A closer look.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Veterans' hospitals are located throughout the United States and their main mission is to provide services for our service members. On any given day, hundreds of veterans seek medical attention for various conditions, and if anyone would stop and talk to one of the many...

U.S. hospitals score a mediocre 'C' for palliative care services.
Hospitals are rapidly adding palliative care services, but their availability is widely disparate, according to a report that gave a grade of "C" to the state of palliative care services in the nation's hospitals. Overall, 53% of U.S. hospitals with 50 or more beds reported offering palliative...

Infected patients still disrespected regularly.
There was the doctor who would not come into the patient's hospital room, the neurologist who avoided eye contact, and the ambulance attendant who angrily threw her bloodied gloves into the street after learning the injured patient she transported was HIV-positive. These are reactions of some health care personnel...

Nanotherapeutics seeks approval for hydrogel wound treatment.
Biopharmaceutical company Nanotherapeutics has applied to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its first Investigational New Drug (IND) approval. The company wants to carry out a Phase IIa clinical study for a topical doxycycline hydrogel for chronic wounds. This hydrogel, trademarked NanoDox, is composed of...

The best care anywhere: ten years ago, veterans hospitals were dangerous, dirty, and scandal-ridden. Today, they're producing the highest quality care in the country. Their turnaround points the way toward solving America's health-care crisis.
Quick. When you read "veterans hospital," what comes to mind? Maybe you recall the headlines from a dozen years ago about the three decomposed bodies found near a veterans medical center in Salem, Va. Two turned out to be the remains of patients who had wandered off months before....

Job fair at Devens Wednesday.
COLUMN: VETERANS NOTES North Central Career Centers will hold its Job Fair 2007 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at Devens Common Center, 31 Andrews Parkway, Devens. The Job Fair is open to all job seekers and veterans looking for employment opportunities within the North Central...

Viva the VA.
"Veterans Defend VA Care" was the headline over a recent article by Kate Long in my hometown paper, the Charleston Gazette. "You couldn't be treated any better than they treat you here," a local veteran told Long, describing the treatment of patients at the Charleston Veterans Health Administration Clinic....

Pain attitudes and knowledge among RNs, pharmacists, and physicians on an inpatient oncology service.
Patients with cancer often experience pain, yet studies continue to document inadequate and inappropriate assessment and management of cancer-related pain. This study aimed to evaluate the attitudes and knowledge of inpatient oncology healthcare providers toward pain management by surveying nurses, pharmacists, and physicians working on the inpatient oncology units...

Medical Nutrition USA Announces Veterans Affairs Formulary Contract.
ENGLEWOOD, N.J., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medical Nutrition USA, Inc., (BULLETIN BOARD: MDNU) today announced that its Pro-Stat(R)64 modular liquid protein supplement has been selected by the US Department of Veterans Affairs as the exclusive product on its Nutrition Formulary in the Therapeutic Specialty Modular Nutritional Products, liquid, ready-to-use...