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A newly constructed facility aimed at providing state-of-the-art, high-quality rehabilitation and treatment services for Veterans is now open in Houston.

A Houston VA clinic designed for Veterans with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, has received designation as a Certified Treatment Center of Excellence by the ALS Association.

Navy Veteran John Kash used to drink two gallons of whole milk a day, until his primary care doctor referred him to a dietitian with the VA’s MOVE! Program. Now he is down 53 pounds and feeling great.

More than 1,000 Veterans lined up in the pouring rain to receive much-needed food and assistance at a special event at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center last Saturday.

In a remarkable display of community collaboration, more than 1,000 Veterans recently gathered at a special event in Houston to connect with essential resources, jobs and support.

For 19 years, Dr. Thomas ‘Tom’ Zampieri, a former U.S. Army medic wore a white coat, a stethoscope, walking the halls of the Canandaigua, Richmond and the Houston VA medical centers flipping the pages of lab test results for patients as a physician’s assistant.

The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Department of Texas awarded Army Veteran and Houston VA Transition Patient Advocate Cornelius Blackshear as their Disabled Veteran of the Year during their annual state convention on June 21.

Meet Sonja White, an RN at the Houston VA.   As an Air Force Veteran, she says she is particularly honored to care for those who have served.

Three months after returning from his second deployment to Iraq, Army Veteran Henry Escobedo-Ramirez began having problems with his vision in late 2010.

Army Veteran Herman Johnson has struggled with his weight for years. His health suffered, his mobility suffered and even his relationships suffered.