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The McGuire VA Medical Center’s Rural Health Initiative (RHI) team is offering MOVE!, or Managing Overweight and/or Obesity for Veterans Everywhere, a weight management and health education class. MOVE! was designed to assist Veterans with losing weight and keeping it off by providing education and support to live a healthier lifestyle. It uses behavioral, nutrition and physical activity components and changes the focus each week to keep students engaged.

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In order to expand eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program, […]

On Friday, VA Secretary Bob McDonald will meet with hundreds […]

Thanks to new research findings, yoga — one of many […]

One of my favorite ways to add flavor to my meals is with fresh herbs or a fruit or vegetable that I grew myself. Gardening can be a great addition to any lifestyle; it’s relaxing, it gets you moving, and it’s fun.

“Exercise and physical activity are important components of health and […]

April 6-12 is National Public Health Week. Take VA’s Five […]

Two arms, two legs, 10 fingers and 10 toes, are physical attributes that most people take for granted. Whether walking up and down stairs, taking a light morning jog, typing on a keyboard or simply getting out of bed and walking to the kitchen, these daily functions, for most people, are seamless. For those missing one or more of these body parts, life can prove top be more challenging. Meet the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System’s Veteran Amputee Support group – a small, family-like assemblage of Veterans who meet in a small rehab wing located in the Community Living Center (CLC) at the C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center.

What works in research labs often takes decades to make it to doctors’ offices and hospital bedsides, where patients might experience it as “evidence based care.” There are many reasons for this slow progress. For one, most research is done in big-city academic hospitals that are unlike where most Americans receive their health care. That makes it hard to adapt what worked under near-perfect situations into real-life healthcare, which is a lot messier. Researchers are also often on their own, many steps removed from healthcare management and policy decision-making.

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VA is committed to providing high quality, proactive, personalized, patient-driven […]