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Limiting Major CVD Events With Metformin in Vets With Diabetes, Reduced Kidney Function

03/02/2020

Christianne Roumie, MD, MPH, associate professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, discusses the benefits of the diabetes medication metformin on...

Christianne Roumie, MD, MPH,...

03/02/2020

Veterans Health Today

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A Look Into the Value of Bariatric Surgery Among Vets

02/26/2020

Veterans Health Today spoke with Matt Maciejewski, PhD, research career scientist in the Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation at the Durham VA Medical Center, about his recent study. Dr Maciejewski broke...

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02/26/2020

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Palliative Care Proves Beneficial for Veterans With Cancer

02/24/2020

Donald Sullivan, MD, MA, MCR, and colleagues recently published a study in JAMA Oncology on the association between palliative care and survival rates, particularly among lung cancer patients in the veteran population. Veterans Health Today...

Donald Sullivan, MD, MA, MCR,...

02/24/2020

Veterans Health Today

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James J. Matera, DO, on Managing Hyperkalemia in Cardiometabolic Disease

10/28/2019

James J. Matera, DO, nephrologist and vice president of Medical Affairs at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, New Jersey, recently discussed the challenges of managing hyperkalemia in patients with comorbid CKD and cardiometabolic...

James J. Matera, DO,...

10/28/2019

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Improving Prescribing Among Veterans

09/26/2019

Catherine Chanfreau-Coffinier, PhD, explains how pharmacogenetic testing would impact a large proportion of veterans if it was implemented in the VA population.

Catherine Chanfreau-Coffinier,...

09/26/2019

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Suicide Risk Among Patients With TBIs, Concussions

02/27/2019

Trine Madsen, PhD, highlights the steps clinicians should take to promote TBI prevention in their patients and suicide prevention in those who have already sustained at least 1 TBI.

Trine Madsen, PhD, highlights...

02/27/2019

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Does Predeployment Optimism Improve Pain Among Soldiers After Deployment?

02/21/2019

Afton Hassett, PsyD, licensed clinical psychologist and an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan, explains why optimism has been shown to be protective for the experience of pain among...

Afton Hassett, PsyD, licensed...

02/21/2019

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