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  • Study links statin use with diabetes progression, points to need for further research

    Study links statin use with diabetes progression, points to need for further research

    Common statins are atorvastatin (sold as Lipitor), fluvastatin (Lescol XL), and pitavastatin (Livalo). More than 35 million Americans take the prescription drugs to help control cholesterol.

  • North Texas Vet Center holds open house and benefits fair

    North Texas Vet Center holds open house and benefits fair

    “The Vet Center has been helpful and there are some extra things I’ve learned. I came to see what information might be useful to me.”

  • VA researchers develop solutions for GERD

    VA researchers develop solutions for GERD

    VA researchers are studying GERD, a digestive disorder that affects the lower esophageal valve that controls the flow between the esophagus and stomach.

  • Walk-in flu clinic protects Veterans, employees, against seasonal influenza virus

    Walk-in flu clinic protects Veterans, employees, against seasonal influenza virus

    Veterans across the country who can’t make it to a VA facility for the flu shot can visit a Walgreens for a no cost flu vaccination by presenting their Veterans Health Identification card.

  • Veterans Crisis Line helps North Texas, Iraq Veteran

    Veterans Crisis Line helps North Texas, Iraq Veteran

    Russell Fields patrolled the gritty, dangerous streets of Al-Fallujah, Iraq.

    An Eagle Scout, college graduate, and airborne-qualified Soldier, Fields led soldiers as a noncommissioned officer in the 10th Mountain Division. His unit fought street-to-street, door-to-door, in urban conflict. He lost Soldiers, placing them in body bags. Reality changed for Fields when he left the battlefield and the military to return home to Texas and start a new life. Fields faced a new form of combat. Flashbacks, images of combat, and the faces of those killed came rushing back. Everyday events like shopping, loud noises and crowds of people left him unprepared.

  • VA North Texas opens new mental health facility

    VA North Texas opens new mental health facility

    VA North Texas cut the ribbon opening its newest facility, the Denton Mental Health Annex, Aug. 2, which will provide increased Veteran care.

  • Combat Veteran roommates share stories, healing experience at VA North Texas

    Combat Veteran roommates share stories, healing experience at VA North Texas

    Two Veterans who had never met or seen each other in passing became temporary in-patient roommates, share stories, healing, at VA North Texas.

  • VA North Texas brings mobility, freedom to amputee Veterans

    VA North Texas brings mobility, freedom to amputee Veterans

    David Janke likes to wear comfortable shorts around VA North [...]

  • Texas community, 13,000 Veterans, welcome new VA Clinic

    Texas community, 13,000 Veterans, welcome new VA Clinic

    In 2017, VA North Texas provided health care to over 133,000 Veterans at 1.5 million outpatient visits over a 40-county service area in two states.

  • VA to increase Veterans’ access to mental health services

    VA to increase Veterans’ access to mental health services

    In partnership with the Department of Defense and the Department [...]

  • Dominoes, bicycling help recreational therapists restore life for Veterans in Texas

    Dominoes, bicycling help recreational therapists restore life for Veterans in Texas

    Recreational therapy reduces or removes limitations and restrictions that prevent patients from enjoying recreation and leisure as the road to whole health care.

  • VA North Texas gives its 10,000th flu shot

    VA North Texas gives its 10,000th flu shot

    Every flu season is different, and influenza infection can affect people differently.

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