Stories

Read about what's happening in our VA Tennessee Valley health care community.

Veterans ages 55 to 80 who are current or former cigarette smokers may be eligible to participate in a new lung cancer screening program at the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) Nashville campus.

The TVHS lung cancer screening program offers Veterans smoking cessation classes and low-dose CT scans to reduce the risk of lung cancer.

The Department of Veterans Affairs was a place retired Army Veteran Robert Brady would never visit.

Mrs. Brady, retired Army Veteran Steve Kaskel and retired Army Veteran Robert Brady went to the Blue Ridge Parkway, which was on Kaskel's bucket list.

Sandra Hendricks, licensed practical nurse at Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS), is not only an advocate for women to get screened early and often for breast health, but a passionate artist.

Sandra Hendricks, LPN, crafts wreaths for the TVHS Women's Clinic and women Veterans.