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TRICARE Offers Free Vaccines at Retail Pharmacies, Reduces Healthcare Costs
Flu Immunization Milestone Reached Ahead of Schedule
FALLS CHURCH, VA — An unusually early start to the influenza season propelled the DoD to reach its milestone of 90% vaccination of all uniformed personnel and required civilians two weeks ahead of schedule.
Antipsychotics Overprescribed
Walid Gellad, MD
Treatment of dementia showed a similar pattern of high demand and inappropriate use of medications. According to the authors of a recent study published in Medical Care, “veterans with dementia but no documented psychosis we...
High Risk, Low Benefit
The powerful drugs may be prescribed because clinicians have had few other choices or because the risks were not fully understood.
“Unfortunately, there are limited nonpharmacologic treatments and limited expertise with these treatments, althoug...
Honor Roll of Athletes Who Left Brains to Further Neurologic Research
Some notable deceased athletes contributed their brains to further the study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
The Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy said it has permission to release the following names o...
Legionella Research Center
Interestingly, the Pittsburgh VA Health Care System was once a world-renowned center of Legionella research. Following the outbreak at a convention of the American Legion at a hotel in Philadelphia in July 1976 — which gave the disease its name...
We make a living by what we get - We make a life by what we give
I believe it is healthy and proper to reflect on the past year, as the new year dawns. As I ponder this editorial, the specter of the impending “fiscal cliff” looms large in the news, following, perhaps, one of the more contentious presidential elections in history.
Increasing Concentration of Veterans In Rural Areas Poses Challenges for VA
Most Vets Now Settle in Only a Few States
Please read this article and participate in this month's online opinion poll wether VA offers a full range of services where beneficiaries actually live?
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Veterans Drop in Northeast, West
Teachman’s research shows a corresponding decline in veteran populations in those areas. “The drop in the percentage of veterans is particularly dramatic for the Northeast and the western third of the country” over the 30 years examined, he s...
Most Counties Have Few Veterans
Jay Teachman, PhD, Western Washington University
In the following decade, that number dropped by more than half. By 2010, only 26% of counties had veteran populations of 10% or greater. Outside the counties surrounding large bases, the countie...
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