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In two days, the CEO of Mayo Clinic will step down. Wednesday morning, Dr. Denis Cortese gave his thoughts on the future of Mayo, health care reform, and his largest accomplishments. "It feels good. It feels good to retire and move on to some bigger issues that I've developed a major interest in over the last 15 to 20 years. And it will give me a chance to concentrate on those." After 40 years with Mayo Clinic, though, health care will always be a big issue for Dr. Denis Cortese. He started at Mayo as a medical student and ended...

Long lines at public flu clinics -- initially intended to primarily serve the uninsured -- are now commonplace nationwide as doses of the vaccine remain scarce. Many clinics report seeing large numbers of people who have insurance but have been unable to get H1N1 vaccines from private doctors, who say they have either already run out or have yet to get any. The line at the Glendale clinic, the first to be held in that city since Los Angeles County received doses late last month, was the longest yet, county Department of Public Health officials said. And the stakes were...

RENO, Nev. -- A fight broke out Thursday at a Reno, Nev., clinic giving shots for swine flu when someone reportedly tried to cut in line. Washoe County Health District spokeswoman Judy Davis says she didn't have any details of the incident, but it involved people in high-risk groups waiting for a chance to get the shot. A witness told the Reno Gazette-Journal that a man took a swing at a woman, then jumped on her and they fell to the ground. They left after a security guard stepped in and broke up the fight. Davis says 1,200 vaccines were...

Cpl. Marc Strickland, of Boone, N.C., (left), and Sgt. Derrick Smith, of Sanford, N.C., both serving with Company D, 252nd Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, hand medical supplies to a Son's of Iraq member at a clinic in the Radwaniyah Community Center, south of Baghdad, Oct. 8. American Soldiers brought a cargo truck full of supplies to the recently-built clinic so it can be opened soon. Photo by Mary Phillips, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. BAGHDAD — A new medical clinic here in Radwaniyah, south of the Iraqi capital, received a truck-load of medical supplies from U.S. Soldiers...

The Mayo Clinic continues to adjust to changing economic times, but leaders not only want Mayo Clinic to be a destination medical center, they want Rochester to be a destination medical community. "Here we come, so get ready." Mayo Clinic CEO Doctor Glenn Forbes says Mayo Clinic's financial numbers are better than expected, largely because they're becoming more efficient, but he says their work is just beginning. "The future is still filled with many uncertainties particularly in the area of health care. We're committed to continuing to build the models that are going to be successful in the future." That...

Concern about how a public health care plan might affect Minnesota's health care system dominated a public forum on Friday sponsored by Mayo Clinic. Dr. Douglas Wood, who chairs the clinic's division of Health Care Policy & Research, said a public plan modeled after the Medicare system has the potential to do serious harm to health care in states like Minnesota where quality is high and costs are low. "If it's a government-run plan with government price controls, that could be highly detrimental to states like Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and all across the northern tier of the United States," Wood...

Anti-Abortion Leader May Buy Clinic MONICA DAVEY Published: June 10, 2009 An anti-abortion leader says his group may try to buy the now-closed Wichita abortion clinic owned by a doctor who was shot and killed last month. The leader, Troy Newman, the president of Operation Rescue, said on Wednesday that his group, which had long fought to close the clinic, was considering trying to buy the squat, beige building to perhaps turn it into a memorial museum, “a tribute to the babies,” that might be open to visitors. For decades, the clinic, Women’s Health Care Services Inc., had been operated...

The Philadelphia Women’s Center gave away free abortions today in honor of Dr. George Tiller, the abortionist who was murdered last week by an anti-abortion extremist. A worker at the clinic said that an unspecified number of abortions had been performed during the day, but that they had stopped giving them away by late afternoon. She also said that there had not been free abortion giveaways in the past, and that there were no plans to give any away in the future. Under normal circumstances, abortions would not be au gratis at the clinic. But they were today, in honor...

