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Montana VA encourages residents to think about veterans with PTSD before lighting fireworks Alexie Aguayo and last updated 2021-07-03 00:15:34-04 MONTANA — Montana VA Health Care System (MTVAHCS) encourages all Montanans and non-Veterans to consider Veterans and the impacts of fireworks on people with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) before they light a firework. The VA says many people are not aware that a Fourth of July celebration could affect others, and a conversation is the simplest way to start that awareness and support people with PTSD. “The Fourth of July can be a dif...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BRATTLEBORO — While many people enjoy a good backyard fireworks show, that’s not always the case for veterans or people who have worked as emergency responders who are dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder. There’s one simple thing people can do to help their friends and neighbors who are struggling with PTSD, said Dr. Laura Gibson, Associate Chief of Mental Health for the White River Junction VA Medical Center “A warning makes all the difference in the world,” she said. “Anybody who has lived with a fai...

By Hannah Poukish and Alex Cohen El Segundo PUBLISHED 5:00 PM PT Jun. 28, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:00 PM PDT Jun. 28, 2021 SHARE Dr. Monica Gandhi, the Associate Chief in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine at University of California, San Francisco, says it’s no longer necessary for California to have any COVID-19 limitations due to the high rate ...

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Share this article Share this article BIDDEFORD, Maine, June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Tufts Medical Center and Prapela, an infant health company in Biddeford, ME, have been awarded a joint $2.5 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse through the Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative, to help advance the development of the Prapela SVS Hospital Bassinet for the treatment of newborns diagnosed with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)/Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS). Tufts Medical Center & Prapela Receive $2.5 Million award from NIH to Sup...