans On Parade To Include Picture Brigade.
14. VA / VSO-MSO Hearings as August 28, 2012:
15. Today in History:
August 28, 2012
1. Civilians suffering from PTSD, too. "Debbie" escaped the daily beatings,
insults and threats of an abusive relationship more than 10 years ago, but when
her 3-year-old son hits her sometimes, the emotions come flooding back.
2. VA to try 'phased' approach to lung cancer CT screening. DOTmed.com The
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said it would embark on a "phased
implementation" of CT lung cancer screening for veterans after taking inspiration
from a national trial that found the scans could help save lives among certain
high-risk ...
3. VA Funding Helped Lead To Development Of "Revolutionary" Prosthetic
Ankle. CNN's The Next List
iWalk, a company that has created a
"revolutionary device called the BiOM," which is short for Bionic Motion. A
company representative noted that a Veterans Affairs grant helped fund early
research on how to develop the prosthetic ankle.
4. Strong, Sustained Growth In Research Spending In Asian Nations
Contrasts With US Cuts And Short-Term Approach - A "Brain Drain" Could
Result. Medical News Today A "team of researchers in the New England
Journal of Medicine" is warning that because of "almost certain cuts" to Federal
research, the US "risks losing out to Asia as the hub of medical discovery. The
result, they caution, could be a 'brain drain' of top young researchers, and the
loss of untold discoveries and economic activity." The authors of the study "are
two physician researchers from the University of Michigan Medical School and
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, and an American researcher who left the US
for better job prospects in Singapore."
5. VA Transforms Health Care For Women Vets. American Legion "The
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched a Women Veterans Health
Transformation Initiative that has already produced marked improvements in
health-care quality for women veterans, according" to Dr. Sally Haskell, the
director of women's health services for VA. Haskell "spoke about the initiative
during The American Legion's Women Veterans Panel on Aug. 25 in
Indianapolis." Haskell said VA has a "goal to try to reach all women veterans to
tell them about services that are available." Haskell added, "We feel like we've
made tremendous progress, and the progress has been unbelievably rapid in the
last three or four years."
August 28, 2012
6. Doctor Launches Female Only ER At Manhattan VA. New York Daily News
"Dr. Nancy Lutwak is a woman on a mission. Alarmed by the number of female
veterans who have been sexually assaulted during tours of duty in the military,
she has launched a female-only emergency room at the Manhattan VA Hospital
to treat their posttraumatic syndrome and help them heal." According to the Daily
News, this is the "first of 117 VA emergency rooms in the country to dedicate
separate space and staff for women, who make up nearly 15% of the armed
forces and are 20% of the new recruits."
7. Women's Veterans Summit. KTHV-TV "More than a hundred women came
out to the summit at Pulaski Technical College" on Saturday, "to find out what
benefits are waiting on them." KTHV-TV Little Rock, AR (8/26, 10:07 p.m. CT),
which aired a similar report, noted that the event was put on by the Arkansas
Department of Veterans Affair, a point also made by the KATV-TV Little Rock,
AR (8/26) website.
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8. University Of Ky. To Study Military Suicides. AP "The University of Kentucky
is conducting a study to find out how military suicides affect families and friends.
Researcher Julie Cerel told the Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader that the study's
goal is to help develop a comprehensive approach that will prevent military
suicides." The AP adds, "The Suicide Bereavement in Military and Their Families
study will last two years and is funded with a $677,000 grant from the US
Department of Defense's Military Suicide Research Consortium."
9. VA To Use Sound Therapy Device For Tinnitus. MedPage Today "Exsoldiers suffering from tinnitus related to their military service will have access to
a nonsurgical, nonpharmacological treatment that uses low-level tones to relieve
the often debilitating condition. The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a
contract to SoundCure of San Jose, Calif., to provide its Serenade device to VA
centers and clinics, the firm said." According to MedPage today, the handheld
device has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
10.
Mobile Vet Center In Charleston Area To Help Veterans. WCIV-TV A
Mobile Vet Center was "back in the Charleston area Wednesday to inform
Veterans of benefits and jobs available to them. The Department of Veteran
Affairs, SC Department of Employment and Workforce, and Ralph H. Johnson
VAMC partnered to host the informational briefing," which was held at "SC Works
Trident Charleston on Hanahan Road in North Charleston from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
'It's very important to assist the veterans, to have a smooth transition off of active
duty to civilian life,' said adjustment counselor technician, Anthony Hodges."
Hodges added, "We, at the Vet Center, cover the whole state of South Carolina,
reaching out to combat Veterans all over the State."
August 28, 2012
11.
Program Assists Homeless Veterans. Mohave Valley (AZ) Daily News
Two elderly veterans "have homes at Somerset Village Apartments in Kingman
thanks to Mohave County" and the US Department of Veterans Affairs. On July
19th, a "county public information article was released announcing a US
Department of Housing and Urban Development grant of $136,099 to Mohave
County to fund the Veterans Administration Supportive Housing program." The
"VA determines applicants' veteran-status eligibility and Mohave County
oversees the actual voucher rental assistance to house the veterans."
12.
Living With PTSD. Vancouver (WA) Columbian
13.
Veterans On Parade To Include Picture Brigade. Southern Illinoisan
14.
VA / VSO-MSO Hearings as August 28, 2012:
September 14, 2012. HVAC, Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing on
the Patient-Centered Community Care (PCCC) and Non-VA Care Coordination
(NVCC) programs.
September 20, 2012. HVAC, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity will
hold a hearing entitled, “Examining the Re-Design of the Transition Assistance
Program (TAP).”
15.
Today in History:
1810 – Battle of Grand Port – the French accept the surrender of a British Navy
fleet.
1833 – The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives Royal Assent, abolishing slavery
through most the British Empire.
1859 – A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that
it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far away as Japan.
1862 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle
of Second Manassas.
1867 – The United States takes possession of the, at this point unoccupied,
Midway Atoll.
1879 – Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
1898 – Caleb Bradham invents the carbonated soft drink that will later be called
"Pepsi-Cola".
1909 – A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup,
seeking wide-ranging reforms.
1913 – Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
1914 – World War I: the Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of
Heligoland Bight.
1914 – World War I: German troops conquer Namur.
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1916 – World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
1916 – World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
1917 – Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
1931 – France and Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression.
1937 – Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
1943 – World War II: in Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation is
started.
1944 – World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
1955 – Black teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the
nascent American Civil Rights Movement.
1957 – U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate
from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18
minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
1963 – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.
gives his I Have a Dream speech
1963 – Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie are murdered in their Manhattan flat,
prompting the events that would lead to the passing of the Miranda Rights.
1964 – The Philadelphia race riot begins.
1968 – Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention.
1979 – An IRA bomb explodes on the Grand Place in Brussels.
1990 – Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
1990 – The Plainfield Tornado: an F5 tornado hits in Plainfield, Illinois, and Joliet,
Illinois, killing 28 people.
1991 – Ukraine declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1991 – Collapse of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as General
Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.
1996 – Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales divorce.
1998 – Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to
make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the
Senate.
2003 – An electricity blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in
south east England and brings 60% of London's underground rail network to a
halt.