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AVAHO Updates Microsite

<p> New AVAHO Microsite: A resource for hematologists and oncologists working in the VA</p>

New AVAHO Microsite: A resource for hematologists and oncologists working in the VA

This exclusive microsite has been updated with additional meeting coverage from the 2012 AVAHO Annual Meeting, and includes Welcome Reception slides by Robert Kyle, MD, and video highlights of presentations from the poster session. Also... More

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<p> Telemental Health From the &quot;Outside In&quot;: Telework Options for Efficient Patient Care</p>

Telemental Health From the "Outside In": Telework Options for Efficient Patient Care

The VA is the largest provider of mental health care in the U.S.(1) On April 19, 2012, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki addressed the increasing need for access to mental health care by announcing the goal of adding about... More

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<p> Try Abiding Instead of Hiding: An Approach to End-of-Life Care</p>

Try Abiding Instead of Hiding: An Approach to End-of-Life Care

As a certified geriatric, hospice, and palliative care nurse practitioner, I’m required to do quality-of-life (QOL) gatherings and palliative care rounds. These gatherings and rounds focus on palliation, palliative care education, and... More

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<p> Using Electronic Pharmacy Intervention to Optimize Adherence to Beta-blocker Therapy in Patients With Heart Failure</p>

Using Electronic Pharmacy Intervention to Optimize Adherence to Beta-blocker Therapy in Patients With Heart Failure

Cardiology research, including landmark trials, has demonstrated that 3 beta-blockers (BBs), bisoprolol, carvedilol, and metoprolol succinate, reduce mortality in heart failure (HF) patients.(1-6) As a result, National Clinical Practice... More

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<p> Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in Veterans With Nonmuscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer</p>

Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in Veterans With Nonmuscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

Early detection of cancer and advances in treatment have resulted in longer life for patients with cancer, making quality of life for survivors of this disease increasingly important.(1) VHA Directive 2003-034, National Cancer Strategy,... More

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<p> Best of the May 2013 Issue</p>

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Best of the May 2013 Issue

Editor-in-Chief James V. Felicetta, MD, comments on and summarizes the May 2013 issue. ... More
<p> Of Hype and Hope: The Past and Future of Mental Health Care</p>

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Of Hype and Hope: The Past and Future of Mental Health Care

During the golden age of antibiotics when, penicillin miraculously cured infections that were the leading causes of death, many leaders in medicine, including the U.S. Surgeon General, predicted modern medicine would vanquish the age-old scou... More
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VA Neurological Health Care Networks

The Department of Veterans Affairs is a total care health system, and during the past 10 years has made great progress in treating neurological and movement disorders within its veteran population. Through the establishment of neurological he... More
<p> AVAHO Oncology and Hematology Updates Microsite</p>

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AVAHO Oncology and Hematology Updates Microsite

This exclusive microsite has been updated with additional meeting coverage from the 2012 AVAHO Annual Meeting, and includes Welcome Reception slides by Robert Kyle, MD, and video highlights of presentations from the poster session. Also featu... More
 

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Higher Vitamin D Linked to Reduced Diabetes Risk

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Higher Vitamin D Linked to Reduced Diabetes Risk

FRIDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) -- Higher blood levels of vitamin D are associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a meta-analysis published in the May 2013 issue of Diabetes Care. Yiqing Song, MD, ScD, from Brigham and Wo... More
Of Hype and Hope: The Past and Future of Mental Health Care

Guest Editorial

Of Hype and Hope: The Past and Future of Mental Health Care

During the golden age of antibiotics when, penicillin miraculously cured infections that were the leading causes of death, many leaders in medicine, including the U.S. Surgeon General, predicted modern medicine would vanquish the age-old scou... More
Telemental Health From the "Outside In": Telework Options for Efficient Patient Care

Federal Telemedicine

Telemental Health From the "Outside In": Telework Options for Efficient Patient Care

The VA is the largest provider of mental health care in the U.S.(1) On April 19, 2012, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki addressed the increasing need for access to mental health care by announcing the goal of adding about 1,600 ... More
Elderly Veteran With Diabetes and Foot and Ankle Swelling

