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VA Orlando health care top stories.

  • June is National Cancer Survivor Month, a time dedicated to recognizing those who have faced cancer and the challenges that continue long after treatment ends.

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  • Raised in Bushwick, Brooklyn, during a time when street corners were often claimed by drug dealers and gangs, he learned early how to navigate hardship. Inside his home, however, life followed a different rhythm.

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  • As temperatures climb across Central Florida, Orlando VA Healthcare System emergency physicians are encouraging Veterans to take precautions to avoid heat-related illnesses that can quickly become serious during the summer months.

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  • At the Orlando VA Healthcare System (OVAHCS), motherhood is being met with more than medical appointments and checkups. For women Veterans expecting a child, it is also being met with community, connection, and support.

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  • For many Veterans, recovery after a stroke, surgery or neurological injury is about more than healing. It is about learning how to return to the daily tasks that make life feel familiar and meaningful again.

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  • For Gary Cherry, a Vietnam-era Air Force pilot who flew more than 100 missions over North Vietnam, the journey to better health has often been long and difficult. Today, thanks to a new program at the Orlando VA Healthcare System (OVAHCS), that journey is measured in minutes instead of miles.

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  • For many Veterans, the effects of military sexual trauma (MST) can last long after their service ends. At the Orlando VA Healthcare System (OVAHCS), providers and survivors are working to ensure Veterans know help is available and that they are not alone.

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  • As Women’s History Month comes to a close, Korean War Veteran Catherine Alessandri offers a living reminder that history is not only found in books. It is carried in the lives of those who had the courage to serve, persevere, and help shape the generations that followed.

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  • Orlando, Fla. — At the Orlando VA Healthcare System’s (OVAHCS) Lake Nona campus, prostate cancer care is not just about technology. It is about precision, teamwork, and a commitment to doing what is best for Veterans.

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  • Orlando, Fla. — The Orlando VA Healthcare System (OVAHCS) has expanded life-sustaining kidney care services, offering inpatient peritoneal dialysis (PD) for the first time and allowing Veterans to remain at the Lake Nona campus during hospitalization.

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