This week’s Honoring Veterans Spotlight honors the service of Army Veteran James “Jim” Brown. Brown served in the U.S. Army Reserve and was a professional football player and actor.
New genetic research discoveries may one day help doctors better screen Veterans at risk of suicide and prevent it in the first place.
Height is not typically considered a risk factor for diseases. But past research has shown correlations between how tall someone is and their likelihood of experiencing a number of health conditions. What isn’t well understood is whether this correlation has a biological basis or is due to other factors.
Army Veteran Zelpha Anderson tells her story of being a mother to two young children while deployed in Iraq.
The Million Veteran Program is a national research project learning how genes and military experiences and exposures affect health and illness.
Greg Amira, Purple Heart Iraq Veteran and 9/11 survivor, became the 900,000th Veteran to join the Million Veteran Program.
Veteran Zaneta Adams shares her heartfelt stories in a new documentary about the experiences of women Veterans and how they find hope in VA’s Million Veteran Program.
NAFLD is a growing cause of liver disease. It has an estimated worldwide prevalence of 25% in adults. In the United States, that prevalence is projected to climb to nearly 34% by 2030.
Precision medicine is an approach which aims to tailor disease prevention and treatment by taking into account differences in an individual’s clinical, lifestyle, genetic, and biomarker information. Within mental health care, precision medicine is in its infancy.
Flavored or Greek, yogurt of all kinds might hold answers to better heart health, according to a study on nearly 200K Veterans.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Roberto Clemente, who served as an infantryman in the Marine Corps Reserve.
Million Veteran Program – After 10 years, nearly a million volunteer Veterans have joined VA scientists to change the future of health care.
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