Sedona AZ (October 1, 2013) – Alcohol and drug misuse can lead to serious health and relationship problems. The Veterans Health Administration has many resources to help Veterans and their loved ones answer questions, find support, get treatment and recover. Please read on to find information on some of these resources. Problems with drinking or drug use may occur in response to stress, or in... 

Anopheles is a genus of mosquito first described and named by J. W. Meigen in 1818. About 460 species are recognized; while over 100 can transmit human malaria, only 30–40 commonly transmit parasites of the genus Plasmodium, which cause malaria in humans in endemic areas. Anopheles gambiae is one of the best known, because of its predominant role in the transmission of the most dangerous malaria... 

Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 4 Clifford Bauman, while at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Aug. 22, 2013, reflects on the boots, gloves and hat he wore during search and rescue missions at the Pentagon after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Bauman, who developed post-traumatic stress disorder and attempted suicide, now is a supporter of the Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness program to help... 

LeAnn Shipp, a nurse at the San Diego VA Medical Center, is using VA’s electronic medical record. VA researchers are studying how to best use the records to boost suicide prevention. Photo by Kevin Walsh Sedona AZ (September 6, 2013) – Natural language processing — part of the technology that makes Google work — could help VA detect suicide risk among Veterans. That’s the idea behind... 

Sedona AZ (August 2, 2013) – Earlier this morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Veteran unemployment data for the month of July 2013. The unemployment rate for all Veterans was 6.4 percent last month—a very slight increase from 6.3 percent in June and still one percentage point below the national average of 7.4 percent. For post-9/11 Veterans, the rate bumped up to 7.7 percent in... 

Washington DC (July 18, 2013) – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has reached another milestone in its disability claims transformation process – over 30 percent of the current disability claims inventory is now digital and accessible to claim raters in VA’s electronic claims processing system, which has now been fielded ahead of schedule at all 56 Regional Offices across the country.... 

WWII Veteran Benjamin Clark Jr. Sedona AZ (July 4, 2013) – He was there. On this Independence Day consider the experiences of Benjamin Clarke Jr. who paid a very high price to help assure our freedom and independence. Clarke Jr. spent three years of his life in the infamous Stalag 17-B prison camp in World War II. His career started with flight training in 1943 in Walla Walla, Washington. Overseas... 

Washington DC (June 28, 2013) – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today that as a result of the initiative launched in April to expedite disability compensation claims decisions for Veterans who have a waited a year or longer, more than 65,000-claims – or 97 percent of all claims over two years old in the inventory – have been eliminated from the backlog. Veterans Benefits... 

The American Cemetery at Aisne-Marne, France, where 2289 Americans rest WASHINGTON DC (May 24, 2013) – This weekend, Americans in large numbers will visit our national cemeteries and other final resting places to honor their loved ones, their friends, neighbors, colleagues, even some unknown to them—men and women who gave their lives in defense of our Nation. Memorial Day is a time to reflect... 

Sedona AZ (May 11, 2013) – If you ask random strangers, “What is the most important organ in the human body?” many people would say the heart and lungs, but most probably would say the brain. The brain’s role is central in our lives, but it is often overlooked or taken for granted – that is, until it is impacted by illness or injury. Like any other organ, it is important to understand...