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VA developing cutting-edge tools in fight against smoking

eterans smoke cigarettes at higher rates than their civilian counterparts, a sobering thought given that some 21 percent of the general population regularly smokes...Learn more

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Lab study: Microdevice restores function in damaged brains

Until recently, doctors believed that injuries to the brain were discrete, meaning damage was isolated to the injured area. The brain was seen as a collection of independent areas...Learn more

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Can magnetic coil ease tinnitus? VA trial aims to find out

In TMS, clinicians hold a magnetic coil, usually in the form of a figure eight, against the skull. The coil emits repetitive electromagnetic pulses that reach the brain cells under the scalp and change their activity pattern...Learn more

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Israeli prize to BrainGate team

The Brown University-VA research team that created the investigational BrainGate brain-computer interface won a major international award, the $1 million Moshe Mirilashvili Memorial Fund B.R.A.I.N. Prize, at a brain science technology conference in Israel this past October...Learn more

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Stem cell breakthrough uses adult blood

Researchers at VA and Loma Linda University in Southern California have discovered a way to reprogram adult blood cells into stem cells. ...Learn more

Easing the pressure VA-Case Western Reserve team working on simple but elegant solution for preventing pressure ulcers

Easing the pressure

VA-Case Western Reserve team working on simple but elegant solution for preventing pressure ulcers... Learn more