Physical Well-Being
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Veterans can now use an iPhone to pull up their health records
Type of content: News
Apple has teamed up with Veteran Affairs (VA) to allow those who’ve served our country to now access their health records via iPhone. Health records access via Apple’s Health app has been available to iPhone users since the beginning of 2018. However, the ability to access that data has been limited to those hospitals and medical systems working with Apple to allow people to access their records.
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Quality of life is improving for many injured veterans, but health issues are on the rise as they age, survey says
Type of content: News
Wounded veterans have seen improved employment opportunities and quality of life in recent years but still face serious long-term mental health and physical health challenges, according to a new survey of Wounded Warrior Project members released this week.
Among the most disturbing findings is that one-third of veterans polled for the report had suicidal thoughts in just the past two weeks.
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Afghanistan and Iraq veterans were the 'ground zero' of the opioid crisis: Study
Type of content: News
Veterans who were stationed in Afghan and Iraqi war zones after the 9/11 terror attacks have been hit hardest by the opioid crisis, according to new research.
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Court orders VA to cover veterans’ emergency room debts
Type of content: News
A federal court this week ordered Veterans Affairs officials to reimburse veterans for all expenses at non-department emergency medical centers, a move that could mean payouts of tens of thousands of dollars to patients facing financial distress because of their hospital bills.
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Pentagon to Issue New Annual Report on Service Member, Family Suicides
Type of content: News
The Pentagon will put out a new annual report on military suicide starting this year, Defense Suicide Prevention Office Director Karin Orvis announced Aug. 27.
The inaugural report, due out this fall, will detail data on suicide incidents among troops and their family members that occurred in 2018, according to DOD.
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Veterans, experts say horse therapy shows promise as PTSD treatment
Type of content: News
These are not your average service animals.
For the first time ever, a clinical research study has been funded – not by the government, but by a private citizen – to investigate the potential benefits of pairing patients with PTSD, specifically veterans, and horses. And the early results are promising.
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Defense Department, VA Gear Up to Host Suicide Prevention Conference
Type of content: News
The Defense and Veterans Affairs Departments will team up in August to hold a conference on suicide prevention in Nashville.
The meeting, the first in two years, will bring together the suicide prevention offices of both departments and the military services, as well as subject-matter experts from academia, nonprofit groups and veterans and military support organizations, to address the ongoing battle against active-duty and veteran suicides.
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SBA Offers $300K in Grants Aiding Service-Disabled Veteran Entrepreneurs
Type of content: News
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Small Business Administration wants to give service-disabled veteran entrepreneurs a fighting chance, so they’ve set aside $300,000 so eligible organizations can prepare them.
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VA-Verizon Partnership Offers Unlimited Access to Department’s Video Telehealth Service
Type of content: News
WASHINGTON — As a result of a partnership with Verizon, Veterans who are customers of the telecommunications company, as of June 27, will have unlimited access to the U.S. va logo300Department of Veteran Affairs’ (VA) VA Video Connect telehealth app.
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VA MISSION Act: Answers to the top five questions about urgent care
Type of content: News
Urgent care is one of the new benefits offered as part of the VA MISSION Act that gives Veterans greater choice in their health care. The benefit is offered in addition to the opportunity to receive care from a VA provider, as VA also offers same-day services. We are working to ensure Veterans understand how to use the new urgent care benefit as part of VA’s comprehensive benefits package. In this article, we answer some common questions about the new urgent care benefit.
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