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1. Hard Day’s Night: VA Helps Veterans Find Peaceful Slumber
   Lying awake? Eyes wide open? Tossing and turning? Checking the alarm clock? If this sounds familiar, you might be struggling with insomnia. Anyone who has trouble falling asleep, staying asleep and/or waking up too early knows it is more than a nighttime problem. Insomnia sufferers often have trouble staying awake and alert during the day.
2. Top Five Ways to Avoid Diabetes
   Most of us know someone with diabetes. Diabetes is a serious disease that can lead to other serious health problems, like heart attacks and kidney failure. Many Veterans have diabetes, which is characterized by high blood sugar.
3. Food for Thought: Fight the Barriers to Healthy Dieting
   When warm weather rolls around, most folks hope to fit into their bathing suits and summer clothes without embarrassment. If you want to lose weight at a healthy pace, you will have to start thinking about bathing suit season right now.
4. Tackling TBI with Your Care Team, My HealtheVet
   The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) screens all Veterans who left military service on or after September 11, 2001, for possible TBI. If they screen positive, a TBI specialist will further assess them. A treatment plan is developed, which is based on their symptoms. Then a team of health specialists' work together to deliver care.
5. Alcohol Abuse: Getting Help Can be a Family Affair
   Do you drink more than you should? Does someone in your family? Both Veterans and their family members face many changes when returning or leaving the military. Many of these changes can pose challenges that lead to alcohol abuse.