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  • VA’s Million Veteran Program: One year since one million

    VA’s Million Veteran Program: One year since one million

    Since the millionth Veteran joined MVP in 2023, the program has continued its research to improve health care for all.

  • Women Veterans: Lower your risk for diabetes

    Women Veterans: Lower your risk for diabetes

    Women Veterans are 2.5 times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than non-Veterans, but prevention is possible.

  • Live Whole Health #245: Hearty Pumpkin Chili: Embrace the harvest

    Live Whole Health #245: Hearty Pumpkin Chili: Embrace the harvest

    Embrace the flavors of fall with a delicious pumpkin chili recipe in this week's #LiveWholeHealth practice.

  • Check in on your health with MVP: Screen, detect, prevent 

    Check in on your health with MVP: Screen, detect, prevent 

    MVP researchers are studying ways to better screen for and prevent certain health conditions.

  • Strong social connections can lessen loneliness

    Strong social connections can lessen loneliness

    Researchers using Million Veteran Program data find positive effects of reducing loneliness.

  • Veteran’s spindle cell sarcoma treated across geographical boundaries

    Veteran’s spindle cell sarcoma treated across geographical boundaries

    Annette Negron’s spindle cell sarcoma story exemplifies how VA connects Veterans to oncologists and nurses across great distances.

  • MVP: Another chapter in VA’s history of medical research 

    MVP: Another chapter in VA’s history of medical research 

    MVP is part of VA's history, using data to study conditions that matter to Veterans.

  • Daughter finds support in Caregiver Health and Well-being Coaching

    Daughter finds support in Caregiver Health and Well-being Coaching

    Caregiver Health and Well-being Coaching can be transformative in your caregiving journey.

  • Veteran with chronic pain receives life-changing care

    Veteran with chronic pain receives life-changing care

    VA’s TelePain Management program helped Veteran Robert Judge reduce his pain, lose weight and become his old self.

  • Innovative clinic treats PTSD with acupuncture

    Innovative clinic treats PTSD with acupuncture

    The ancient Chinese art of acupuncture is being used to treat Veterans’ PTSD at a new West Los Angeles VA clinic.

  • Managing Type 2 diabetes

    Managing Type 2 diabetes

    Diabetes is a complex metabolic disorder with serious consequences if not managed properly. VA can help.

  • VA’s Million Veteran Program celebrates Black History Month

    VA’s Million Veteran Program celebrates Black History Month

    VA’s largest research program is making discoveries to help improve health care for Black Veterans.

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