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Minneapolis VA Health Care System top stories.

  • Congratulations to Vicki Musech, our Minneapolis VA June Volunteer of the Month.   

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  • A table full of Veterans gathered together in the research wing of the Minneapolis VA Medical Center to talk about pain and opioids. This was the second time the team was together face to face since its inception.

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  • WWII Veteran Marion Peck is a top ten finalist in SilverSneakers Member of the Year Award, and she’s asking for your vote.

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  • Since 1925, VA Research and Development programs have been discovering new ways to treat disease and improve the lives of Veterans through health care discovery and innovation.

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  • The Minneapolis VA Health Care System Volunteer of the Month in May is Patti Anderson. If you’ve seen Liberty, the patriotic scarf-wearing Siberian Husky, and her handler around the medical center, you’ve met Patti.

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  • “It's important to create safe spaces for Women Veterans because they have historically felt marginalized.”

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  • In honor of ALS Awareness Month, the Minneapolis VA Health Care System ALS Center of Excellence hosted its inaugural Resource and Education Fair for Veterans with ALS, their family, and Caregivers.

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  • Area VA mental health professionals took a new approach to normalizing mental health this month when Local Recovery Coordinators from the VA Midwest Health Care Network offered a series of virtual events every single weekday of May.

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  • For World No Tobacco Day, discover how VA helps Veterans stop smoking, dipping, and chewing tobacco.

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  • "This sharing can be deeply healing and therapeutic, as it fosters a deeper understanding of one another and creates a sense of belonging."

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