Post-surgery opioid use increases opioid use disorder and overdose risk

VA depression screening leads to treatment, but improvements needed

Behavioral health provider burnout

COVID-19 increases diabetes risk

Stem cells could speed up wound healing

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Volunteering in VA Research

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ranks as one of the nation's leaders in health research. Thousands of studies are conducted at VA medical centers, outpatient clinics, and nursing homes each year. This research has significantly contributed to advancements in health care for Veterans and other Americans from every walk of life... Learn more

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• Million Veteran Program (MVP)


• VA Office of R&D Clinical Trials


• Cognition, Behavior and Caregiver Burden in ALS


• Novel Interventions for Gulf War Illness


• Collaborative Aging (in Place) Research using Technology (CART)

• University of Kentucky study: 'Good' cholesterol could help treat sepsis (03/18/2022...University of Kentucky)


• High suicide rates in American Indian/Alaska Native veterans (03/18/2022...Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott)


• Excess Neuropeptides Disrupt Lung Function in Infant Disease and COVID-19 (03/17/2022...University of California San Diego Health)


• Could there be a link between the enteric neurons, gut microbiome and ALS? (03/17/2022...University of Illinois Chicago)


• Malaria drug could combat chemotherapy-resistant head and neck cancers (03/14/2022...University of Pittsburgh)


• New clinical research will test brain’s ability to adapt to advanced bionic limbs (03/14/2022...University of Central Florida)


• Outcomes among patients with advanced kidney disease who forgo dialysis (03/14/2022...JAMA Network)

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