Caring for prostate cancer survivors
Dr. Ted Skolarus is a urologic oncologist—a physician who treats cancer of the urinary tract and male …
Category: Research
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 …
A new resource for Gulf War research
VA researchers have built a new resource, the Gulf War Era Cohort and Biorepository, they hope will help …
Veterans serving Veterans: Researchers who served
Matt Landis is man with a passion for service. The Army Veteran is a computer engineer at the Human …
Can a natural compound subdue suicidal thoughts?
VA researchers are trying to learn whether uridine, a naturally occurring dietary supplement, has the …
VA study on cholesterol genetics could lead to new treatments for heart disease, diabetes
VA researchers recently identified three genetic mutations that govern cholesterol levels, which could lead …
VA researcher is strong advocate for combining therapies for chronic pain
Dr. Matthew Bair is a general internal medicine physician and VA health services researcher. His main …