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As our readers know, the issue of mental illness and mental health care has been in the news a lot in recent months. As recent tragic events have highlighted, those with mental illnesses all too often don’t receive the care they need when they need it.A new rule...
Each year, the Social Security Administration announces a figure indicating the percentage by which beneficiaries’ checks are to increase. This figure, known as the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), is supposed to account for the inflation of prices for gas,...
Mental illness can be a real challenge to live with, particularly when it comes to finding and maintaining a successful work life. For veterans who come back from service with severe mental and emotional disturbance, this struggle is a daily reality. One of the...
With the government shutdown having come to an end, things are on their way to getting back to normal for federal programs that were put on hold, including Social Security disability and the Veterans Administration. As advocates for disabled veterans have pointed out,...
Readers who have been paying attention to the recent political debates over the national budget know that Social Security disability is often targeted as a program that needs to be cleaned up as part of the effort to control federal spending. While there is some truth...
New research highlights something that those familiar with the area of workplace safety know well: health care is a dangerous field to work in from a safety perspective. According to the research, more than 2 million lost work days were reported in 2011 due to...
According to a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, many patients who stay in an intensive care unit come out with brain dysfunction which affect memory, decision-making and quality of life. The study found that many ICU patients walk away...
According to a new study published in the journal Spine, the rate of spinal injury among recently discharged vets is much higher than in previous wars. The study, which looked specifically at Department of Defense data from 2005 to 2009, found that one in nine troops...
Our readers have likely all heard by now of the Navy Yard shooting last week, in which former Navy reservist Aaron Alexis shot and killed twelve people and injured three others before being shot and killed by police. The shooting was the second deadliest mass murder...
Our readers have likely heard about the news on brain injuries in the NFL. Late last month, the NFL agreed to settle litigation involving 4,500 former athletes over allegations that the league hadn’t done enough to protect players from the long-term consequences...