Amputations

Veterans Advocates Worried About Care For Troops Wounded In Afghan Surge

McClatchy | David Goldstein | Posted 12.07.2009 | World

Read More: Suicides, Mental Health, Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Injuries, Amputees, Obama, Veterans, Shinseki, White House, Barack Obama, Surge, Homelessness, Amputations, Health Care, World News

WASHINGTON -- As the Obama administration ramps up the war in Afghanistan, veterans advocates say the government must develop a better plan to handle ...

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A Call to Arms (and Legs) in the Civil War and in the Iraq War

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 12.04.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Civil War, Amputations, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan Casualties, Ieds Iraq, Amputations u.s Military, Iraq War Casualities, Ieds, IEDs Deaths, World News

Since 2003, American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan have been losing limbs at twice the rate of any previous American war. More than six percent of injured US troops require amputation.

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Kids Take Care Of Mom, Lisa Strong, Who Lost Her Arms, Legs (VIDEO)

Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Lisa Strong, Chloe Strong, Amputations, Amputee, Jesse Strong, Medical Malpractice, Emergency Room, Parenting, Kids Take Care of Mom, Kidney Stones, Home News

In the Strong family, it's the children who take care of their mother. Chloe and Jesse Strong are 10 and 11-years-old. They cook and clean. Chloe ...

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Isn't Adequate Healthcare a Moral Issue?

Byron Williams | Posted 10.22.2009 | Home

Read More: California, Type 2 Diabetes, Statistics, Blindness, Moral Issues, Homosexuality, Uninsured, Barack Obama, Amputations, Ethics, Same Sex Marriage, Health Care Reform, Morality, Diabetes, Health Care, African-Americans, Gay Marriage, Kidney Disease, Home News

Why don't we see the same fervor -- particularly emanating from the churches that seek to block gay marriage -- transferred, at least temporarily, to the 47 million Americans who must go without health care?