Benefits and risks of popular weight-loss drugs revealed
Demand for weight-loss medications sold under brand names such as Ozempic and Wegovy continues to surge, with a recent study ...
Tag: Veterans Affairs
Research highlights the evolution of chief resident role in academic internal medicine over two decades
New research shows how the chief resident position in academic internal medicine residency programs has evolved over the past 20 ...
Expanding genetic Horizons: GWAS insights from the VA Million Veterans Program
A large-scale genome-wide association study (GWAS) using data from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Million Veterans Program ...
Blast exposure can cause intestinal permeability, study shows
A study by New York and Rocky Mountain U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs researchers showed blast exposure can cause intestinal ...
Benzodiazepine prescribing practices for homeless veterans with mental illness
What question were you investigating? Despite elevated risk for substance use disorder and overdose death in the homeless population, benzodiazepine ...
Extreme heat set to double, or even triple, heart-related deaths by mid-century, study warns
Oct 30 2023 Cardiovascular deaths from extreme heat in the U.S. may more than double by the middle of the ...
Seven risk factors for early onset colorectal cancer in males identified
Colorectal cancer incidence and deaths are declining for individuals age 50 and older, but are increasing for those under 50. ...
Hand-gesture decoding using data from noninvasive brain imaging
Researchers from University of California San Diego have found a way to distinguish among hand gestures that people are making ...
Some private companies charge hefty fees to help veterans with disability claims
When Glenn Janssen decided to file a claim for disability benefits with the Veterans Affairs Department last year, he dreaded ...
The prevalence and factors contributing to presenteeism with COVID-19
In a recent article published in the Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology Journal, researchers conducted an observational cohort study among ...
