These one-minute summaries of important events and people in VA research—current day and historical— originally aired on Federal News Network, a private radio station in Washington, D.C.

New class of drugs can treat some serious COVID-19 infections

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(03/29/2022)

E-cigarettes not a safe alternative to smoking

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(03/20/2022)

VA program allows once-homeless Veterans to thrive in their communities

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(03/12/2022)

Support tool helps choose best amputation level in cases of limb loss

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(03/05/2022)

VA researchers find victims of COVID may face serious long-term health issues

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(02/26/2022)

Internist, military physician led development of VA programs

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(02/17/2022)

VA-DOD-created phone APP helps with suicide prevention

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(02/14/2022)

VA urologist calls for patience in cases of low-risk prostate cancer

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(02/02/2022)

VA researchers test new prostate cancer tracer drug

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(01/28/2022)

Device helps wheelchair users avoid repetitive stress injuries

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(01/14/2022)

Study: Moderna, Pfizer highly effective in preventing Covid-19

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(01/11/2022)

VA-developed prosthesis helps people who've lost one or more fingers, except the thumb

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(01/05/2022)

VA scientist a pioneer of cancer research, father of modern retrovirology

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(12/23/2021)

VA psychiatrist tests drugs to treat Veterans with PTSD who have insomnia

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(12/20/2021)

Famous VA heart surgeon created prosthetic graft to fix weakened arteries

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(12/09/2021)

Two VA researchers developed technique for measuring small amounts of a substance in the blood

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(12/03/2021)

VA leads new national initiative to improve effectiveness of lab- based brain research

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(11/29/2021)

Former VA medical director key to shaping agency's current health care system

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(11/20/2021)

VA maintains largest program in U.S. for distributing a drug that blocks the effects of opioids

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(11/08/2021)

VA researchers invent exercise device for patients with spinal cord injury and other conditions

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(11/02/2021)

VA program helps prescribe the safest drugs to older Veterans discharged from an emergency department

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(10/27/2021)

VA develops ways to lower number of inpatient Veteran suicides

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(10/25/2021)

VA researchers create program to increase oral hygiene in VA community living center and hospital patients

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(10/08/2021)

Study by VA physicians leads to reduction in surgeries for patients with cancer of the voice box

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(10/01/2021)

Venom of lizard basis for VA's discovery of diabetes drug

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(09/20/2021)

VA researchers create nicotine patch to help people stop smoking

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(09/18/2021)

VA-developed tool becomes gold standard for assessing mild TBIs

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(09/10/2021)

Advanced standing wheelchair the work of VA innovators

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(09/08/2021)

VA scientist first female payload specialist on NASA mission

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(08/26/2021)

VA nephrologist created technique to make dialysis safer

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(08/15/2021)

Clinician led VA advancements in spinal cord injury after World War II

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(08/02/2021)

VA researchers developed eye exam tool to be used for patients with brain injuries

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(08/01/2021)

VA clinician leads groundbreaking research on drug treatment for high blood pressure

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(07/21/2021)

VA researchers create questionnaire to rate foot pain, disability

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(07/17/2021)

VA develops self-management mobile app for Veterans with PTSD

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(07/10/2021)

VA researcher originates the CT Scan imaging technique

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(07/08/2021)

VA clinician a pioneer in understanding endocrine signaling in the nervous system

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(06/26/2021)

VA precision oncology program provides targeted cancer care

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(06/22/2021)

VA crucial to developing treatment for irregular heartbeats

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(06/12/2021)

VA helps develop technology that can extend life of donor organs

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(06/01/2021)

VA exercise and health promotion program for older Veterans

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(05/20/2021)

VA researchers create eye motion test for detecting Parkinson's

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(05/15/2021)

VA and a major study on use of statin drugs by older people

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(05/09/2021)

VA develops cough stimulator for people with spinal cord injury

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(05/01/2021)

VA creates scoring system for calculating COVID-19 risk

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(04/29/2021)

Drug approved to diagnose adult growth hormone deficiency

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(04/16/2021)

VA and the LUKE/DEKA advanced prosthetic arm

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(04/10/2021)

VA researcher promotes biomarker as an indicator of heart failure

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(04/05/2021)

VA's Million Veteran Program finds new genetic markers for PTSD

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(03/26/2021)

VA established the causal link between smoking and lung cancer

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(03/20/2021)

VA researchers invented the first clinically successful cardiac pacemaker

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(03/15/2021)

VA making advancements to address prostate cancer in the Veteran population

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(03/05/2021)

VA pathologist Donald Gleason created a scoring system to predict the aggressiveness of prostate cancer

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(02/14/2021)

An aspirin a day can help prevent heart attack, stroke

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(02/11/2021)

VA pioneer Michael DeBakey: the "father of modern cardiovascular surgery"

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(02/08/2021)

VA researchers work to improve kidney care for Veterans by making a test available

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(02/02/2021)

VA clinical trial results in FDA approval of shingles vaccine

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(01/29/2021)

VA surgeon Thomas Starzl - the "Father of transplantation"

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(01/20/2021)

VA study: meditation can lead to a lower risk of heart disease

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(01/14/2021)

VA scientist experiments with blood sugar as a fuel source

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(01/11/2021)