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The number of women using the U.S. veterans health system has tripled since the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan putting pressure on the need to take better care of a population that has often been underserved.
On this Veterans Day we focus on veterans' health including, the overlooked issues of female veterans' health.
Plus, with Thanksgiving around the corner, is there still a need to form a "holiday bubble"?
We talk about the latest in COVID holiday safety as well.
For more information on veteran’s health, please reach out to the organizations below:
- Veteran’s Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255
- Women Veterans Call Center: 1-855-829-6636
- Eligibility for enrollment at the Houston VA: 713-794-7288
- Urgent mental health access to the Houston VA 713-791-1414 x 27561
Dr. James McDeavitt
- Executive Vice President and Dean of Clinical Affairs at Baylor College of Medicine
Dr. Rola El-Serag
- Director of Center for Health & Biosciences at Baker Institute
- Former medical director of the Women Veterans Health Program at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Louis Nelson
- Designer of the Mural Wall Korean War Veterans Memorial on Washington D.C.'s National Mall
- Professor of Architectural History and the Vice Provost for Academic Outreach at the University of Virginia
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