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Encouraging healthier habits through active design

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The Veterans Administration is comprised of 320,000 employees, 971 hospitals, and a $165 billion budget all designed to serve some nine-m ...

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How to fix the VA with a few structural changes

Phillip Carter, Director of the Military, Veterans and Society Program at the Center for a New American Security, has a plan to fix the t ...

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Why do flamingos stand on one leg? A Hawk might have the answer

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At Jeff’s med school commencement, dreams, jitters and a pile of debts

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Smoking marijuana as one tool to cope with HIV infection

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Lightning storms, oil rig interference and other research challenges below the Gulf of Mexico

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The Pulse takes home three PAPBA awards

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