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Availability of Women's Health PCPs Can Stem Female Veterans Attrition From VA Care
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (447+ words) by La Tina Emerson | May 16, 2026 Click to Enlarge: Unadjusted and Adjusted Poisson Regression Estimates of Attrition Among New Women Veteran Patients as a Function of Receiving Care From a Women's Health PCPa Source: JAMA Network Open MENLO PARK, CA " In…...
One-Fifth of Women in U. S. Army Not Getting Contraception Needs Meet
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (422+ words) by La Tina Emerson | May 16, 2026 FORT LEWIS, WA " Nearly 20% of women in the U. S. Army with a need for contraception potentially had that need unmet for 12 months, resulting in twice the rate of unintended pregnancy compared to women whose contraception needs…...
Lawmakers Stepping In Because of Sterile Processing Breakdown at Dublin, GA, VAMC
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (525+ words) by Stephen Spotswood | May 15, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC " Lawmakers are looking to intervene following the latest documented failure by a VA hospital to properly sterilize reusable medical equipment. Congressmembers are introducing legislation that would require VA to make improvements to its sterile…...
Female Veterans Faced Sharper Declines in Well-Being From COVID-19 Pandemic
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (369+ words) by Brenda Mooney | May 13, 2026 Click to Enlarge Source: Chronic Stress UNIVERSITY PARK, PA " Female post-9/11 veterans took an especially hard hit to their well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic, faring worse than their male counterparts, according to a new study. New…...
PTSD Symptoms Reduced by Adding Stellate Ganglion Block to CPT
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (537+ words) by La Tina Emerson | May 13, 2026 Jaryd Hiser, Ph D, Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center COLUMBUS, OH " In military personnel and veterans, adding a stellate ganglion block to cognitive processing therapy…...
New Executive Order Fast-Tracks the Use of Psychedelics to Treat Mental Health Disorders in Veterans
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (405+ words) by Stephen Spotswood | May 13, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC " An executive order recently signed by President Donald Trump paves the way for expanded federal research into the use of psychedelics to treat mental health disorders, as well as directing the Food and Drug…...
Risk of Relatively Rare Melanoma Subtype Linked to Agent Orange Exposure in Veterans
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (633+ words) by Brenda Mooney | May 12, 2026 U. S. Army Huey helicopter spraying Agent Orange over agricultural land during the Vietnam War in its herbicidal warfare campaign Source: Wikipedia BOSTON " A rare melanoma skin cancer subtype which is less likely to be associated with sun…...
GOP Members on House VA Committee Seek Omnibus Bill Process to Reauthorize Agency Programs
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (572+ words) by Stephen Spotswood | Apr 9, 2026 Committee Chairman Mike Bost (R-IL) WASHINGTON, DC " In an effort to regain some of the congressional authority that has eroded in the last year, Republicans on the House VA Committee are seeking to develop an authorization…...
Docetaxel Rechallenge Shows Promise in Select Patients With m CRPC
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (712+ words) by Mary Anne Dunkin | Apr 10, 2026 Click to Enlarge: Weighted Kaplan-Meier Plot of Overall Survival in Patients Treated With Docetaxel Rechallenge and Cabazitaxel Source: JAMA Network Open BOSTON " For more than two decades, docetaxel has been a cornerstone in the treatment…...
Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Restoring AFGE Collective-Bargaining Agreement with VA
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (333+ words) by Stephen Spotswood | Apr 10, 2026 U. S. District Judge Melissa Du Bose WASHINGTON, DC " A federal judge has ordered VA to restore its collective-bargaining agreement with the American Federation of Government Employees/National Veterans Affairs Council (AFGE/NVAC), which represents more than 300, 000 department…...