How Black WWI veterans got their own VA hospital in Tuskegee : NPR
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Day 8: A Tuesday Marathon of Medical Apps and Hustle!
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Tuesday was a whirlwind of medical appointments, work, calls, and meetings!Kickstarted the day with my Shake, loaded up with Juice Plus caps, collagen, and fiber. Sensing a busy morning ahead, I packed an English muffin, a fried egg, and my trusty nutrition bar. Classic move – left my water behind again 🙃.Amidst appointments from 8:00 to 10:00 am, I stuck to sipping my shake. By 11,…
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VA’s new “burden-free” study method finds two blood pressure drugs equally effectiveDecember 15, 2022Contributed by the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Integrated Care Community“This trial has shown that large, embedded trials are operationally feasible.”A large VA clinical trial found that the blood pressure drug chlorthalidone (CTD) was not superior to hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) for the…
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I'm Getting A Florida ID Today
I’m Getting A Florida ID Today
Its a bit ridiculous carrying around my passport in Orlando, but I don’t have anything else to prove my identity with.
So today, only about a month after moving stateside im getting a Florida identity card.
Not that I will need it for much other than getting access to the VA hospital and I don’t know what else I could need it for but it is something to have on hand should the situation…
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Recent Acquisition - Postcard Collection
General Hospital, Danville, VA
Postmarked May 1914
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One of the worst feelings I know is when my person is getting wheeled away into surgery.
However it is immediately replaced by fuck yeah coffee and donut time, one of my top-ten favorite feelings.
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During my usual Twitter crusade, I came across news that Takahiro Sakurai, a very well-known Japanese VA has been caught in a cheating scandal with his script writer even though this dude has been married for over 10 years.
It's pretty disheartening to hear well-known VA (be it Japanese, English whatever language there is) and who happened to voice popular characters that we know of are caught doing something awful.
Link to the news:
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Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection
Original September 1948 caption: "Saved by Tremendous Transfusion. Arlington, VA. Mrs. Hazel Lorimer, 35, was released from Arlington Hospital after receiving three complete changes of blood within 12 hours recently. In front of her are 20 pint bottles, indicative of the amount of whole blood which she received plus another 12 pints of plasma. Donors responded to the citywide call for Mrs. Lorimer's O-Rh Negative (rare) blood type. "
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you’re telling me vasilis has been bitten, poisoned, stung, blinded, etc etc and they die fastest to a man with a fucking shovel?
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