Health

Through it all, this is what I’ve learned: adaptive sports can take you from a place where you see no future to a place where you determine your own. But let me be clear: there is no single roadmap to recovery. No one can prescribe a single drug or a single treatment to make you whole again. Your best recovery will come from the methods that work best for you. The sooner you embrace that idea, the quicker you’ll recover.

In 1977, Dr. Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, physicist and researcher at […]

On Sunday, March 29, VA Secretary Bob McDonald spoke to […]

In the 1950s, VA became the first organization to mail […]

March is National Nutrition Month. Since its inception, the purpose […]

“This means everything … everything to me. I’m thankful to […]

This post from the VA Center for Innovation originally appeared […]

magine going to see your health care provider about your diabetes or high blood pressure, and having 10 other people in the room!

That’s exactly what happens during shared medical appointments. Far from an invasion of privacy, the approach is catching on in VA and elsewhere as a cost-effective way to help patients manage chronic diseases. It’s important to note that the groups are a supplement to standard care—not a replacement. Patients still receive all the one-to-one attention they may need.

Most of us have heard the standard tips for heart healthy eating: “put the salt shaker down”, “avoid fried foods,” or “get dressing on the side.” While these suggestions are tried and true, focusing on what we shouldn’t eat can make us, and our taste buds, feel deprived. Instead, let’s focus on what heart healthy, flavorful foods we can enjoy daily.

When Secretary Bob McDonald took office he immediately set off […]

In 2000, I ran. I was still running away from the guilt, shame, and anger of what I went through in the war. Chronic homelessness and life on the streets became my new reality until I found out about the VA Leeward CBOC in 2013. Another homeless Veteran friend of mine saw me on the streets and said he had been getting help from the H-PACT team. He told me to go get help.

Today marks the anniversary of the start of the Gulf […]