Gene transfer shows potential to ease heart problem
Researchers with VA and the University of California San Diego have shown that gene therapy may be a …
Category: Research
VA researcher links flu to heart-failure hospitalizations
Influenza significantly increased the risk of hospitalization for heart failure, according to a study of …
Veterans serving Veterans: VA researchers who served
Dr. Sol Solomon, an Air Force Veteran, has been associated with VA for nearly half a century. He now serves …
Mindfulness and PTSD: What does the research show?
Findings from clinical trials suggest mindfulness can aid in recovery from PTSD.
Veterans serving Veterans: VA researchers who served
Dr. Erik von Rosenvinge, a U.S. Air Force Veteran, is the chief of gastroenterology for the VA Maryland …
Caring for prostate cancer survivors
Dr. Ted Skolarus is a urologic oncologist—a physician who treats cancer of the urinary tract and male …
Research probes Vets’ experiences with Choice program
Two VA studies on the Veterans Choice Program found that patients generally liked the health care they …
Tackling trauma, depression via the immune system
A VA research team hopes to show how the immune system can be harnessed to treat depression and PTSD.
VA researchers named to TIME Magazine’s list of 50 most influential people in health care
VA’s Dr. Ann McKee and Dr. Tony Wyss-Coray were recently named to TIME Magazine’s list of the 50 most …
Reflections of a Nobel laureate in medicine on his career with VA
Dr. Andrew V. Schally, who shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1977 for identifying the …