More than 40,000 cancer cases are reported among veterans each year. Veterans with cancer account for around 3% of all cases of cancer in the United States. What is Cancer? Cancer is the name given to a collection of related diseases. In all kinds of cancer, the body’s cells have begun to divide without stopping […]
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Congress approves bill giving federal support to veterans treatment courts
A bill that would help give a second chance to veterans who’ve committed nonviolent crimes has moved to the president’s office to be signed into law. The Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act of 2019 (H.R. 886) directs the Department of Justice to create a program that would provide funding and technical assistance to state, local, […]
Severely Disabled Veterans Will Soon Be Eligible for Bigger Adaptive Housing Grants
Congress on Monday approved legislation that raises the amount of money awarded to severely injured veterans to make their homes disability-friendly and increases the number of times they can apply for the benefit. The Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act will increase the cap on grants awarded to some veterans to […]
Gulf War Veterans at Risk of Gulf War Illness Years Later About the GWI Study
Chronic multi-symptom illness/Gulf War illness (CMI/GWI) is the defining illness of the Gulf War. However, there are limited studies that have examined the changes over time in the prevalence of these conditions. As such, the study, “Prevalence of Chronic Multi-symptom Illness/Gulf War Illness Over Time Among Millennium Cohort Participants, 2001-2016” aimed to look further into […]
Bladder Cancer
What is Bladder Cancer? The bladder is a hollow, flexible pouch in the pelvis. Its main job is to store urine before it leaves the body. Bladder cancer happens when bladder cells become abnormal and grow out of control. Over time, a tumor forms. Bladder cancer affects many veterans across the United States. Veterans can […]
Military Members, Veterans and their families can save thousands each year with these amazing benefits and discounts!
Military-deals.com has compiled a list with the most liked and sought-after benefits and discounts – some offer big discounts others even free products and services to both active and retired military personnel and their families! Some of these benefits are well known but most are not widely publicized and thus not known by too many. […]