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New VA Programs Integrate Healthy Lifestyles Into Care
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Title New VA Programs Integrate Healthy Lifestyles Into Care
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/570634?src=rss
Description One of the largest integrated healthcare systems in the United States, Veterans Affairs, is including healthy lifestyles, such as weight loss, smoking cessation, and improved diet, into its programs of care. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Feb 26, 2008
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