Jan Dyer

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Employee Wellness Programs: Location, Location, Location

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: April 24, 2019

Researchers look into the effectiveness of employee wellness programs that are based on geographic location.

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VA Weighs Improvements to Disability Determination Process

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: April 23, 2019

Because of the long process of diagnosing traumatic brain injury, the VA evaluates its process and provides recommendations on how physicians can b...

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Does Residential Mobility Affect Childhood Leukemia?

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: April 22, 2019

A new study looks into the correlation between the dwelling of children and childhood leukemia.

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Ventricular Arrhythmia Due to MS Treatment

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: April 20, 2019

Recent case discovers an adverse cardiology effect in a patient receiving treatment for mu...

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During Flu Season Risk of Heart Failure Rises

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: April 18, 2019

Researchers explore legitimacy of the “long-held notion” that there is a connection between flu and heart failure risk.

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Gout Drug May Help in Metabolic Syndrome

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: April 16, 2019

Colchicine, used to suppress or prevent inflammation in gout and pericarditis, may have a ...

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The VA vs HCV: Making a Deadly Disease a Memory

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: April 15, 2019

The VA is “within striking distance” of eliminating the hepatitis C virus in all veterans “willing and able to be treated,” with the expectation th...

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Help for Guard and Reserve Members at Risk for Suicide

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: April 10, 2019

In the ongoing discussion about the suicide rate among veterans, some people may have forgotten the former Guard and Reserve members who were never...

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Trial Opens to Study New Drug for Opioid Cravings

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: April 4, 2019

Researchers are starting a new trial at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, hoping to find out how to curb the cravings that plague ...

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Making HIV Transmission a Rare Event

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: April 4, 2019

Although researchers have found a lack of effective treatment and diagnosis in many patients with HIV, they find how to greatly reduce virus transm...

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Do Collaborative Models Work for Mental Health in a General Clinical Setting?

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: March 28, 2019

To reduce the amount of mental health hospitalization, researchers analyze the effects of using collaborative chronic care models to treat patients...

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VA Community Living Centers Health Care Reports Are Now Public

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: March 27, 2019

Report results for 134 VA community living centers highlight the recent quality of care an...

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Universal “Test-and-Treat” Strategy Cuts Down New HIV Infections

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: March 25, 2019

The largest HIV prevention study conducted to date found house-to-house HIV testing and providing immediate treatment referrals for everyone testin...

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Promising New Approach for Treating Cystic Fibrosis

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: March 22, 2019

A longtime antifungal standard, amphotericin, may hold the key to reducing or even preventing the chronic infections that affect patients with cyst...

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Study Provides Insight Into Alcohol’s Effects on the Brain

Author:: Jan Dyer

Publish date: March 20, 2019

“Brain power” takes on new meaning with results from a study funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.