Category: Veterans Medical News

Your VA Medical Benefits and The Affordable Care Act!

We here at Veteran Owned Business understand the incredible confusion related to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).  More specifically, we know veterans and family members are both confused and concerned about how it will affect your future VA medical benefits.  To help you better understand how your VA Medical Benefits and The Affordable Care Act will work together, we’ve put… Read more

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: VA Leads Nation In Breast Cancer Screening Rates

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) leads the nation in breast cancer screening rates and has outperformed non-VA health care systems in breast cancer screenings for more than 15 years, with 87 percent of eligible women receiving mammograms in the VA health care system in fiscal year 2010. Non-veteran statistics were gathered by Healthcare Effectiveness… Read more

Study Shows Sleep or Lack of Plays Important Role in PTSD

Attention Veterans and Supporters: Researchers Report Lack of Sleep May Effect PTSD Symptoms and Seeking Treatment May Be Beneficial During a roundtable discussion on the role of sleep in PTSD during a recent “Military Health System Research Symposium” in Ft. Lauderdale, FL the Director of the Military Operational Medicine Research Program, Army Col. Castro said that as many as 90%… Read more
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July 21, 2013 Marked The 83rd Anniversary Of The Creation Of The Veterans Administration

7/21/2013: 83nd Anniversary of the creation of the “Veterans Administration.” Click here to view the history of the Veterans Administration (pdf). Which is what most people still call the VA even though their official name is the Department of Veterans Affairs. The establishment of the Veterans Administration came in 1930 when Congress authorized the president to “consolidate and coordinate Government activities affecting war veterans.”… Read more

Central Florida Veteran Resource Breakfast July 9th Featuring FDVA’s Col. Mike Prendergast

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