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Bagram airfield a leading lab for trauma medicine

NPR’s Quil Lawrence reports that Afghanistan’s Bagram airfield, the primary stop for seriously wounded soldiers before they’re stabilized and transported to Germany or America for long-term care, has...

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Pentagon reluctant to provide therapy for TBI

After a lengthy investigation, ProPublica’s T. Christian Miller and NPR’s Daniel Zwerdling found that, in their words, the “battle over science and money has made it difficult for wounded troops to get...

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Dallas Morning News explores effects of war on military families

For the paper’s series on military families, Dallas Morning News reporter Dave Tarrant has spent four months investigating what he calls the “relentless cycle of crisis and stress” that affects...

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Reporter FOIA’s database further exposing the toll war takes on returning vets

Writing for the Bay Citizen and The New York Times, Aaron Glantz brings a new, data-based take on the mental and physical toll the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken on returning veterans, thanks...

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DoD spent nearly $363 million on weight-loss surgeries in past decade

Reporting for KIRO-Seattle, Chris Halsne used FOIA requests to find out how much the military’s TriCare plan is paying for weight-loss surgeries for soldiers and their dependents. Including...

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Medical, support network lacking for returning National Guard, reservists

National Guardsmen and reservists returning from duty in Iraq and Afghanistan “have been hastily channeled through a post-deployment process that has been plagued with difficulties, including reliance...

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Plenty of stories in how ACA could affect veterans’ health care

While preparing for a veterans health panel I moderated at the recent AHCJ conference in Atlanta, I remembered an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association that AHJC’s Pia Christensen...

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Military’s spotty recordkeeping hurts veterans

At the Center for Investigative Reporting, Aaron Glantz dug deep into the widespread recordkeeping errors and lapses that are bedeviling the VA’s disability claims system and making it difficult for...

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‘Escape Fire’ movie tells powerful patient stories

I wrote earlier this fall about several new documentaries about health care. I’ve now had a chance to watch one of them, “Escape Fire” and talk to the filmmakers Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke....

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VA secretary addresses some of department’s challenges #ahcj15

Pia Christensen/AHCJRobert McDonald More than 140 journalists at Health Journalism 2015 gathered early Friday to hear Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald – and to question him about VA policies,...

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Story about reconstructive surgery for soldiers was no ‘quick hit’

Photo: U.S. Army via FlickrLiza Gross looked at how war spurs innovation in medicine in a magazine piece about the state of the art in facial reconstructive surgery for badly wounded soldiers. With...

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Media can make a difference in veterans’ health, #AHCJ16 panelists say

Photo: Susan Heavey/AHCJDr. Joseph Calabrese spoke at Health Journalism 2016 about veterans health issues. The irony was hard not to notice. For more than an hour, an expert panel addressed a roomful...

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Update on VA response to wait times recalls Shulkin’s #AHCJ16 comments

David Shulkin, undersecretary for Health at the Department of Veterans Affairs, spoke to Health Journalism 2016 attendees. In a conversation with Renee Montagne on Morning Edition last week, David...

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Reporter FOIA’s database further exposing the toll war takes on returning vets

Writing for the Bay Citizen and The New York Times, Aaron Glantz brings a new, data-based take on the mental and physical toll the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken on returning veterans, thanks...

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DoD spent nearly $363 million on weight-loss surgeries in past decade

Reporting for KIRO-Seattle, Chris Halsne used FOIA requests to find out how much the military’s TriCare plan is paying for weight-loss surgeries for soldiers and their dependents. Including...

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Medical, support network lacking for returning National Guard, reservists

National Guardsmen and reservists returning from duty in Iraq and Afghanistan “have been hastily channeled through a post-deployment process that has been plagued with difficulties, including reliance...

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Plenty of stories in how ACA could affect veterans’ health care

While preparing for a veterans health panel I moderated at the recent AHCJ conference in Atlanta, I remembered an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association that AHJC’s Pia Christensen...

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Military’s spotty recordkeeping hurts veterans

At the Center for Investigative Reporting, Aaron Glantz dug deep into the widespread recordkeeping errors and lapses that are bedeviling the VA’s disability claims system and making it difficult for...

View Article

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‘Escape Fire’ movie tells powerful patient stories

I wrote earlier this fall about several new documentaries about health care. I’ve now had a chance to watch one of them, “Escape Fire” and talk to the filmmakers Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke....

View Article

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VA secretary addresses some of department’s challenges #ahcj15

Pia Christensen/AHCJRobert McDonald More than 140 journalists at Health Journalism 2015 gathered early Friday to hear Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald – and to question him about VA policies,...

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