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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 Simkins
Post office officials backtrack on service changes that delayed veterans’ prescriptions
Federal officials had said veterans mailed medications had been slowed by 25 percent or more in recent months.
Lawmakers: Postal changes delay mail-order medicine for vets
Policy changes that slow delivery at the U.S. Postal Service are taking a toll on military veterans, who are reporting much longer wait times to receive mail-order prescription drugs, according to Democratic senators.
Audit finds some military hospitals issued potentially dangerous amounts of opioids
DoD needs to better monitor its physicians and prescriptions, the Department of Defense Inspector General said.
By Patricia Kime
Quality of life is improving for many injured veterans, but health issues are on the rise as they age, survey says
A new survey from Wounded Warrior Project finds veterans have physical medical limitations but aren't seeking care for them.
Looming hurricane forces closure of VA facilities along the Eastern Seaboard
Multiple outpatient clinics have been closed ahead of predicted high winds and surging seas.
VP Pence lauds Coast Guard crew for massive cocaine haul
The Coast Guard cutter Murno returned this week from a three-month drug interdiction deployment in the Eastern Pacific.
A Tennessee couple are accused of defrauding the military out of $65 million. Now they want separate trials
Separate trials are being sought by a Tennessee couple accused of defrauding the U.S. military out of $65 million in a scheme involving prescriptions for pain and scar cream.
Veterans with addiction: Get your life back — for you and your family
In just the eight years between 2001 and 2009, the number of painkiller prescriptions written by military doctors quadrupled.
By Dr. Paul Little
Trump’s VA secretary says its not 2009 anymore
In this op-ed, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie says problems that affected the department have dramatically improved under the Trump administration.
By Robert Wilkie
DoD and civilian doctors, pharmacies now sharing information about opioid prescriptions, watching for abuse
Sharing this information can help identify possible opioid abuse in military patients.
By Karen Jowers