Reconstructing lives--A tale of two soldiers

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Medical experts are concerned about the challenges of providing war veterans suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI) with continuing medical care and vocational and emotional support, especially because cognitive and psychological aftereffects of TBI can predispose them to falling through cracks in the health care system. An account of what officials in the US Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs term 'a seamless transition' from military medicine to the VA or civilian health care is presented with reference to two veterans suffering from TBI.

Veterans, Brain, Brain injuries

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Illness and secrecy on the Supreme Court

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Chief Justice William Rehnquist of Supreme Court was admitted to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, as he underwent a tracheotomy in connection with a recent diagnosis of thyroid cancer. Out of the four types of thyroid cancer, only a diagnosis of anaplastic carcinoma seemed to explain the decisions of Rehnquist's doctor not to resect the tumor and to treat him with radiation and chemotherapy.

Diagnosis, Tracheotomy, Thyroid cancer

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The employer as health coach

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The article analyzes the important focus that employers are laying on improving the health of their employees and strategies they are using.

Health Care and Social Assistance, Services information, HEALTH SERVICES, Employee Health & Safety, Services, Occupational health and safety, Occupational safety and health, Employee benefits

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