Iraqi children line up to receive treatment at the new Kabani Medical Clinic, Dec. 20, 2008. Photo by Sgt. Geoffrey Ingersoll, 1st Marine Logistic Group Public Affairs. KABANI — A pair of scissors and a snipped ribbon ushered in a new day for medical treatment here, Dec. 20. The new Kabani Medical Clinic provides a venue for future medical engagements and Iraqi doctors to treat Kabani’s population.“It’s a wonderful facility with the potential for being used to provide care,� said Navy Lt. Scott N. Margraf, medical officer, 1st Marine Logistics Group. “We’ve done something with positive intentions to do good...

Atlanta, GA (LifeNews.com) -- Victory and Genevieve Patterson may have been able to help their daughter find an alternative to abortion, but they say the Northside Women's Clinic never gave them the chance. They sued the abortion business saying it broke Georgia law by doing an abortion on their daughter without their knowledge or consent.

Recently installed solar panels sit atop the roof of the Ameriyah clinic Nov. 25 in northwest Baghdad. Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, Joint Project Management Office, provided oversight for the project which was planned and executed by local Iraqis. Photo by Sgt. Brian Tierce. BAGHDAD — The citizens of the Ameriyah district of northwest Baghdad have found a way to not only provide power for themselves but to also provide power where it matters most. The Ameriyah Clinic was fitted with solar power panels Nov. 25 with the hopes of becoming...

An Iraqi dentist numbs a young Iraqi man's gum prior to removing a decaying tooth from his mouth during a combined medical engagement in Rathwaniyah, just on the outskirts of Baghdad, Nov. 8, 2008. Photo by Sgt. James Hunter. BAGHDAD — When Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, first arrived in Iraq in November 2007 they had many things in mind to help better the lives of the local Iraqi citizens in Rathwaniyah, just on the outskirts of Baghdad.One of their main focuses would be to help aid many of Iraqis ailing from...

BASRAH — A newly-opened primary healthcare center in Basrah is providing improved medical care and much-needed jobs for the local community. “We plan to double our staff of 30 personnel within the next few months and offer additional services,” said Dr. Hadeel Sami, the PHC’s administrator who reports serving about 90 patients daily. “Local families tell us they’re very happy to have this facility in their community.” The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers oversaw construction of the new two-story medical facility, which serves the Hai Al Muhandiseen neighborhood of about 10,000 residents. The healthcare center is equipped with exam rooms,...

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DULUYIAH — In an effort to assist the health needs of the people of Duluyiah, the Iraqi government has provided financial assistance for upgrades at the local clinic in the form of grants totaling $34,000. This is part of a program of Iraqi emergency relief funds allocated for key infrastructure intended to address shortfalls in necessary services previously neglected due to violence since the war began in 2003. Floors, windows and the roof will be repaired. A generator, air conditioning, ceiling fans, water tank and wash basins are also being installed. The clinic was also given the funds to purchase...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2008 – More than 80 people attended the opening of the Chinaki Uyla Medical Clinic in the Sayed Khail district of Afghanistan’s Parwan province Sept. 6. A local farmer who donated land for the Chinaki Uyla Medical Clinic in Afghanistan’s Parwan province poses for a picture with his son during the ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the clinic’s opening, Sept. 6, 2008. U.S. Army photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Parwan Gov. Abdul Jabbar Taqwa and Army Lt. Col. William D. Andersen, Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team commander, were on hand for the ceremony. From start...

A newly-opened primary healthcare center in Basra’s al-Risala neighborhood is seeing an average of 300 patients daily. Residents there say the new local facility means they no longer have to walk or drive up to 20 kilometers to seek medical care. USACE photo by A. Al Bahrani. BASRA --- Thousands of residents in the al-Risala neighborhood in Basra no longer have to walk or drive up to 20 kilometers to get medical care for their families, since the Iraqi Ministry of Health opened a new Primary Healthcare Center here in July. Dr. Alia Al-Hassan, the clinic administrator said, "We're providing...

