Dr. Backstein provides an overview of tummy tucks, the popular cosmetic surgical procedure. Indications, risks, recovery and techniques are described for those considering this procedure.

Published by the University of Washington, Seattle Campus, and utilized by students in the UW's Geophysics Program.

Modern intensive care departments are highly sophisticated technically, but generally the patient monitoring devices are not connected to computers. This article discusses the benefits in adding those interfaces.

An injury may result in acne scars in the body as it tries to recover from the damage.Degree of vulnerability towards acne is one of the most effective causes that determine the intensity of acne scars in one's body.

Many people don't even realize that those strange looking somewhat elevated, usually round shaped surfaces on their skin are in fact warts. Here you'll learn a few facts and what to do if you have them...

Scientific inquiry can be described as a sequence of observations leading to a hypothesis which must be tested by experimentation. The results either validate or invalidate the hypothesis which was under test.

Modern scientists adopted the ancient concept of the ether to explain the fundamental nature of the universe. Einstein allegedly dethroned the ether concept with his space time continuum.

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Ever been concerned that items you store, post or courier are being opened and viewed by individuals you don't want to? This article discusses tamper evident labels and security labelling.

Statement for the Record Of Vietnam Veterans of America Regarding Resources Committed and Actions Taken To Identify and Treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder In Currently and recently Deployed Troops

On February 13, VVA presented testimony before the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine Gulf War and Health Subcommittee. This is the subcommittee that is looking at the PTSD clinical and diagnostic procedures used in the VA disability

It started in December 2004 when the Chicago Sun-Times ran a series of articles highlighting variations among states' veterans disability compensation payments.

With the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq having topped 2,000, those fortunate enough to return face the task of putting the war behind them and resuming their lives.

PTSD continues to be an acronym the military doesn't like. Rather, it prefers "temporary adjustment disorder," with an emphasis on "temporary." If Batres's numbers prove correct, the overall rates of PTSD could equal those of the Vietnam War.

In yet another GAO report released on February 16, the investigative agency questions whether the Veterans Affairs Department can adequately help troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with PTSD.

In early July, a research group based at Walter Reed Army Hospital published the results of a study that provides an initial look at the mental health of members of the Army and the Marine Corps who have been involved in combat in Iraq & Afghanistan.

The stigma associated with seeking help for PTSD will not decrease without a system wide campaign to change perceptions and attitudes among staff and leadership.

The following represents the position of Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) on the need for mental health intervention for troops leaving the combat zone.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) still has not sufficiently taken the lead in many important aspects of the effects of Post‑traumatic Stress Disorder among veterans.

Unless we came home on a gurney, most of us who served in Southeast Asia returned to The World alone, as individuals, our 12- or 13-month tour of duty completed.

It's happened every Memorial Day and every Veterans Day since 1993 in a white tent pitched on The Mall in Washington, D.C., a stone's throw from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

It is not widely known, but Americans publicly remembered those who served in Vietnam while the war was still being fought. In the summer of 1966, for example, the city of Chicago officially named a 10.5-acre park on Lake Michigan for a local hero.

The Korean War is sometimes referred to as the "Forgotten War" because it seems to have receded from the national consciousness-eclipsed in large part by the continuing legacy of the Vietnam War.

Tim Brown's long battle for Ngok Tavak is over. Thirty-seven years after he survived a battle in which twelve of his fellow Marines died at an obscure outpost along the Laos-Vietnam border, Brown has found "a sense of relief."

On May 10, 1968, at three o'clock in the morning at Ngok Tavak, a FOB near the Vietnam-Laos border engaged elements of an invading North Vietnamese Army division and Viet Cong guerrillas.

In the early 1970s, Tim Brown saw an advertisement in Leatherneck magazine. The parents of a missing Marine sought anyone who might have known their son. Tim Brown knew him. He had fought alongside him, and he knew the man had died.

Ten years ago, a POW/MIA Marathon Team ran from Rochester, New York, to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the national Mall. VVA Chapter 20's Color Guard attended the race's beginning at the Rochester Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Chapter Nine, a front-runner in the fight for veterans' rights, has been fulfilling the mission of Vietnam Veterans of America for over twenty-five years.

Several programs exist to aid the survivors of deceased veterans. In certain situations, these programs may interact with each other, preventing a full and appropriate financial recovery by the survivors.

The Veterans Disability Commission met in St. Petersburg, Florida, in a Town Hall format to listen to the concerns of the veterans' community. The meeting was conducted over two days. The entire 15-member commission was present.