National VA Research Week is May 16-20, 2022. This year's theme is "Science in Service of Veterans."
VA Clinical Resource Hubs cover technology and resource gaps affecting Veterans’ access to specialized care, such as kidney care, nationwide.
Luis Acosta, a member of Bridge My Return (BMR), a tech-enabled hiring platform exclusively for the military community—Veterans, transitioning service members, guard/reserve members, military spouses, Veteran spouses and caregivers.
Brandy and Levar Allen share more than a marriage license. The Shreveport couple will soon share a kidney. Levar Allen is a match for his wife Brandy and a kidney transplant is set for next month.
Many groundbreaking methods, procedures, and diagnostic tools can trace their origins back to VA innovation.
Chet Frith is a Veteran with 22 years of service and a serious medical condition he likely contracted while stationed overseas. He’s also now a VA employee.
A VA employee donated a kidney to his friend and VA coworker, providing the gift of life. Doctors said 100% match almost impossible.
Dietitians with Lexington VA developed a Healthier Kidneys Through Your Kitchen program with medical nutrition therapy to slow disease progression.
As Americans reconsider where they want to live, certain states have seen growth, but no matter where you go, there’s a VA for you.
VA study: Veterans who have non-cardiac surgery at VA hospitals are less likely to die 30 days later than patients in private hospitals.
Critically ill Veteran needed a triple organ transplant – a procedure so rare U.S. doctors had performed just 24 in the last 30 years. Two transplant requests were denied so he needed a miracle.
A Veteran Navy hospital corpsman and her husband both had kidney failure. She describes the “earth shattering” experience and how a VA partnership with the American Kidney Fund has helped them cope.