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  • We are thrilled to announce that Sheridan VA has expanded services to include pelvic floor rehabilitation, led by Amy Legerski, our new physical therapist!

    Female seated on therapeutic steps near a treadmill holding a 3D skeletal model of a pelvis

  • You might be asking yourself…..why do we need a week to recognize antibiotic use?? Antibiotic awareness week is dedicated to recognizing the use—and more specifically, the overuse—of antibiotics.

    Bacteria and medications shown together as part of antibiotic education

  • Warm up your fall/winter with a nutrient-rich spin on classic chili--adding pumpkin.

    Bowl of chili.

  • Veterans are now able to get earlier appointments with a new text messaging tool.

    Female hands holding a mobile phone as if they are texting someone.

  • We want to help area teachers share information about Veterans Day.

    Veterans Day Teachers Resource Guide

  • After being told he was dying, Roy Clifton chose Sheridan VA for hospice care. Thanks to expert wound care, he recovered and will reunite with his spouse of 73 years.

    Korean War Air Force Veteran Roy Clifton sits in his room at the community living center of the Sheridan VA Medical Center in Sheridan, Wy.

  • In honor of International Overdose Awareness Month, VA pharmacist, Ann Byrd takes time to shed some light on the use of Narcan (naloxone hydrochloride) as a treatment for overdose. (As shared in a guest column in the Sheridan Press August 9, 2025.)

    close up of woman's hands drawing medicine from a vial with a syringe

  • Semper Gumby. Phonetic: SEM-per GUM-bee. Phrase: always flexible. From the Latin, “semper,” which means always, and “gumby,” which implies flexible (adapted from a blocky green humanoid character made of clay and popularized in the 1950s television series: “The Gumby Show.”)

    Older woman and man navigating an application on a laptop at a dining table

  • Army Veteran, author and business-owner Elizabeth A. Estabrooks will join others at an event for women Veterans taking place in Casper, Wyoming.

    Author Elizabeth Estabrooks will be a speaker for a Women Veterans event August 2 in Casper, Wyoming.

  • Hopefully your answer is “no”, however, more and more may answer “yes” as the largest outbreak this country has seen in decades, continues.

    Microscopic closeup of measles.