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Sex and Race-Ethnicity Influences on Opioid Overdose Deaths Among Veterans Diagnosed with OUD Between 2016-2021
Given increases in opioid overdose rates and policy changes expanding access to medications for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) during the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors of this study sought to understand how the opioid overdose epidemic impacted Veterans with OUD from...
Check on Your Veteran Buddy: Military and Veteran Caregiver Network
The American Red Cross Military and Veteran Caregiver Network offers peer-based support and services to connect those providing care to service members and Veterans living with wounds, illnesses, injuries or aging. Join today and echange experience, empathy, education...
VA Highlights NC Veteran Kevin Rumley
Kevin Rumley is a name you may recognize if you frequent monthly meetings of the North Carolina Governor’s Working Group on Veterans, Service Members and their Families. Rumley has presented on the work he’s done with the Buncombe County Veterans Treatment Court. He’s...
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Caregiver Support Program (CSP) celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. There are more than 300,000 living Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander American Veterans. As we commemorate...
Bladder Cancer and Veterans: What You Need to Know
Bladder cancer is the 4th most diagnosed cancer in VA. Approximately 3,200 Veterans are diagnosed with bladder cancer every year. Bladder cancer happens when the cells in the bladder start to grow out of control. Most tumors develop in the inner layer of the bladder....
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and an opportunity for all of us to learn more. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mental health includes our emotional, psychological and social well-being. The CDC also says that although the terms...
Veteran Feedback Prompts Small, But Impactful, Change in Radiology
Women Veterans have a couple of new garments to choose from in the radiology department at the Central Virginia VA Health Care System (CVHCS) thanks to the coordinated effort of a few departments. During a past focus group for women Veterans, Carmen Quinones heard...
New, Revamped Website for Women Veterans
For women Veterans, womenshealth.va.gov is a guide to women’s health care at VA. This newly refreshed website has been updated to better meet the needs of female Veterans. The new site details health concerns specific to this population and gives better guidance on...
