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The MPV17 gene provides instructions for making a protein whose function is largely unknown. Learn about this gene and related health conditions.

The SACS gene provides instructions for producing a protein called sacsin. Learn about this gene and related health conditions.

This Valentine’s Day we share the love stories of caregivers from VA’s Peer Support Mentoring Program. Then, Now, and Forever: The Caregivers and the Veterans They Love. Learn more about the program.

Veterans in North Texas are seeing the benefits of VA Video Connect. They receive the same quality health care while saving hours of their day.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that can cause significant social, communication, and behavioral challenges. Learn more.

After VA nurse and Army Veteran Maxine Lindsay-Shillingford was diagnosed with COVID-19, her VA telehealth nurse Joanna Sainvil helped save her as she recovered at home.

Road safety depends on the drivers’ good judgment and a reduced willingness to take risks, which, like most habits, develop over time.

When it comes to world-class patient care multidisciplinary teamwork, VA sets the bar higher every day. We always push ourselves to improve our facilities and expand our services, all while maintaining a vibrant, compassionate culture in which Veterans can heal.

Researchers say health has improved more for women than for men over the past 40 years | HEALTH REPORT

El cáncer de garganta es un tipo de cáncer de cabeza y cuello . Se lo denomina de diferentes maneras dependiendo de cuál parte de la garganta es afectada. Las partes de su garganta se llaman orofaringe, hipofaringe, nasofaringe y laringe o caja laríngea. Los principales factores de riesgo del cáncer

La enfermedad por arañazo de gato (EAG) es una enfermedad causada por la bacteria Bartonella henselae. Casi la mitad de los gatos son portadores de la infección en algún momento. La infección no enferma a los gatos. Sin embargo, el arañazo o la mordedura de un gato infectado puede causar síntomas en

The Chico Vet Center, in Chico, California, was the first place many Veterans gathered for safety as the devastating Camp Fire in Paradise destroyed their homes and engulfed their community.

Plenty of people check the door twice or like things lined up. What makes it OCD is a specific set of conditions — the thoughts cannot be controlled even when you know they are excessive, they take at least an hour a day, the rituals give no pleasure, and daily life suffers.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran John O. Brixey, who served during World War II, including the Battle of Rhine River.

Learn how to make changes at home to discourage someone with Alzheimer's disease from wandering.

They are the men and women who have sacrificed so much to keep our lands and our people safe. On this special day of recognition - Veterans Day - I humbly say thank you for your service. At the Indian Health Service it is our mission to improve health care access and delivery, and this is especially

Researchers say a natural substance found in some trees can control high cholesterol in laboratory animals.

Reduced penetrance and variable expressivity are factors that impact the effects of particular genetic changes. Learn more about these factors.

Meningococcal bacteria can cause meningitis or septicemia that turns deadly in hours. How it spreads, who is at higher risk, the warning signs in adults and babies, treatment, and the vaccines that prevent it.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Robert Glen Andree, who served in the Vietnam War and retired after 21 years of service.

She gave public lectures on sexual health at a time when there was little public discussion of any kind on the subject, and became Philadelphia's first woman physician in private practice, a role she maintained for forty years in spite of vocal, near-violent, opposition. Hannah Myers was born in 181