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Children of deployed parents at increased risk for behavioral, psychological problems

Children of deployed parents at increased risk for behavioral, psychological problems

Children with a deployed parent may be at an increased risk for behavioral problems, maltreatment, and substance abuse, according to a review of the literature performed by researchers at the Providence VA Medical Center and Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center... Learn more

Researcher presses for more effective treatment for common GI bug

Researcher presses for more effective treatment for common GI bug

They aren't visible to the naked eye—and it's a good thing. Helicobacter pylori are a nasty-looking breed of bacteria, at least the way they appear in pathology textbook illustrations... Learn more

 VA researchers lead charge against homelessness among Veterans

VA researchers lead charge against homelessness among Veterans

Dr. Stefan Kertesz, a physician-researcher at the Birmingham VA Medical Center and the University of Alabama, remembers working with homeless patients before he came to VA... Learn more

 VA's special war-injury centers use mind-body approach

VA's special war-injury centers use mind-body approach

Qigong is one of many healing activities offered at the War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC) based at the Washington, DC, VA Medical Center. The WRIISC in the nation's capital is one of three such VA centers nationwide... Learn more

E-health records lead to better patient-doctor communication, study finds

E-health records lead to better patient-doctor communication, study finds

Veterans with online access to their health records reported better communication with their doctors and higher levels of overall satisfaction with their care, according to a VA-sponsored study... Learn more

Link between cholesterol, heart disease not so clear

Link between cholesterol, heart disease not so clear

Doctors nationwide are changing the way they look at cholesterol and heart disease thanks to a groundbreaking shift in cholesterol-treatment guidelines spurred in part by VA researchers Drs. Rodney Hayward and Harlan Krumholz... Learn more

Shingles vaccine, developed through VA research, shows merit in further studies

Shingles vaccine, developed through VA research, shows merit in further studies

In 2005, VA researchers and colleagues published the results of the Shingles Prevention Study, one of the largest adult vaccine trials ever... Learn more

VA/DoD lead the way in integrating chaplains into mental health care

VA/DoD lead the way in integrating chaplains into mental health care

The Rev. Austin Ochu knows a little something about trauma. Before coming to VA, the Roman Catholic chaplain worked with Liberian refugees in the Ivory Coast in West Africa... Learn more

For those who have killed in war-or think they have-psychologists develop new treatments

For those who have killed in war—or think they have—psychologists develop new treatments

Soldiers have killed in war for thousands of years. But research on the emotional trauma of killing, says VA psychologist Shira Maguen, PhD, is "in its infancy."... Learn more