Veterans Adminstration (VA) Secretary Jim Nicholson has been accused by injured Iraq war veterans of denying them benefits. The class action suit was filed on behalf of hundreds of thousands of veterans. Attorneys filing the class action said that the objective is not monetary. What they want is for the VA to provide the mental [...]
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The Oregon Health & Science University is one of 9 sites in a year long study to determine whether CERE-120 can reduce symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is thought to be caused by the death of nerve cells that produce dopamine.
CERE-120 is comprised of both a gene and a virus using a process called [...]
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Parkinson
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers the use of cold laser therapy experimental and currently is allowing it to be used in studies for temporary pain relief. It is thought that this type of therapy relieves pain, inflammation, and helps heal wounds. The evidence at this point is far from conclusive.
The FDA does [...]
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Chronic Pain
A few years ago someone close to me became disabled. She had purchased a long-term disability (LTD) policy with CNA insurance and felt fortunate to have the policy.
She was brought up with a strong work ethic, this, coupled with the fact that she immensely enjoyed her job, only increased the emotional pain of not working. [...]
Chances are if you have a long-term disability (LTD) insurance policy it falls under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) guidelines. If that is the case then know now that if you ever become disabled and file a LTD claim there is a chance you will be denied your benefits after a year or [...]
From the beginning, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags have been controversial. RFID tags are about the size of a grain of rice and about as thick as a toothpick. Most of the products you buy today have a RFID tag in them.
Retailers like RFID tags because it helps with inventory control. Not surprisingly, WalMart is [...]
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Alzheimer - Dementia
The Wild Card Gym is Freddie Roach’s home away from home. His boxing career began in 1978 and extended to 1986. In 1992 he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. He suspects that he developed Parkinson’s because his fighting style was to get into the ring and really rumble. Roach feels that his Parkinson’s is a [...]
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Parkinson
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals chastised the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for contributing substantially to our sense of national shame.
The ruling agrees with the Veterans that they should receive retroactive disability benefits for those who contracted a form of leukmia after being exposed to Agent Orange.
Also affected are Vietnam vets diagnosed with [...]
This is a brief article on the importance of doctors purchasing their own disability insurance. It offers some good advice on what to look for in purchasing disability insurance and may be useful if you are in the market.
In no way does Disability Happens endorse the insurance agency who prepared this article. Just thought the [...]
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Disability Insurance
University of Helsinki reports that current drug treatment for Parkinson’s disease aims to increase the level of dopamine, or to increase the activation of dopamine receptors, in the brain. Over time though, the effectiveness of such treatments decreases because of nerve degeneration.
Ideally, the key would be to find a way to halt the progression of [...]
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Parkinson
