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Hacker attacks Defense pharmacy site

Site maintains medication profile for troops slated for deployment.

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House VA Panel's IT Expert

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Pre-deployment health screening reduces behavioral problems, study shows

Service was required to implement such an assessment program 14 years ago.

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Shipboard Wi-Fi

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VA employee-developed hearing loss calculator has 100 percent accuracy

The hearing calculator, written in Visual Basic code, analyzes audio metric data from a hearing test and then determines whether a veteran has a hearing loss, the extent of the loss in terms of decibels, and the level of disability.

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Army Reserve and Guard suicide rates more than doubled last year

Active-duty suicides declined slightly from 2009 to 2010.

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Report urges Defense to collect genome data on all troops

Genetic information could help determine suitability of individuals for combat.

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Military's drug policy threatens troops' health, doctors say

Army links prescription drug use to the services' growing suicide rate.

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St. Paddy's Day In Kandahar?

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The TRANSCOM "Living Plan"

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HP loses its Military Health System electronic records contract

GSA in December terminated IT improvements planned as 'fundamental restructuring' of health records system.

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DISA may be key to consolidating the Pentagon's data centers

Analysts encouraged by Defense Secretary Robert Gates' plan to save millions by putting departmentwide IT in the cloud.

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VA IT Hiring Spree