Marriage and Domestic Violence by: Audra Taylor, July 28, 2008 The National Healthy Marriage Resource Center and the Center on Children and Families gathered last Friday, July 18, to hold a discussion addressing how domestic violence and marriage programs are working together in a common direction and toward common goals. The audience was also given the opportunity to view a segment from Something My Father Would Do, a documentary of interviews with men who experienced and witnessed abusive behavior from their fathers during childhood. Juan Carlos Areán, a Senior Program director for children’s programs at the Family Violence Prevention Fund,...

An Adwaniyah middle school student receives school supplies during the school's grand opening. Some of the supplies were donated by American students to Iraqi students. The remodeled school will hold traditional and religious classes. FORWARD OPRATING BASE KALSU — Adwaniyah citizens who were once afraid to leave their homes because of al-Qaeda in Iraq, freely gathered last week to celebrate the grand opening of a middle school and health clinic. Much of the work was done using Commander’s Emergency Response Program funds. Coalition forces assisted in rebuilding the school and clinic but the Government of Iraq was key to the...

SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo., March 31, 2008 – As disabled veterans test their mettle this week during the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, they’re finding motivation not just on the slopes, but also in each other. Retired Marine Cpl. Jason Poole, severely wounded during a bomb attack in Iraq near the Syrian border in June 2004, called the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic the “most fun, craziest, most beautiful time ever!” He brought his girlfriend, Angela Eastman, to this year’s clinic, his third. Photo by Donna Miles  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Four hundred disabled veterans, 67...

FORWARD OPRATING BASE KALSU, Iraq, March 31, 2008 – Citizens who once were afraid to leave their homes because terrorists were among them freely gathered March 26 to celebrate the grand opening of a middle school and health clinic in Adwaniyah, Iraq. A teacher hands out school supplies during the grand opening of an Adwaniyah, Iraq, middle school, March 26, 2008. Some of the supplies were donated by American students to coalition forces for distribution to Iraqi students. U.S. Army photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Much of the work was done using Commander’s Emergency Response Program funds,...

SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo., March 31, 2008 – Sixty-seven veterans wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan are among 400 disabled veterans who converged here yesterday to kick off the world’s largest disabled ski clinic. Deputy Veterans Affairs Secretary Gordon H. Mansfield praises participants at the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic for applying the same qualities of dedication, pride and self-worth they demonstrated during their military service to their rehabilitation. Photo by Sgt. KaRonda Fleming, USA  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Deputy Veterans Affairs Secretary Gordon H. Mansfield and Robert T. Reynolds, national commander of Disabled American Veterans, opened the...

CDC Says Problems with Hepatitis C at Clinic Could Be 'Tip of an Iceberg' Posted: 11:10 AM Mar 4, 2008 Last Updated: 2:44 PM Mar 4, 2008 Washington (AP) The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says an outbreak of Hepatitis C at a Nevada clinic may represent “the tip of an iceberg” of safety problems at clinics around the country. The City of Las Vegas shut down the Endoscopy center of Southern Nevada last Friday after state health officials determined that six patients had contracted Hepatitis C because of unsafe practices including clinic staff reusing syringes...

LOS ANGELES — The city of Las Vegas has shut down a clinic where up to 40,000 people may have been exposed to hepatitis C and the HIV virus through the reuse of syringes and vials, officials said on Sunday. The clinic at the heart of the scandal, the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, "was served with an emergency suspension of its business license," city authorities said in a statement. Officials are asking about 40,000 people to be tested for hepatitis B and C and HIV because of unsafe medical practices at the clinic. Health authorities launched an investigation into...

A young Iraqi boy rounds up a sheep during a veterinarian operation in the southern region of Abu Ghraib, Feb. 22. Photo by Sgt. James Hunter, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs. BAGHDAD — With the help from civil affairs veterinarians, Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), held a veterinarian operation Feb. 22 in the southern portion of Abu Ghraib in the Iraqi capital. The sounds of sheep echoed through the air as they arrived in herds of nearly 30 at...

