How Ketamine-based clinics are improving veterans’ mental health Ketamine treatments have made enough inroads with mitigating PTSD symptoms that the VA recently expanded its relationship with Ketamine Wellness Centers.By Jon Simkins4 months ago
VA’s opioid treatment program is failing veterans, IG reports VA officials routinely missed opioid use disorder diagnoses when developing treatment plans for personnel leaving the military.By Jaime Moore-Carrillo9 months ago
Audit finds some military hospitals issued potentially dangerous amounts of opioidsDoD needs to better monitor its physicians and prescriptions, the Department of Defense Inspector General said.By Patricia Kime4 years ago
Quality of life is improving for many injured veterans, but health issues are on the rise as they age, survey saysA new survey from Wounded Warrior Project finds veterans have physical medical limitations but aren't seeking care for them.By Patricia Kime and Leo Shane III4 years ago
VP Pence lauds Coast Guard crew for massive cocaine haulThe Coast Guard cutter Murno returned this week from a three-month drug interdiction deployment in the Eastern Pacific.By Geoff Ziezulewicz5 years ago
Veterans with addiction: Get your life back — for you and your familyIn just the eight years between 2001 and 2009, the number of painkiller prescriptions written by military doctors quadrupled.By Dr. Paul Little5 years ago