This Talking Later podcast is about late-life PTSD and resilience, connection and making meaning. Hear Veterans share how they coped.
Heart Health Awareness Month falls in February and is a great time to learn more about heart health. VA and the American Heart Association (AHA) want you to be aware of five important heart health numbers because they help providers determine your risk for developing cardiovascular disease.
World War II Veteran has been an accomplished physician, state and federal congressman and author. His biggest supporter, his wife Luella.
Dr. Paula Schnurr, executive director of VA’s National Center for PTSD, was the lead author of the study, which was also the largest PTSD psychotherapy study to date in any population in the total number of participants: 916. The findings appeared in JAMA Network Open on Jan. 19, 2022.
A Veteran suspected his buddy was suicidal, then remembered a bandana on his dog. He gave his buddy a phone number and saved his life.
Veteran had diaphragm stimulator implanted to improve quality of sleep. New technology for Vets with moderate to severe central sleep apnea.
New Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Clinic more than triples previous clinical space and includes an Activities of Daily Living clinic.
Dr. James E. Blevins of the VA Puget Sound Health Care System completed the study with colleagues from Seattle Children’s Research Institute; the University of Washington; Harvard Medical School; and OXT Therapeutics, Inc. The research focused on ASK1476, a human-made peptide with a structure similar to that of oxytocin.
The Patriot Art Foundation provides purpose and social connection for Veterans and service members in the re-entry process.
My grandfather, Thomas Purinton, enlisted in the Navy at age 16 in 1899 and was assigned to the square-rigger USS Essex, and my Massachusetts ancestors fought in the Revolutionary War, so I was favorably disposed to military service. When I was a second-year medical student in 1971, one of my colleagues was accepted into the Medical Osteopathic Scholarship Program, which is the Department of Defense program to recruit future physicians.
Pittsburgh VA and Advocate Health Advisors helped the family of an elderly Veteran artist provide care and comfort in his final days.
West Texas VA consistently hires well-trained pharmacists for their rural health care system by hosting post-graduate pharmacist program.