FARAH PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Feb. 6, 2008 – With help from coalition forces, Afghan National Army medics and pharmacists, as well as nutritionists from the Afghan Ministry of Public Health, provide free medical care to more than 400 villagers a week at a clinic near a combined military outpost here. Ghani Abdul, an Afghan Ministry of Public Health nutritionist in Farah province, logs family information of people who receive nutrition advice and supplements. The clinic treats more than 400 Afghan men, women and children each week. U.S. Army photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. “We heard good things about...

A young child awaits care in a crowded lobby at the grand opening of the Shuhada public health clinic in Fallujah, Iraq. More than 800 citizens attended the event. The Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team, Camp Fallujah, worked with the Iraqi Ministry of Health and local hospital officials to build and open the clinic to bring healthcare back to the community. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles P. Espie. FALLUJAH -- A community healthcare clinic opened in the Shuhada district of Fallujah Tuesday. The clinic was built to help bring healthcare to the community and help alleviate the strain on Fallujah...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq, Jan. 7, 2008 – The Jan. 3 opening of a medical clinic in Maderiyah, Iraq, brought health care access to a community that had not seen a doctor since Operation Iraqi Freedom began in 2003. U.S. Army Capt. Kenneth Guglielmina, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment civil affairs team leader (right), Maj. David Underwood, Battery B, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery (center), and Bashir Altaie, civil affairs team bilingual/bicultural advisor, drink from the new well installed at the Maderiyah, Iraq, health clinic Jan. 3, 2008. U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Jason Stadel  (Click photo for screen-resolution...

12/17/2007 - BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- When Army Cpl. Joseph Barzeski invited Staff Sgt. Tracy Davidson to tour the Convoy Support Center's burn clinic in Scania, Iraq, he didn't think she would be back. But she did come back, again and again. "I didn't think she was going to want to stay, but she wanted to help," said the corporal. "She just fell right into it." Since that day in mid-July, Sergeant Davidson has assisted nearly every day the clinic has been open. She's become a fixture at the facility as a care provider for families, and a...

COMBAT OUTPOST CLEARY, Iraq, Dec. 14, 2007 – Soldiers and leaders of 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony Dec. 11 to open a health clinic in Wahida, Iraq. Four months ago, city council members came to the regiment’s leaders with concerns about the existing clinic’s lack of space and equipment, said Army Capt. Matthew Givens, from Columbus, Ga., the battalion’s non-lethal effects officer. Council members and soldiers decided to renovate the existing building by adding more examination rooms, an emergency room and an upstairs apartment for the doctors with two bedrooms, a...

BERLIN: Two newborn girls were mixed up at a clinic in southwestern Germany and went home with the wrong parents, and doctors are now trying to correct the mistake, authorities said Friday. The incident occurred at the St. Elisabeth clinic in Saarlouis this summer. It only recently came to light, however, after one of the fathers took a paternity test, area councilwoman Monika Bachmann said. His wife then took a test and it was confirmed that she was not the girl's mother, according to a report in the top-selling Bild newspaper. The clinic is now trying to find out who...

KAPISA PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Nov. 28, 2007 – Months of work and cooperation between the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team and the Afghan government culminated in two ribbon-cutting ceremonies Nov. 26, as hundreds of community members and several civic leaders officially opened a girls school and a health clinic in the Kapisa province’s Kohistan II district. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Deborah Taylor, Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team medical team noncommissioned officer in charge, speaks with the medical staff at the newly constructed Jamalagha Basic Health Clinic in the Kohistan district of Afghanistan’s Kapisa province, Nov. 26, 2007. The $85,000 clinic offers family-practice...

RADWANIYAH — One question lingering in the minds of many politicians these days is whether Iraq is ready to take care of its people. Determined members of the Iraqi Army are doing their part to help the citizens of their country. With the help of the 358th Civil Affairs Brigade, a group of Iraqi Soldiers have been training since July to run the Radwaniyah clinic on Victory Base Complex to provide medical care and humanitarian assistance to Iraqis. The Iraqi Army assumed responsibility of the clinic during a handover ceremony Oct. 20. Iraqi Army Brig. Gen. Falih Faris, garrison commander,...

