This week, VA’s Office of Research and Development published three News Briefs highlighting research advances in how writing caring letters combats loneliness, Parkinson's disease and asthma medication.
Spinal cord stimulation implantation helps Veterans suffering from chronic pain improve their quality of life without narcotics.
At the South Texas Spinal Cord Injury Center, Veterans can get fertility treatment specifically tailored and customized for them.
Just 13 months after VA Video Connect’s launch, there have been more than 130,000 successful Video Connect encounters.
Army Veteran Joni Mulvania is back for this year’s TEE Tournament in Iowa, an annual event for blind Veterans and those with other disabilities. She exemplifies the spirit of the games.
The Wheelchair Games are an annual event co-hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Paralyzed Veterans of America.
This research study is believed to be the first instance in the world of a person with severe and chronic paralysis directly using their own brain activity to move their own arm and hand to perform functional movements.
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