35% of Iraq vets sought therapy after war’s 1st year

“Some veterans and veterans advocates say the research, published yesterday in The Journal of the American Medical Association, provides a window into the enormous psychological and emotional toll the conflict is having on military personnel. Some also contend the military is not doing enough to deal with the problem, which they said may be larger than the study showed.

But military officials and the lead author of the study said the findings showed that the Department of Defense is responding effectively.” (Baltimore Sun)

Irish Veterinarian plays down fears after cat’s bird flu death

“…The first case was reported in Europe of a cat dying from the deadly strain of bird flu(Ireland Online ) as H5N1 continues its westward trek across Europe. The housecat was thought to have eaten an infected bird. Panicky advice to keep your housecats indoor results, prompted by fears that infected cats might be a medium in which the virus mutates to a pandemic strain. Certainly we live in closer proximity to our housecats than to avian vectors in the West, except on poultry farms.