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Just released: New overweight/obesity guidelines

Posted on Friday, January 8, 2021 10:00 amJanuary 7, 2021 Posted in Health by Hans Petersen 2k views

VA’s MOVE! team helped update the VA-DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines. Veterans can be confident that VA …

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Helping Veterans handle a silent killer: Hypertension

Posted on Monday, February 17, 2020 10:00 amFebruary 11, 2020 Posted in Health by VAntage Point Contributor 7k views

Many Veterans have hypertension and do not know it. It's often considered the silent killer. My HealtheVet …