Tag Archives: Veterans

VA apps pose privacy risk to veterans’ healthcare data

The increasing use of apps provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs is meant to improve access to patient health and benefits information in convenient digital platforms. However, members of Congress are worried that this electronic data is vulnerable. “When a veteran downloads an app from the VA’s app store, how much personal information does… Read More »

Veterans benefit from pain treatment without drugs

A new study finds a lower risk of adverse post-treatment outcomes among returning military service personnel with chronic pain who received nondrug therapy. Share on PinterestNew research shows that some nondrug therapies, including exercise therapy, can help relieve pain in veterans. Many people returning from military deployment experience physical and mental health issues. These can… Read More »

Honor blind veterans by advancing vision-restoring treatments

As Veterans Day approaches, we can expect to see news reports featuring wounded warriors in rehabilitation, learning how to use their new prosthetic limbs. These scenes are heartrending and hopeful. But not often shared are reports about veterans who don’t see — the 1 million veterans who have suffered visual impairment and the 130,000 who… Read More »

Veterans Are Fighting the War on Sleep

Veterans Are Fighting the War on Sleep The VA currently has him on Prazosin, a blood pressure medication developed in the 1980s that's been shown to stanch night terrors, and also has him on Klonopin, an anti-anxiety drug, for panic attacks. He says the Klonopin isn't …. Since launching a … Read more on Motherboard… Read More »