Veterans

June 12, 2023

5 Top Health Tests for Your Dad

There is one thing all dads have in common: they are all human. That means that their human bodies need upkeep to stay healthy! We’ve gathered information on the top five health tests that help your dad keep ahead of any problems and resolve issues before they become life threatening.
May 25, 2023

Healing Our Heroes

Finding heroes might seem like a daunting task today, but in reality, it isn’t. All you have to do is look at our armed forces veterans and our first responders. (It occurred to me recently that only the human animal will voluntarily run into a burning building.) Our veterans have fought for our freedom so that we can live life free from domination and subjugation, and our first responders have appeared as if by magic when tragedy and chaos ensues.
November 10, 2022

The Theme of Veterans Day 2022 is Honor

Every year the Veterans Day National Committee selects a poster submitted by artists nationwide that is published as the year’s commemorative Veterans Day poster. Distributed to VA facilities, military installations in this nation and around the world, and in cities and towns across our nation, the poster finally comes to its most revered place as the cover of the official program for the Veterans Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery.
June 30, 2020

7 Social-Distance-Friendly Places to Visit in Houston

“Summertime, and the livin’ is easy…” The music plays softly on the old turntable, conjuring up the sound of Ella Fitzgerald and easy jazz. Takes you back, all the way to 1934, when George Gershwin wrote the classic song for “Porgy and Bess.” Summertime was lazy back then—the heat made everyone move slower. No air conditioning, but no coronavirus, either!
June 1, 2020

Why Are More Men Getting Covid-19 Than Women?

If an alien were to visit the Earth, it might at first think that since men are generally larger and stronger than women, males must be the dominant sex. In fact, plenty of humans think that, too. But does the science of medicine back that up? Since our focus is on the novel coronavirus dubbed COVID-19, we want to take a look at why it seems to have a worse effect on men—whose physical prowess should give them more protection—than on women.
May 11, 2020

What’s the Best Way To Know If You’ve Got Covid-19?

Now that parts of the country are beginning to open up after weeks of shutdown, spikes in Covid-19 cases and deaths are making people fearful. It’s important to know that the incubation period for the novel coronavirus is 2-14 days, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
April 30, 2020

Veterans and Covid-19: What To Do?

Everyone is tired of the confinement that has slowed the spread of Covid-19, but some people have it tougher than others. This group of people are America’s Veterans of war. Especially those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. This already under-served segment of our society has unique needs that are difficult to address during the pandemic.