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Shinseki Tapped As Veterans Affairs Secretary

President-elect Barack Obama has named retired General Eric Shinseki as his Veterans Affairs...
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World

Lawsuit against Veterans Affairs Begins

Lawsuit against Veterans Affairs Begins

Although the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs insists it has done a lot to improve healthcare...
» read full story April 22nd, 2008 - 12:11
VA Secretary Talks about Veteran Suicides

VA Secretary Talks about Veteran Suicides

Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake acknowledged the fact that the agency must increase its...
» read full story February 13th, 2008 - 19:49
Atlantic City Mayor Quits, Interim Takes Over

Atlantic City Mayor Quits, Interim Takes Over

Democratic politician and the mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, Mr. Robert W. Levy, Sr., usually...
» read full story October 10th, 2007 - 19:34
Idaho Senator Expected to Step Down

Idaho Senator Expected to Step Down

Larry Craig, the US Senior Senator from Idaho who pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct earlier this...
» read full story September 01st, 2007 - 12:24
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Specials

Deep Brain Stimulation: A Remedy For Parkinson’s Patients?

Deep Brain Stimulation: A Remedy For Parkinson’s Patients?

  Deep brain stimulation improves both physical function and quality of life in...
» read full story January 09th, 2009 - 14:32

Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death - the Highest within 30 Days after Heart Attack

A new study by researchers at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Minneapolis and Mayo Clinic in...
» read full story November 06th, 2008 - 15:34
Update: Study Questions Common Knee Surgery For Osteoarthritis

Update: Study Questions Common Knee Surgery For Osteoarthritis

If people suffering from osteoarthritis were looking at arthroscopic knee surgery as their...
» read full story September 12th, 2008 - 08:40
VA Staffer’s E-Mail Calls for Fewer PTSD Diagnoses

VA Staffer’s E-Mail Calls for Fewer PTSD Diagnoses

An employee with the post-traumatic stress disorder program at a medical facility for veterans in...
» read full story May 16th, 2008 - 13:18
Ibuprofen Found to Decrease Alzheimer’s Risk

Ibuprofen Found to Decrease Alzheimer’s Risk

Taking ibuprofen for more than five years may decrease the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease,...
» read full story May 06th, 2008 - 14:37
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Science

Obese Older  Women Have An Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer

Obese Older Women Have An Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer

A series of studies have shown that being obese or even overweight may boost a person’s risk of...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 21:03
The Start Of An Era.50 Years From Sputnik Launch

The Start Of An Era.50 Years From Sputnik Launch

Human kind’s space endeavor debuted in the Soviet Russia 50 years ago at the famous Baikonur...
» read full story September 30th, 2007 - 18:20
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Health

Deep Brain Stimulation Useful For Parkinson’s Patients

Deep Brain Stimulation Useful For Parkinson’s Patients

  Deep brain stimulation improves both physical function and quality of life in...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 13:31
New Health Program Asks Better Screening for Veteran’s Brain Injury

New Health Program Asks Better Screening for Veteran’s Brain Injury

A new program released through a government report asks the military to do better brain scans on...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 21:44
Report Calls For More Screening Of Brain Injury In Military Personnel

Report Calls For More Screening Of Brain Injury In Military Personnel

A report released Thursday by the Institute of Medicine, a government advisory group that studies...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 12:29
New Findings About Breast Cancer

New Findings About Breast Cancer

A new study that looked at more than 287,000 women and took into account their mammogram habits...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 20:49
Obese Older  Women Have an Increased Risk of Breast Cancer

Obese Older Women Have an Increased Risk of Breast Cancer

A series of studies have shown that being obese or even overweight may boost a person’s risk of...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 14:50
Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death Highest in the Month after Heart Attack

Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death Highest in the Month after Heart Attack

Heart attack patients are more susceptible to die within the first 30 days after the attack, a...
» read full story November 05th, 2008 - 16:00
Inhalers May Increase Risk Of Heart Death

Inhalers May Increase Risk Of Heart Death

Certain lung-disease medications used by millions of people suffering from emphysema and bronchitis...
» read full story September 24th, 2008 - 20:11
Compensation To Rise for Veterans with Brain Injuries

Compensation To Rise for Veterans with Brain Injuries

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Monday that it will more than quadruple disability...
» read full story September 24th, 2008 - 15:28
Common COPD Drugs Increase Risk Of Heart Attack

Common COPD Drugs Increase Risk Of Heart Attack

However efficient drugs may be for treating one condition, it is no longer a secret that they can...
» read full story September 24th, 2008 - 14:15
Physicians Don’t Display Enough Empathy To Patients, Study Finds

Physicians Don’t Display Enough Empathy To Patients, Study Finds

The findings of a new study show that surgeons and cancer specialists seldom show empathy to...
» read full story September 24th, 2008 - 13:04
Study Questions Common Knee Surgery For Osteoarthritis Patients

Study Questions Common Knee Surgery For Osteoarthritis Patients

Arthroscopic knee surgery is no better than exercise, physiotherapy and painkillers for people...
» read full story September 11th, 2008 - 14:15
Suicide Rates Higher Among Young Male Veterans

Suicide Rates Higher Among Young Male Veterans

A report released by the American Department of Veterans Affairs revealed that the suicide rate...
» read full story September 10th, 2008 - 14:30
Treadmill Workouts Improve Walking Long After Stroke

