Posted on · Military suicides are increasing as soldiers spend more time in combat zones. Concerns over this trend — and what can be done about it — lead the agenda at a special conference in San Antonio this week. Reporter Terry Gildea has more from San Antonio.
Posted on · The Houston Bar Association has stepped up its outreach to the veteran population. The effort includes several regular legal clinics including a weekly one at the DeBakey VA Medical Center. Capella Tucker reports.
Posted on · Officials with the Texas Historical Commission are in a small town in Kentucky today, to dedicate a monument to Texas troops who fought and died there, during a battle in the first year of the Civil War. Jim Bell has that story.
Posted on · Traumatic Brain Injury presents a host of problems for veterans and others. One of the many things affected by an injury to the brain is vision. Capella Tucker reports on how one type of eye glass is training the brain to see again.
Posted on · The 2008 Houston Freedom Fest is more than just a tribute to Houston military veterans. The event at Discovery Green will raise awareness to a medical condition that is affecting soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Pat Hernandez has the story.
Posted on · A group of men from all over the country held a reunion this past weekend, returning once again to the place that brings them all together — the Battleship Texas. These are men who served on the Texas during World War Two, and their numbers get smaller every year. Jim Bell reports.
Posted on · For every problem returning veterans face there's a program or service to help them. But even with some of the best medical and social care in the nation—Houston still has ground to cover to keep up with the needs of the growing veteran population. Laurie Johnson has the series 'Returning Veterans: A Call To Action.'
Posted on · Every type of resource a veteran could ever need is available in Houston. But there are still vets who end up without medical care—unemployed and on the streets. As Laurie Johnson reports in part three of a four-part series—veterans come home expecting to rebuild their lives. But for some of them—a return to civilian life leaves them destitute.
Posted on · The presence of the Texas Medical Center and the VA Hospital are significant assets for the region and for vets. As Laurie Johnson reports in part two of a four-part series— Houston has everything to offer for returning veterans— once they actually decide to look for help.
Posted on · Laurie Johnson reports in part one of a four part series that one of the biggest problems returning service men and women face is simply figuring out where to go for help. There are nearly 2 million veterans living in Texas. Close to half of them live in the Greater Houston region.
Posted on · The Department of Defense wants to rapidly move some of the latest medical technologies from labratories to battlefields. A collaboration between Rice University and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is part of that effort. Rod Rice has more.