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Our remarkable kidneys are often taken for granted until there’s a problem. Even then, the problem can go unnoticed. A person may live day-to-day feeling fine then are shocked to learn they have chronic kidney disease (CKD).

The VA NJ Health Care System attended the Orange NJ Junior ROTC Change of Command Ceremony held at Bell Stadium in Orange

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Honoring life, connecting with others, bringing awareness to mental health, exercise, and suicide prevention through fitness communities.

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Celebrating 20 years of connecting Veterans to healthcare! This Veterans Day marks My HealtheVet’s 20th anniversary. As VA’s online patient portal, My HealtheVet is a key part of VA care.

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In recognition of suicide prevention and awareness month, the coalition hosted its third interfaith Seminar at the Greater Mount Zion AME Church in Trenton, New Jersey.

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VA New Jersey Healthcare System welcomed its inaugural cohort of VHA Innovators Network Spark-Seed-Spread Innovation Investment and Accelerator Program Investees this week.

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Leveraging the power of the VHA Innovators Network (iNET), VA New Jersey Healthcare System (VANJHCS) has partnered with Xander, a small company specializing in smart captioning glasses, to test and refine their groundbreaking wearable technology.

Two Veterans provide feedback on Xander’s Smart Captioning glasses during the prototyping design session.

NJ SOS Veteran Stakeholders group and Catholic Charities, Diocese of Paterson partnered with Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker and Newark Councilwoman at Large, Reverend Louise Scott-Rountree to host its 2nd Interfaith Suicide Awareness Seminar in the Good Neighbor Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey

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Starting on January 17, Veterans in suicidal crisis can go to any health care facility, at VA or in the community, for free emergency health care.

The VA New Jersey Health Care System recently partnered with the Essex County Suicide Prevention Coalition, Catholic Charities, and NJ SOS Veteran Stakeholders Group to hold its first Interfaith Seminar.

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