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  • Lifesaving housing programs put Veteran on the path to a permanent home

    Lifesaving housing programs put Veteran on the path to a permanent home

    Jay Walker didn’t know his Army benefits would one day connect him with vital housing and health care.

  • Talented sculptor and Veteran receives lifesaving intervention

    Talented sculptor and Veteran receives lifesaving intervention

    Due to mobility problems, sculptor Robert Gulley was living in his car. His provider stepped in and may have saved his life.

  • Prioritizing your well-being and accessing lifesaving support

    Prioritizing your well-being and accessing lifesaving support

    Prioritizing your well-being can help prevent suicide by promoting physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellness.

  • Caregivers saving Veteran lives from home

    Caregivers saving Veteran lives from home

    VA empowers caregivers with lifesaving CPR training to strengthen Veteran care.

  • VA Leading the Way: The lifesaving impact of lung cancer screening

    VA Leading the Way: The lifesaving impact of lung cancer screening

    Air Force Veteran Douglas Cross was diagnosed with lung cancer and received his care at the Houston VA.

  • TeleNephrology provides critical kidney care to Veterans across the country

    TeleNephrology provides critical kidney care to Veterans across the country

    VA’s TeleNephrology program connects Veterans with kidney specialists nationwide and provides access to lifesaving care.

  • Embrace the new year with the Caregiver Support Program

    Embrace the new year with the Caregiver Support Program

    CSP empowers Veterans’ caregivers to start the new year by prioritizing their well-being.

  • Video: CPR training for caregivers

    Video: CPR training for caregivers

    Caregiver Support Program equips caregivers with essential lifesaving skills, like CPR.

  • Lifesaving teamwork by Houston VA transplant team

    Lifesaving teamwork by Houston VA transplant team

    A heart transplant, a multi-organ kidney/liver transplant, two kidney transplants and two liver transplants… in four days.

  • SmartMat delivers preventative TelePodiatry care

    SmartMat delivers preventative TelePodiatry care

    SmartMat helps Veterans with diabetes avoid interventions such as diabetic foot ulcers and limb amputations.

  • American Red Cross offers free lifesaving skills training for volunteers

    American Red Cross offers free lifesaving skills training for volunteers

    Until Help Arrives is a free course offered by the American Red Cross to teach people lifesaving skills during an emergency.

  • Army Veterans bond over lifesaving heart procedures at Houston VA

    Army Veterans bond over lifesaving heart procedures at Houston VA

    Two Army Veterans were strangers until advanced heart failure and life-changing surgery at Houston VA brought them together, making them battle buddies.

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Last updated December 3, 2024

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