VA Makes It Easier to Share Your Health Information with Private Doctors An update to the VA's Blue Button system makes sharing health info with your personal doctor easier
Army Wants Sergeants in the Barracks on Weekends to Prevent Suicides The U.S. Army's top official said Thursday that he wants to see sergeants making regular visits to the barracks on weekends.
DOD, VA & UCSD Study New Treatment For Binge Eating Binge eating affects approximately 1/5 of active duty personnel & results in higher health-care costs & decreased readiness
Hedge Fund Billionaire Plans 25 Mental Health Clinics for Veterans by 2020 Steven Cohen's clinics have treated 8,000 veterans and family members to date.
When Mental Health and Medication Are Not Enough Therapy. Counseling. Prescriptions. Where do you turn when you’ve done it all still no better than when you started
Veterans Need To Be Honest About Their Loneliness And Boredom After Serving Veterans face a variety of problems once they leave the service. But what if a big part of the problem was loneliness and...
Trump Names Controversial Adviser to Head VA Mental Health Commission Jake Leinenkugel is a White House political appointee and adviser on veterans issues.
It's Time for the VA to Approve Service Dogs as a Treatment Option There is physiological evidence that Service Dogs affect and improve the brain chemistry of those suffering through PTSD.
Senators Continue Call for Family Suicide Data Release Sens. Patty Murray and Tim Kaine sent a letter to the DoD asking why data on military family suicides has not been released.
Pentagon Met Dependent Suicide Reporting Requirements: Official Pentagon officials say they have met lawmakers' requirements for tracking suicides by military family members.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...