veterans health

The condition most often occurs in children but can also be diagnosed in adulthood. We also get an update on veterans’ mental health in Florida with The Fire Watch Project's regional leader.

FDA scientists said patients who received MDMA and talk therapy showed “rapid, clinically meaningful, durable improvements in PTSD symptoms.” But they also called the research “challenging to interpret.”

On this episode, we examine the common types of brain cancer, then we review the challenges veterans experience after a traumatic brain injury.

About 888,000 veterans and survivors in all 50 states received disability benefits under the 2022 law, which helps them get key benefits as a result of burn pit or other toxic exposure during their service.

The clinic shares space with a MacDill Air Force Base health center, part of a growing partnership between the Defense Department and Veterans Affairs.

The VA has long given veterans who served in Vietnam disability compensation for illness connected to Agent Orange. But those exposed at U.S. bases are still waiting for the same benefits.

Veterans like Steven Price were left out of a law that made it easier to get care and benefits from the VA. He says his leukemia diagnosis can be traced toxin exposure while deployed in Panama.

The VA is making more veterans with toxic exposure eligible for health care now instead of phasing in coverage. About 200 veterans signed up at a recent Orlando event.

Operation Warrior Resolution is seeing success treating post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health issues with a holistic method called brain-based healing.

The VA sent letters to 9,076 veterans and notified the next of kin of 565 others who are deceased, and 209 veterans are being offered no-cost credit monitoring for a year.