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		<title>New Shingles Vaccine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sedona AZ (March 31, 2018) &#8211; A new shingles vaccine is rolling out across the Military Health System, and health care experts say it’s a game changer. The vaccine, Shingrix, is recommended for healthy adults 50 and older to prevent shingles, a painful skin rash that can have debilitating long-term effects for older people. “Who’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>National Hypoglycemic Safety Initiative</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2015 20:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sedona AZ (January 1, 2015) &#8211; As part of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) ongoing effort to improve Veterans’ access to healthcare, VA is announcing the launch of a national Hypoglycemic Safety Initiative (HSI) to encourage diabetic Veterans receiving VA care to seek support to lower the risk of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>VA Disability Claims Backlog Reduced</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sedona times]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 17:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sedona AZ (April 1, 2014) &#8211; One year after the backlog of pending disability compensation claims peaked at over 611,000 in March 2013, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has reduced that number by approximately 44 percent to 344,000 claims – a reduction of more than 267,000 – while at the same time improving the accuracy of the decisions being made on Veterans’ disability claims. Additionally, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Spirit of the American Soldier</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2013 22:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sedona AZ (November 7, 2013) &#8211; It is so fitting that the song that will be sung so many times on Veterans Day ends with “…and the home of the brave.” Here is just one story of a brave Veteran who has come through a lot and is now dedicating himself to helping other Veterans. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Building Better Caregivers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sedona times]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sedona AZ (August 26, 2013) &#8211; It’s called Building Better Caregivers™ and it’s a free six-week online workshop for family caregivers of Veterans. If you are taking care of a Veteran, this workshop will help you learn a variety of skills like time and stress management, healthy eating, exercise and dealing with difficult emotions. Participants log [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>VA Clears Backlog of Disability Claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2013 16:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Washington DC (June 28, 2013) &#8211; The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today that as a result of the initiative launched in April to expedite disability compensation claims decisions for Veterans who have a waited a year or longer, more than 65,000-claims – or 97 percent of all claims over two years old in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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