Why Women with PTSD Turn to Opioids & How to Prevent It
Efficient Government – Women with PTSD has been called a silent epidemic. If left untreated, it can lead to mental and physical illnesses and opioid abuse. Learn about treatments and [...]
Doctor Treating Sex-Assault Victims at Travis Charged with Raping Patients
Stars and Stripes – A clinical psychologist who treated military veterans with post-traumatic stress has been charged with raping female servicemembers who were in therapy as victims of sex [...]
VA Wants a Web Experience on Par with USAA, Bank of America
Fed Scoop – Within the next year, veterans’ experiences in navigating benefit programs and applying for health care online will be much more like buying insurance through USAA or opening a [...]
VA Lets Doctors Use Telemedicine to Cross State Lines
Federal Times – Veterans Affairs healthcare providers will now be able to use telehealth and virtual technology to administer care to patients in other states, despite licensing [...]
Lawmakers Move to Make Domestic Violence a Crime Under UCMJ
Military Times – House lawmakers want domestic violence to be a crime under military law, calling its omission from the Uniform Code of Military Justice a dangerous oversight for both [...]
VA Reduces Non-Aggressive Prostate Cancer Treatments
Media Health Leaders – Researchers suggest that salaried physicians at the publicly funded hospital system are not financially incentivized to overtreat patients with more aggressive, [...]
Diverse Mortality Rates Seen in VA Medical Centers for HF, Heart Disease
Healio – Mortality rates for patients with ischemic heart disease and chronic HF varied across the Veterans Affairs health system, according to a study published in JAMA Cardiology. Read [...]
New Eye Diseases Added to List of VA Disabilities
ConnectingVets.com – Veterans Affairs has made more changes to how disabilities are rated. This is part of the ongoing update of VA’s Schedule for Ratings Disabilities. The new changes [...]
Brian Mast Named to House VA Committee
Sunshine State News – Freshman U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., whose name has garnered buzz as a contender to lead the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, has been named to the U.S. House [...]
VA Announces Paul Lawrence As New Under Secretary for Benefits
Newton County Times – The VA announced that Paul R. Lawrence will assume office Tuesday, May 15 as the department’s new Under Secretary for Benefits. Lawrence is a former Army captain and [...]