Here are some great healthy food shopping suggestions for Veterans and their families. Emphasis on good-for-you-groceries on your local budget store. Print it out and take it along.
An MRI can be stressful for some. Veteran patients at the Ozarks VA will now have a more relaxing experience. A new state-of-the-art MRI is ready to provide patients a new and more pleasant exam.
Veterans from the Community Living Center were on the bus. Their families were in the parking lot with signs of love and separation. The hospital arranged the unique Safe Family Visits and Scenic Bus Rides.
Everyone we interview for the "My Life, My Story" project is, of course, a Veteran. Some of them talk about war – what they've seen in war, who they've lost, how it changed them. But at the core of almost every single one of the 5,000-plus life stories we've written since 2103 is love.
In 2018 more than a third of Veterans in VA health care were diagnosed with high blood pressure. A team at the Dallas VA organized a virtual symposium to educate Veterans and their caregivers on HBP.
VA - the nation’s largest education and training platform for health professionals - nearly 70% of all U.S. physicians at some point in their careers. Nearly 75,000 medical students and residents.
Navy Veteran cancer survivor’s relatives: “Well, you knew this was coming.” Today, he is speaking out to try to end the stigma of lung cancer. He says patients should be treated with empathy.
Army National Guard Veteran Kim wants others to know about VA health care: “I don't think a week goes by that I don't meet a female Veteran who is unaware of the services she can get through the VA.”
A Paycheck Protection Program study shows how the program affected Veterans and their access to financing over the pandemic. Veterans received more and larger loans than non-Veterans.
Battle Creek VA is providing easy access to the COVID-19 vaccine for rural Veterans. Hospital Director: “We are taking the COVID-19 vaccine on the road and offering walk-in clinics.”
This live, knowledge-based training will assist health care teams in understanding the needs of caregivers, their critical role in the care of the Veteran and the benefits of practicing inclusive care.
Veteran Jay Phillips, who has Parkinson’s disease, encourages Veterans, their families and caregivers who have questions about Parkinson’s to join a free online program March 20 from 9 a.m. - noon ET.