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VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York - VISN 2

VISN 2 Patient Health Education
VISN 2 is committed to providing resources to help veterans take charge of their own health and wellness.

Features
Be Your Provider's Partner
Veterans' Wellness Magazine
Primary Care: What to Expect
Preventive Health Guide


Time Is Life — Heart Attack Warning Signs
Pain Management and You

VISN 2 Patient Education
Ask your health care provider team for any one of the following patient education topics available as a brochure in pdf format.

Acute Pain - You are in the Driver's Seat
Colon Cancer
Co-Managed Care Letter to Veterans
Congestive Heart Failure
Congestive Heart Failure (Guidelines for Living)
Dementia Care Services for Veterans
Digital Retinal Screening for Patients with Diabetes
Diuretics for High Blood Pressure
Driving and Dementia
Fall Prevention
Geriatrics and Extended Care Programs
Health Buddy
Health Buddy Fact Sheet
Health Care for Homeless Veterans Program
Health Care Proxy and Living Will
Gun Safety: Is Your Family Safe?
Mental Health Resources Available for Veterans
Medication: Acetaminophen
Medication: Coumadin
Medication: Moderate Sedation
MOVE Program
My HealtheVet Business Cards
My HealtheVet Fact Sheet
My HealtheVet Flyer (Patient Envelope)
Opioids for Chronic Pain
Pain Management and You
Patient Records: Health Information Management Services (HIMS)
Pharmacy Frequently Asked Questions
Polytrauma
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Program (Batavia)
Smoking: Not Even A Puff
Smoking - Quit Smart Smoking Cessation
Speak Up™ Program
Teamwork: Be Your Provider's Partner
Telcare
Tinnitus
Transitional Residence
Vocational Rehabilitation
Womens Residential Treatment Program (Batavia)
General
American Academy of Family Physicians *
DoD Deployment Health & Family Readiness Library **
Food and Drug Administration Publications **
Health Care Information from the Nation's Medical Societies *
Health Finder **
Lab Tests Online *
Medical Library at My HealtheVet
Medicare **
Medline Plus Health Forum **
Veterans Affairs Library Network (VALNET)

Conditions and Diseases
Federal Health Information Center *
American Cancer Society **
National Cancer Institute **
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: Cardiovascular Information **
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: High Blood Pressure **
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: Lung Information **
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases **
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke **

Mental Health
American Psychiatric Association *
National Institute of Mental Health **
National Mental Health Association *
NYS Mental Health: Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (pdf) *

Health and Prevention
Healthy People 2010 **
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Newsletter **
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Senior Health **
National Oral Health Information Clearinghouse **

Medications
American Pharmaceutical Association *
American Society of Health System Pharmacists *


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