SIERRA VISTA — The new Veterans Administration Sierra Vista Community Based Outpatient Clinic was officially dedicated Wednesday, adding to the growing number of specialized federal medical facilities throughout the nation. Each week a million veterans are treated in VA medical facilities throughout the nation, with most of them in community clinics, which are seen to be more efficient and effective, said Patricia A. McKlem, director of the federal agency’s Southwest Health Care Network, which is located in Mesa. American citizens have been given the gift of living in the United States, and part of the responsibility they have is to...

COMBAT OUTPOST CLEARY — Using a school in the city of al Wahida, Soldiers from a Fort Bragg, N.C., Civil Affairs battalion attached to the 3rd Infantry Divsion set up a one-day clinic for Iocal residents July 28. Known as a cooperative medical engagement, the operation requires Coalition and Iraqi forces to come together and provide medical treatment in prescribed areas, said Staff Sgt. Patrick R. Weston, special operations medical noncommissioned officer, Civil Affairs Team Alpha 712th, Company A, 97th Civil Affairs Battalion. Physician assistants and unit medics out of COP Cleary diagnosed and provided medicine to those in need....

Immigrants will need help with legalization, experts tell Catholic Church leaders By Patricia Zapor4/20/2007 Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) – First there's the hurdle of Congress passing an immigration bill. But the church should already be planning how to help millions of people who could line up to legalize their immigration status under a hypothetical new law, speakers at an April 18 conference said."When legalization happens, immigrants are going to come to the institution they trust the most, the Catholic Church," said Mirna Torres, director of legalization and advocacy for the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc., known as CLINIC....

SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo., April 5, 2007 – U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Nick Bennett said he’ll take away lifetime memories and new discoveries from the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic. He's counting on his experience here to steel him through his upcoming—and 27th--surgery since he was wounded in Mamadiyah, Iraq. Marine Staff Sgt. Nick Bennett calls the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic at Snowmass, Colo., his “last big adventure” before his 27th surgery for wounds suffered in Iraq. Defense Dept. photo by Donna Miles  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The 37-year-old Marine Corps Reservist said he’ll always remember...

FOB GRIZZLY -- Soldiers dedicated the newly built Troop Medical Clinic here in memory of a fallen Soldier from the 382nd Military Police Battalion whom friends remembered for his compassion and dedication. Army Sergeant First Class Daniel Brozovich, killed in action by an improvised explosive device Oct. 18, was memorialized in a ceremony that officially opened the FOB’s clinic. The upgrade will give troops and caregivers 1,000 more square feet of clinic space.“This is a really nice setup,” said Army Col. Jeff Clark, commander, 21st Combat Support Hospital, the clinic’s parent organization. “It’s what you all deserve to work...

A Maine couple is expected to be arraigned today after they allegedly bound their pregnant, 19-year-old daughter with rope at her wrists and ankles and started to drive her to New York for an emergency abortion, police said. “Kidnapping your adult child for the purpose of her submitting to what should be a voluntary medical procedure . . . is unusual and it’s what distinguishes this case,” said Sheriff Mark Dion of Cumberland County, Maine. The Herald yesterday incorrectly reported that the teen’s parents, Nicholas Kampf, 54, and his wife, Lola, 53, were trying to prevent their daughter, Katelyn, from...

