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4 resign from VA after vet dies with maggot-infested wound

Executive Director Myles Deering said the 73-year-old Vietnam veteran died in October from sepsis, a result of an infection, not the parasites.

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Retired Air Force colonel, 92, found dead of gunshot wound at Arlington National Cemetery

A 92-year-old retired Air Force colonel was found dead of a gunshot wound at the Arlington National Cemetery in Falls Church, Virginia, on Friday. Col. Robert Stanton Terrill was discovered in Section 64, the same section his late wife Helen was buried at. It appears Terrill’s death was a suicide, though the investigation is still […]

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A helpful guide to when you should, shouldn’t cauterize a gunshot wound (VIDEO)

A helpful guide from The Medicine Journal explains when one should and should not cauterize a gunshot wound. Cauterizing any wound should be reserved for life and death situations where bleeding out is a real possibility. Otherwise, the injury is far more susceptible to infection. While pouring gun powder in an open wound and catching […]

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