Treadmill Workouts Improve Walking Long After Stroke

Walking on the treadmill three times a week can be beneficial to stroke survivors by rewiring parts...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 11:51
Treadmill Exercise Can Improve Walking In Stroke Survivors

Treadmill Exercise Can Improve Walking In Stroke Survivors

Exercising on treadmill helped stroke survivors improve their mobility and physical conditioning by...
» read full story August 31st, 2008 - 11:34
Stent Surgery Showed Similar Results Compared With Drugs

Stent Surgery Showed Similar Results Compared With Drugs

Angioplasty or stent surgery may provide more short-term relief for some patients that suffer from...
» read full story August 14th, 2008 - 14:01
War Vets At Higher Risk Of Alcohol Abuse After Combat

War Vets At Higher Risk Of Alcohol Abuse After Combat

US soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan wars turned to alcohol most probably to cope...
» read full story August 13th, 2008 - 14:30
VA to Warn Veterans about Chantix’s Suicidal Effects

VA to Warn Veterans about Chantix’s Suicidal Effects

Pfizer’s Chantix is once again in the center of attention but not in a good way, following the...
» read full story June 20th, 2008 - 15:21
Hypoglycemia Worsens Diabetics’ Risk of Heart Disease

Hypoglycemia Worsens Diabetics’ Risk of Heart Disease

A new study comes to support the idea that diabetics have high chances of dying because of heart...
» read full story June 09th, 2008 - 12:50
VA Staffer Involved in Email Scandal Testifies

VA Staffer Involved in Email Scandal Testifies

Norma Perez, an employee with the post-traumatic stress disorder program at the Olin E. Teague...
» read full story June 05th, 2008 - 16:05
Troops To Be Treated for Free by Private Therapists

Troops To Be Treated for Free by Private Therapists

As the U.S. military is short on therapists, thousands of private counselors have decided to...
» read full story May 26th, 2008 - 11:50
House Votes to Expand Global AIDS Funds with $20 Billion

House Votes to Expand Global AIDS Funds with $20 Billion

The House of Representatives, Wednesday, overwhelmingly voted to expand a popular program aimed at...
» read full story April 03rd, 2008 - 14:19
NIH Delay to Notify Patients on Stolen Data Raises Questions

NIH Delay to Notify Patients on Stolen Data Raises Questions

The unencrypted medical information of nearly 2,500 participants in a cardiac study conducted by...
» read full story March 25th, 2008 - 10:45
Pesticides, Chemicals Strongly Connected to Gulf War Syndrome

Pesticides, Chemicals Strongly Connected to Gulf War Syndrome

Exposure to pesticides and other chemicals may be causing the chronic fatigue, severe muscle pain,...
» read full story March 11th, 2008 - 10:57
High Risk for Kids whose Parents Both Have Alzheimer's

High Risk for Kids whose Parents Both Have Alzheimer's

A new study on 111 families in which both parents were diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease has found...
» read full story March 10th, 2008 - 21:57
People May Escape Colon Cancer If Screened Properly

People May Escape Colon Cancer If Screened Properly

A new study finds that colonoscopies may in fact sometimes miss pre-cancerous lesions that are a...
» read full story March 06th, 2008 - 11:55
Flat Colon Lesions More Difficult To Detect By Colonoscopy

Flat Colon Lesions More Difficult To Detect By Colonoscopy

Flat, non-polypoid colorectal neoplasms (NP-CRNs) could have a greater association with cancer...
» read full story March 06th, 2008 - 00:31
Stopping Plavix Therapy Linked to Death or Heart Attack

Stopping Plavix Therapy Linked to Death or Heart Attack

Patients suffering from acute coronary syndrome who stop taking clopidogrel (Plavix) may be more...
» read full story February 06th, 2008 - 11:18
CDC Warns of Very Low Adult Vaccination Levels

CDC Warns of Very Low Adult Vaccination Levels

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that only about 2 percent of adults...
» read full story January 23rd, 2008 - 21:47
Health Spending Growth Up Slightly in 2006, Still Exceeded $2 Trillion

Health Spending Growth Up Slightly in 2006, Still Exceeded $2 Trillion

Medicare spending jumped 19 percent in 2006, the fastest rate of growth in 25 years, after a...
» read full story January 08th, 2008 - 13:04
Massage Helps Relieve Acute Post-Surgery Pain

Massage Helps Relieve Acute Post-Surgery Pain

Getting a massage after serious surgeries could be the key to reducing post-operative pain and...
» read full story December 18th, 2007 - 11:54
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U.S.

Veterans Day Celebrated on November 11

Veterans Day Celebrated on November 11

Both a federal holiday and a state holiday in all states, Veterans Day, a day dedicated to the...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 16:30
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Movies

Former Marine Gets Life for Gruesome Hollywood Slayings

Former Marine Gets Life for Gruesome Hollywood Slayings

A former Marine who beheaded a retired screenwriter before murdering his neighbor was given two...
» read full story April 05th, 2008 - 10:28
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People

Atlantic City’s Former Mayor Pleads Guilty

Atlantic City’s Former Mayor Pleads Guilty

Former Atlantic City Mayor Bob Levy pleaded guilty Thursday to have misled the U.S. Department of...
» read full story November 02nd, 2007 - 20:49
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Business

HP Wins $5.6 Billion Contract With NASA

HP Wins $5.6 Billion Contract With NASA

US computer firm Hewlett-Packard has received a seven year 5.6 billion dollar contract to provide...
» read full story May 23rd, 2007 - 19:14
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