Health

When Evelyna Castro sees herself in a wheelchair she doesn’t […]

Co-Presented by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Paralyzed Veterans of America, the National Veterans Wheelchair Games is a rehabilitation and wheelchair sports program empowering Veterans to live more active and healthy lives through wheelchair sports and recreation. Veterans with a Spinal Cord Injury, Multiple Sclerosis, Amputation or other neurological injury that uses wheelchair for sport, and are eligible for care in the VA can participate.

A deployed a Mobile Vet Center and clinical staff today to provide counseling services to Veterans, Servicemembers, families and fellow VA staff members in the wake of Tuesday’s shooting at Ft. Bliss, Texas. The mobile center is currently located at the El Paso Community College (9050 Viscount St, Building A., El Paso) serving those in need of counseling services through 4:30 p.m. today.

At this time of year, people may experience what is called the Holiday Blues, which may include stress, fatigue, sadness, and loneliness. These feelings may be triggered by many stressors, including financial difficulties, family tension, and the inability to spend time with loved ones.

VA has resources to help Veterans get through the Holiday Blues, and VA’s Mental Health professionals are ready to help you cope with what you’re going through.

f your holidays are anything like mine, you will give plenty of thanks for the food you eat and the shared company of family and friends. Both of my grandfathers served during World War II, and they made it very clear to me to cherish the holidays with my loved ones, and to thank those who have served and who are unable to be with their loved ones during the holidays.

There was a time when yoga classes at a VA hospital would have seemed as out of place as poetry readings during boot camp.Times have changed. Nowadays, yoga is just one of several complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices that have caught on big at VA. Meditation and acupuncture are two more.

VA launched the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry in response to concerns that Veterans were experiencing a range of respiratory illnesses possibly associated with exposure to burn pits. The registry is open to many Veterans and active-duty Servicemembers who deployed to various locations. This guide describes why you should participate in the registry and how it might help uncover links between exposures and certain health conditions.

Research has shown that sweet potatoes may actually be help to regulate blood sugar. Sweet potatoes offer a wealth of nutritional and health benefits that exceeds that of their white potato counterparts.

Team Red White & Blue completed its’ first Old Glory […]

For the fifth consecutive year, VA's Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy scored the highest in overall satisfaction in the J.D. Power National Pharmacy Study.

The “Road to Veterans Day” initiative, announced on Sept. 8 […]

At the Department of Veterans Affairs, we have one of […]