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Eighty years ago, then 19-year-old Lloyd Rice was a bilge rat on Navy destroyer escort when he first heard the news about D-Day. “We heard about it right away,” Mr. Rice recalls.
Author: Linda Offerle, RD, CSR - Advanced Practice Renal Dietitian - VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System - LTC Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center
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Veterans under the care of VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (VAAAHS) are participating in a new treatment for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), and researchers are hopeful the new investigational device can alleviate symptoms of heart failure.
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On a seemingly ordinary morning, an Ann Arbor Transit Authority bus became the scene of a horrifying attack. A 25-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man accidentally collided on the bus, but what followed was far from accidental.
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VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (VAAAHS) values your experience as a patient at the LTC Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center and our Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC). Let your voice be heard and represent your fellow Veteran’s by becoming a member of the VAAAHS Veterans Council (VAVC)!
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Dr. Sanjay Saint has earned the 2022 Under Secretary’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Services Research, the highest honor for a VA Health services researcher.
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VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System is taking steps towards climate sustainability by decommissioning the nitrous oxide pipeline within the walls of the LTC Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center.
Sarah L. Krein, John Piette, and and Laura Damschroder were recognized for their contribution to health science research by the Department of Veteran's Affairs Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D). Click the name of each researcher below to learn more about their awards and projects.
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A new study exploring telehealth emergency care showed Veterans who utilized a new tele-emergency service were nearly half as likely to visit an emergency department in-person and showed reduced short-term Veteran visits to emergency departments outside of VA.
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For the last 36 years, Mary Cherry has served our nation’s Veterans working at the Toledo VA Clinic.
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