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More than a dozen patients at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center in West Virginia have reported instances of sexual assault, and many of the allegations name a single physician as the assailant. In early September, a news station spoke with an anonymous patient who claimed that he was one of more than […]

Waste produced by military servicemembers on U.S. bases in certain locations may be difficult to properly and safely dispose of. When the U.S. military occupied Iraq and Afghanistan, the common procedure for disposing of waste was to burn it in open pits. As the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) continues to investigate the toxic chemicals […]

Many veterans who serve their country and return from active duty feel out of place when they get back. Depression in former servicemembers is a growing issue that must be confronted by our mental healthcare system. The National Veterans Foundation noted that 20 percent of those who served in Afghanistan or Iraq struggle with some […]

The Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act was passed in early 2019 to prioritize gathering information in order to improve people’s understanding of veteran deaths by suicide. The act also calls for a determination on the impact of opioid prescription’s use and abuse on veteran suicide. This bill was first proposed by the late Senator […]

Although Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, affects a significant part of our population and an even larger portion of the veteran population, there is relatively little information known about this condition. This disorder involves reliving traumatic experiences and sometimes has no identifiable cause. In order to treat PTSD in former service members, it is […]