WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs will launch its first clinical study since the 1960s into the effectiveness of psychedelic drugs as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, the ...

Press release provided by the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs A study published today in the August issue of the journal Health Affairs by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and led by University ...

The anti-viral drug Paxlovid is displayed on Aug. 1. New research from the Department of Veterans Affairs said the medication may help stave off some symptoms of so-called "long COVID." (Stephanie ...

A Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) database study shows that new drug regimens for hepatitis C have resulted in “remarkably high” cure rates among patients in VA's national health care system. Of ...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Army veteran Joe Aguirre opens a restaurant door, then steps aside to let his golden retriever take point. "Clear," Aguirre commands, and 3-year-old Munger pivots right, left, ...

VA researchers are embarking on a new nationwide study to comprehensively evaluate the current health and overall well-being of Vietnam era Veterans as they age. This November, VA will begin ...

A bipartisan proposal in Congress is calling on the VA to study the health effects of medical cannabis for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and chronic pain. The lawmakers behind ...

CHICAGO – Which hip is being repaired? Is this the right anesthesia? Do we have all the right surgery tools? Answering such basic questions from surgery checklists — and involving everyone as a team, ...

According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the suicide rate for veterans was 57 percent higher in 2020 than it was for non-veteran adults. And in Oregon, that disparity was even greater.

HERALD, W.Va. (AP) — A half a century after serving in Vietnam, hundreds of veterans have a new reason to believe they may be dying from a silent bullet — test results show some men may have been ...