Efforts working to curb long-term opioid use in military, study findsThe Defense Department is making headway in curbing long-term opioid prescriptions, a new study found.By Karen Jowers5 months ago
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 J.D. Simkins18 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-Carrillo23 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 Kime5 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 III6 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 Ziezulewicz6 years ago