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Senate Approves Budget For Veterans Programs

19 November 2009

"The Senate on Tuesday adopted the latest in a continuing series of major budget increases to provide medical care for veterans. The move came as the Senate passed, by a rare 100-0 vote, a $134 billion spending bill for...
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25-Year Review Shows Last-Resort Lower-Body Amputation Effective In Extreme Cases

18 November 2009

A landmark, 25-year review of cases in which surgeons had to remove the lower portion of the body from the waist down for severe pelvic bone infections shows the therapy can add years and quality of life to survivors, say...
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Veterans' Health: Measuring The Scope Of Mental Health Challenges

16 November 2009

NPR profiles retired General Eric Shinseki, the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and his efforts to measure the scope of veterans' mental health issues. In his first nine months in this position, he "has...
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13 November 2009

Today's Selection Of Opinions And Editorials

12 November 2009

Tentative Agreement Reached With Oklahoma Lawmaker Stalling Veterans' Health Bill

11 November 2009

"Veterans' Children" Validates Trans-Generational Trauma Of War

State News: State Budgets And Medicaid Continue To Draw Headlines

1.46 Million Working-Age Vets Lacked Health Coverage Last Year, Increasing Their Death Rate, Harvard Researchers Say

Mental Health America Partners With Prescription Audio To Donate $5M In PTSD Treatment Products To Veterans, Active Duty, Families, Providers

10 November 2009

CASLPA Supports National Veterans' Week November 5-11, 2009, Canada

Military And VA Struggle With Mental Health And Other Health Care Issues

Geisinger Program To Help Rural Veterans Takes Shape

05 November 2009

Researchers Discuss Limitations Of Prevalence Estimates Of TBI And PTSD Among OIF/OEF Veterans

Research On Homeless Veterans Presented In Washington, D.C.

Veterans Administration Leads In E-Health Exchange, Too

03 November 2009

Advancing Medicine From The Frontlines To The Homefront

28 October 2009

Traumatic Brain Injury-Vision Loss Severely Impacts Veterans' Quality Of Life;Who Is That Stranger On My Couch? Hallucinations In Low-vision Patient

26 October 2009

New Law Speeds Up VA's Beleaguered Budget Process

23 October 2009

The National Black Caucus Of State Legislators Supports The Veterans' Health Care Budget Reform And Transparency Act

22 October 2009

Women Veterans Less Likely To Report Pain Than Male Counterparts

21 October 2009

Association Between Psychiatric Disorders, Sexual Trauma And Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

"Superobesity," Chronic Disease Burden Associated With Risk Of Death Following Bariatric Surgery

20 October 2009

UMDNJ Presents "The Wounds Of War: Healthcare On & Off The Battlefield" On Friday, Oct. 23

14 October 2009

More Research Needed On Blast Induced Traumatic Brain Injury And Vestibular Pathology In US Military Service Members

08 October 2009

Homewatch CareGivers 'We Care For Veterans' Program Provides 20 Hours Of Free Care To Veterans And Their Families

05 October 2009

New (And Old) Ideas For Health Care Show Possibility Of Savings, Improvements

01 October 2009

Integrated Treatment For Veterans With Chronic Pain And Posttraumatic Stress Developed By Researchers

29 September 2009

Collaborative Future Of Military Medicine To Be Explored At Country United Symposium

28 September 2009

Homeless Veterans Prone To Violence Benefit From Group Therapy

23 September 2009

Vicor's PD2i To Be Tested On Trauma Patients In U.S. Army's New Critical Combat Care Engineering (C3E) Program Area

19 September 2009

Natural Hydrogel Helps Heal Spinal Cord, Barrow Researcher Finds

18 September 2009

Top Official Calls For Quicker, Improved Response To Military Mental Health Needs

16 September 2009

Improving Safety Of Prosthetic Legs By Tripping Amputees On Treadmill

15 September 2009

Study Finds Iraq Troops' PTSD Rate As High As 35 Percent

08 September 2009

Soldiers Who Have Intense Or Traumatic Combat Experiences Exhibit Evidence Of Cognitive Changes

07 September 2009

Mental Health America Announces Support Of Give An Hour

04 September 2009

Veterans Affairs Tries To Keep Up With Surge Of Need

03 September 2009

Brain Tissue In Traumatic Injuries Regenerated By Clemson University Researcher

New TAU Study Uses Breakthrough "Brain Profiling" To Detect Combat Soldiers At Risk Of Suicide

02 September 2009

Military Health Research Forum: Researchers To Discuss New Study On Gulf War Illness Treatment

Exploring New Approaches To Military Physical And Mental Health

Progress Made In Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment And Diagnosis

Innovative Therapies For Treatment Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

28 August 2009

Dramatic Decline In Rheumatoid Vasculitis In US Veterans

27 August 2009

Primary Suicide Risk Factor For Veterans Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

26 August 2009

Veterans Receive False Health Scare

21 August 2009

New York City Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta Opens The 21st Annual Phoenix Society's World Burn Congress For Burn Survivors

Burn Survivors' 21st Annual World Burn Congress

20 August 2009

American Soldiers To Undergo Mental Toughness Training

Today's Opinions And Editorials

19 August 2009

Obama Calls For Veterans' Health Care Expansion

Study Of Elusive War Zone Bacterium

18 August 2009

Veterans Affairs To Begin Offering Routine, Voluntary HIV Tests At Medical Centers

14 August 2009

Honors Bestowed At IBMISPS Annual Awards Ceremony

13 August 2009

Funding For Limb-Loss Research In Providence Renewed By VA

09 August 2009

Congressman's Visit To The American Legion Proves Beneficial To Veterans

27 July 2009

Federal Official Says Poor Prognosis Result From VA Center's Substandard Treatment

Evidence Linking Agent Orange, Parkinson's, Heart Disease "Limited Or Suggestive", Report

Limited Data Suggest Possible Association Between Agent Orange Exposure And Ischemic Heart Disease And Parkinson's Disease In Vietnam Veterans

Agent Orange Exposure May Increase Risk Of Heart Disease And Parkinson's Disease

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