The Virginia League For Planned Parenthood will be holding its annual fund-raising dinner and silent auction on October 15, 2006. This event is called the "Deguster". Planned Parenthood has already revealed the names of more than a dozen of the businesses that will be participating in the festivities. These companies have found thier way onto the Ephesus Project LIST. Let your voice be heard! Tell these companies that you will take your business elsewhere if they help Planned Parenthood continue their assualt on the innocent preborn. SPREAD THE WORD! Visit the following link and speak out on behalf of the...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - State health officials have determined Alabama's rules for abortion clinics are not clear enough and will be revised, a move that comes just months after a clinic was closed amid allegations of numerous rules violations. Rick Harris, who directs the department's Bureau of Health Provider Standards, would not specify the areas of Alabama law that women's clinics are having trouble understanding. But he said Wednesday proposed amendments should be ready in about 45 days. He commented after representatives from anti-abortion groups, including former Chief Justice Roy Moore, met with state health officials on the issue. "This is...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The site of a former abortion clinic in Williamsville, a Buffalo suburb, has been turned into the chapel of a Catholic radio station, according to a report in the July edition of Western New York Catholic, the Buffalo diocesan monthly newspaper.The paper said Bishop Edward U. Kmiec of Buffalo blessed and dedicated the Chapel of the Holy Innocents June 1 at the Station of the Cross, a four-station Catholic radio network based in Williamsville. Jim Wright, co-founder of Holy Family Communications, which owns the network, said he only recently learned from the previous owner of the building...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A Birmingham abortion clinic has surrendered its license amid allegations that a woman delivered a nearly full-term stillborn baby after a clinic staffer gave her an abortion-inducing drug and performed other medical treatments without a doctor present, health officials said Wednesday. The Alabama Department of Health issued a suspension order against Summit Medical Center on May 17, citing numerous violations of state health rules. The center has been closed since it was shutdown the next day and will not reopen, said Rick Harris, director of the state health agency's bureau of provider standards. Wednesday's move avoids a...

HAMANDIYAH, Iraq, May 16, 2006 — U.S. Marines from 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment along with soldiers from the Iraqi Army held a medical operation here May 6. “I think the Iraqi soldiers did pretty well. I think we really made a difference for these people today. I hope we will be able to do more projects like this.” U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Robert M. Linares More than 300 Iraqi men, women and children were diagnosed and treated for a variety of illnesses during the medical clinic. “I think the ‘med op’ went pretty good,” said U.S. Marine Corps...

Djiboutian Town Dedicates Renovated Clinic Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa personnel and local contractors and laborers constructed facilities and renovated the existing clinic. By U.S. Army Capt. Bob EverdeenCombined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa DIKHIL, Djibouti, May 9, 2006 — Cooperation between the government of Djibouti and the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa has resulted in a refurbished facility here that will help improve health care opportunities for the local community. "This clinic is more than mortar and paint; it represents the relationship between [Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa] and Djibouti. (We) are partners for peace,...

In joint Iraqi-U.S. dental assessment and care clinic, medics evaluated and treated patients of all ages. BAGHDAD, May 1, 2006 — A smile can light up one’s face and now, after a joint Iraqi Army and U.S. Army dental clinic, more than 200 Iraqis have a reason to smile. "[We are] concentrating on dental support. It allows us to give something back to the community." U.S. Army Special Forces medic Iraqi Army troops, along with U.S. Special Forces medics, civil affairs and 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division soldiers, recently traveled to a school in Amu Shabi, Iraq, to...

SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo., April 5, 2006 – More than 350 severely wounded troops and disabled veterans are conquering emotional as well as physical mountains at the 20th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic here. Participants in the 20th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic prepare their gear at the base of Snowmass Mountain. Photo by Donna Miles  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The participants, who range in age from 19 to 83 and served in every conflict since World War II, are joining together and showing the world they're not going to let an amputation or a spinal...

SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo., April 5, 2006 – When he was undergoing treatment 16 years ago following a near-fatal accident in Germany, Paul Miosek asked Red Cross volunteer Jim Mayer for just two things: a poster of Madonna and a milkshake. Disabled Army veteran Paul Miosek (left) reunites with Jim Mayer, a Department of Veterans Affairs employee and long-time volunteer at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, at the 20th Annual Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, in Snowmass Village, Colo. Miosek credits Mayer with opening his eyes to new possibilities while living with a disability. Photo by Donna Miles  (Click photo for...

SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo., April 3, 2006 – Veterans Affairs Secretary R. James Nicholson and former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz opened the 20th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic here last night, praising participants for their sacrifices and their focus on their abilities, not their disabilities. Former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz speaks April 2 to disabled veterans at the opening ceremony for the 20th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic. Photo by John Sokolowski  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Nicholson saluted this year's 350 participants, including about 50 wounded during operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, for...