 
- Artificial Valve Transforms Cardiac Care at VA Palo Alto
Veteran receives patient-centered care while receiving an artificial valve, proving to transform cardiac care at VA Palo Alto Health Care System.
- Family-Centered Care at Filoli with Reveille
Since 2008, Reveille has partnered with the Recreation Therapy Service to support the VAPAHCS Polytrauma Family Program. What started out as sponsoring a monthly patient and family dinner expanded to so much more.
- VAPAHCS Celebrates Medical Lab Professionals
Over 300,000 medical laboratory professionals around the country are celebrated for their life-saving contributions during the week of April 22-28, also known as National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week. At VAPAHCS, approximately 95 laboratory professionals provide services ranging from Point-of-Care Testing to Transfusion Services.
- VAPAHCS Welcomes Marines With Open Arms
When Marines leave the Corps, they are encouraged to enroll with the Department of Veterans Affairs. But many don't. On Saturday, nearly 800 Marines spent the day at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System as part of an effort to welcome Marines with open arms -- and get them in the door.
- The Bay Area Leads the Nation in VA Research Funding
The Bay Area is known throughout the world as "Silicon Valley," but many people do not realize it is also a world leader in medical research. One of the leaders in this research is the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
- VA Women Veterans Health Research
Improving the health and health care of women Veterans is a high priority for VA, said a panel of leading researchers, including Dr. Susan Frayne from the VA Palo Alto Health Care System.
- VA Treats Aching Veterans Over the Internet
Veterans in the Central Valley now receive rheumatology appointments at the VA Modesto clinic without a doctor present. This is not a self-help clinic but the Telehealth program offered at VA Palo Alto Health Care System, using a secure live video connection that allows the clinician to hear heartbeats, focus in on veins, and even look down the throats and ears of Veterans located miles away.
- Do you know me? I'm a Social Worker.
Research by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) revealed that what people think they know about social work is often limited in scope. Contrary to popular belief, a child welfare worker, caseworker, volunteer community worker, or social services employee is not a social worker unless he or she has a degree in social work.
- Extraordinary Veteran: A Profile of Kenneth Bull
Growing up in Grand Junction, Colo., Army Sergeant Kenneth Bull got a jump on the military draft. He volunteered in the summer of 1943, joined the 175th Regiment - 29th Division and landed on Omaha Beach on June 7, 1944. He met the enemy head on in the Invasion of Normandy.
- VA/Stanford Scientists Work To Understand The Aging Process
A tiny piece of RNA plays a key role in determining when muscle stem cells from mice activate and start to divide, according to researchers at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) and Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding may help scientists learn how to prepare human muscle stem cells for use in therapies for conditions such as muscular dystrophy and aging by controlling their activation state.
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