Stories

In a heart-stopping moment, an Air Force Veteran and his family recently found themselves facing a medical emergency while driving through rural Louisiana.

Veterans at the Houston VA will benefit from a groundbreaking advancement in heart care, as the facility becomes the first in the VA and the first hospital in the Houston Texas Medical Center to implement the revolutionary Cardiac Contractility Modulation Device (CCM-D).

Department of Veteran Affairs Secretary Doug Collins had his first visit to Houston as VA secretary on Wednesday morning, July 9.

Houston VA MOVE! Program helps Veteran cancer survivor, spouse lose more than 100 combined lbs.

In a groundbreaking move for Veterans' healthcare, doctors at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center recently began offering a revolutionary new immunotherapy treatment for bladder cancer.

Veterans at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston will now experience enhanced surgical outcomes and quicker recovery times, thanks to the addition of two state-of-the-art surgical robots.

In a significant development for southeast Texas Veterans, the Houston VA broke ground on a new future VA outpatient clinic site in Beaumont today.

A new program at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center is changing the lives of Veterans in southeast Texas and beyond. The Houston VA has been designated by the National Pancreas Foundation (NPF) as the first Center of Excellence for pancreas care within the VA system.

As a soldier with the 101st Airborne Screaming Eagles, Jose Enriquez was frequently dropped into hell on earth in Vietnam to conduct combat missions about the North Vietnamese. During his first tour in 1967, he survived unscathed but wasn’t so lucky in 1970.

An afternoon of camaraderie and hope unfolded at the Houston VA as a group of Veterans gathered for a special cancer survivor celebration. Jacob Glassmeyer, an Army Veteran and two-time cancer survivor, shared his story with the group.