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(Medical.net) – With the goal of preparing to manage the health concerns of returning U.S. veterans, the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the [...]

(Associated Press) – The Republican-controlled House approved legislation Thursday to boost health care spending for veterans and provide more money to compensate record numbers of Iraq and [...]

(FierceEMR) – Data quality remains an issue in electronic health records, according to a West Virginia study of hypertension cases that found use of free text was a common cause of [...]

(Psychiatric News) – Veterans are entitled to more timely access to mental health services, says APA in comments released on the same day as a new report on the VA’s failings [...]

(ArmyTimes) –  The Veterans Affairs Department announced Friday it will begin paying $50,000 in traumatic injury insurance to service members who suffer severe genitourinary losses. Read More

(Marine Corps Times) – More than one in 10 Marines who deployed overseas reported having suicidal thoughts or plans to attempt suicide, according to a study looking at suicidal predictors. [...]

(Smart Planet) – This month, the American Telemedicine Association presented the U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) with.an innovation award for its Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Coach [...]

U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns is taking aim at the big shots within the Department of Veterans Affairs. The House on Thursday approved a measure offered by the Ocala Republican that would do away with [...]

(KNBC/NBC) –  Researchers in California have come up with a way of using virtual reality to treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in combat veterans. Read More

(New Haven Register) –  Recent studies have confirmed “ketamine — used as an anesthetic in human and veterinary medicine — has emerged in the past few years as a [...]