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Elderly Veteran With Diabetes and Foot and Ankle Swelling

A 62-year-old veteran with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes presented with nontraumatic swelling about both his ankles and feet. He reported foot pain, fever, chills, and dyspnea on exertion. Chronic ulcers on his left 1st and 5th metatarsal... More
Assessing the Appropriate Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors in a Veteran Outpatient Population

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Assessing the Appropriate Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors in a Veteran Outpatient Population

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are among the most prescribed medications in the U.S. This is in part due to PPIs being the most potent agents for acid suppression in diseases such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). In 2001, antiulcer d... More
The MOVE!® Program: Evidence-Based Interventions to Decrease Overweight and Obesity Translated Into Practice

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The MOVE!® Program: Evidence-Based Interventions to Decrease Overweight and Obesity Translated Into Practice

The U.S. overweight and obesity rates have reached epidemic proportions over the past few decades and present a significant threat to population health with a comorbid disease risk including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, hypertension (HTN),... More
Nurses Joining Forces to Care for Veterans; REACHing Out for the Homeless; Expediting Claims for Long-Suffering Veterans; More Help for Smokers Who Want to Quit

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Nurses Joining Forces to Care for Veterans; REACHing Out for the Homeless; Expediting Claims for Long-Suffering Veterans; More Help for Smokers Who Want to Quit

Last year, the U.S. health care community—including 135 medical colleges and teaching institutions, more than 150 state and national nursing organizations, and 500-plus nursing schools—committed to a broad coordinated effort to improve health... More
ICD Shocks: Which Comes First, the Shock or the Anxiety?; Understanding Self-Harm; The Link Between C-Reactive Protein and Low Back Pain

Clinical Digest

ICD Shocks: Which Comes First, the Shock or the Anxiety?; Understanding Self-Harm; The Link Between C-Reactive Protein and Low Back Pain

Shocks from an implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are a predictor of anxiety, not a consequence, according to researchers from the University of Würzburg, the University of Tübingen, the General Hospital of Freudenstadt, the Clinical ... More
Gel Implant Relieves Sciatica; Antidepressants for Heart Failure Patients—Are There Benefits?; Chelation: Long Established, but Is It Safe?

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Gel Implant Relieves Sciatica; Antidepressants for Heart Failure Patients—Are There Benefits?; Chelation: Long Established, but Is It Safe?

As many as 40% of people experience ≥ 1 episode of sciatica in their lifetime due to spinal disk herniation and nerve root irritation. Treatment may not help—research has shown that pain associated with sciatica often remains the same over th... More
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Featuring the Emergency Medicine Boot Camp and Metabolic and Endocrine Disease Summit (MEDS) East and West ... More
An Atlas of Stats; Coordinating Traumatic Brain Injury Services; Voices of the Native American Experience

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An Atlas of Stats; Coordinating Traumatic Brain Injury Services; Voices of the Native American Experience

An interactive atlas (http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/atlas) lets users track the latest statistics on infectious diseases. The atlas is based on data gathered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for HIV/AIDS,... More
For Lower Risk of Diabetes, Don't Eat So Fast

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For Lower Risk of Diabetes, Don't Eat So Fast

In the race to identify modifiable risk factors for type 2 diabetes, researchers from the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences in Kaunas, Lithuania, conducted a study that revealed a possible relationship between eating speed and the risk... More
Combination Treatment for Bell's Palsy

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Combination Treatment for Bell's Palsy

Combining steroid treatment with an antiviral agent is a more effective treatment for severe-to-complete Bell's palsy than are steroids alone, according to researchers from Kyung Hee University in Seoul, South Korea, who compared the 2 regime... More
VA Neurological Health Care Networks

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VA Neurological Health Care Networks

The Department of Veterans Affairs is a total care health system, and during the past 10 years has made great progress in treating neurological and movement disorders within its veteran population. Through the establishment of neurological he... More
 

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Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose (sugar) levels are above normal. Over time, these high glucose levels can damage nerves and blood vessels, causing various health complications, many of which affect the legs and feet. ... More
 

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