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VA has figured out a way to reduce central line infections by more than half at all 174 of its intensive care units. How’d they do it? The answer might surprise you.

July 21 is the 81^st Anniversary of the “Veterans Administration.” A 1930 executive order authorized the consolidation of Veterans programs and created a new independent administration within the federal government.

UV Safety Month — time to learn about ultraviolet rays and melanoma and carcinoma — why too much sun is dangerous.

A 28-year-old Marine suddenly collapses half-way through a routine physical training exercise at Camp Pendleton. The accident landed Sgt. Jose Patino at VA’s Polytrauma Center in Richmond, Va., on a long and frustrating road to recovery from brain damage.

For America’s Veterans, therapeutic recreation promotes health and wellness along with reducing or eliminating activity limitations and restrictions caused by an illness or disabling condition.