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Walter Reed Army Medical Center

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Date Published: Monday, November 30th, 2009 Another study of Medtronic Inc.’s Infuse Bone Graft product that involved soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center is coming under fire. According to a report in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Dr. Charles Rosen, president of the Association for Medical Ethics, has written a letter to the U.S. Army Surgeon General expressing concerns about the way the Medtronic Infuse study was conducted. Infuse Bone Graft, which is manufactured by Medtronic., contains recombinant human Bone Morphogenetic Protein (rhBMP-2), a protein released naturally by the body. It is approved to treat a spinal condition called Degenerative Disc Disease, as well ... Read Full Story
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President Barack Obama spent nearly two hours visiting wounded U.S. soldiers Friday afternoon. The president met with 19 soldiers being treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, as well as the families of three soldiers in intensive care, and hospital staff. He also awarded two Purple Hearts. The president's visit came a day after an Army psychiatrist who once trained at Walter Reed hospital allegedly killed 13 people at Fort Hood. The White House says the hospital visit was planned before the shootings. Friday's visit was Obama's first to Walter Reed since taking office, though he visited as a presidential candidate. (This version CORRECTS ... Read Full Story
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Whew, I’m dizzy. Sometimes the room starts to spin when I read or watch the news, it’s from the spin they put on everything. From NPR : Starting in the spring of 2008, key officials from Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences held a series of meetings and conversations, in part about Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man accused of killing 13 people and wounding dozens of others last week during a shooting spree at Fort Hood. One of the questions they pondered: Was Hasan psychotic? I really find it hard to believe they would have allowed ... Read Full Story
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Last night thousands of viewers were puzzled over the mansion-like building in the backdrop of McCain’s speech. The image appeared on the backdrop for about five minutes, then faded into an American Flag. Well, mystery solved – it was a picture of the Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, California. Now the next mystery is why was Walter Reed the backdrop for his speech anyway? Many people believe that an image of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center was supposed to be featured behind McCain, but one of the tech guys on his campaign goofed and put up a picture of the school. ... Read Full Story
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CHARLIE GIBSON: You said recently, in your old church, “Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from God.” Are we fighting a holy war? SARAH PALIN: You know, I don’t know if that was my exact quote. CHARLIE GIBSON: Exact words. ~ABC News Interview, Sept. 11, 2008 Ok, fine. Sarah Pork Barrel Palin is attractive, especially when she stands next to the dorks in politics. Still, when pretty people start spouting Christian dogma and run-on about creationism in school, tasks from God in Iraq , and a bunch of provincial wedge issues, doesn’t that take the shine off the ... Read Full Story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2009 – Realignment of military medical facilities in the national capital region ordered by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission is on track to meet the commission’s deadline, senior Defense Department officials said here yesterday. Walter Reed Army Medical Center here is consolidating with the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., and a new hospital is under construction at Fort Belvoir, Va...  
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Another study of Medtronic Inc.’s Infuse Bone Graft product that involved soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center is coming under fire. According to a report in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Dr. Charles Rosen, president of the Association for Medical Ethics, has written a letter to the U.S. Army Surgeon General expressing [...]  
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White House officials tell ABC News that President Obama will visit with wounded soldiers tomorrow at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The trip was scheduled before the incident today at Fort Hood, officials said. President Obama visited wounded troops at...  
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama spent nearly two hours visiting wounded U.S. soldiers Friday afternoon. The president met with 19 soldiers being treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, as well as the families of three soldiers in intensive care, and hospital staff. He also awarded two Purple Hearts. The president's visit came a day after an Army psychiatrist who once trained at Walter Reed hospital allegedly killed 13 people...  
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Nidal Hasan's supervisor at Walter Reed Army Medical Center warned that Hasan was unprofessional, lazy and was "counseled for inappropriately discussing religious topics with his assigned patients," according to a memo obtained by National Public Radio. Written by Dr. Scott Moran, the chief of psychiatric residents at Walter Reed, the 2007 memo is the first work performance evaluation that has surfaced from the file of the man who is accused...  
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Doctors who oversaw Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's medical training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center had discussed concerns about his proselytizing and other behavior, a Pentagon official says. Doctors supervising Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's medical training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center frequently discussed concerns about the Muslim psychiatrist's...  
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From a press release from NPR: NPR NEWS REPORTS: WALTER REED AND USUHS OFFICIALS DISCUSSED WHETHER NIDAL HASANWAS “PSYCHOTIC” DURING SERIES OF MEETINGS BEGINNING IN 2008 November 11, 2009; Washington, D.C. - NPR News has learned that key officials from Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) held a series of meetings and conversations between spring 2008 and spring 2009 to discuss...  
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