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John Mayer has quietly funded veterans' PTSD research for 15 years

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In a Hollywood Reporter profile, John Mayer details 15 years of quietly funding research on PTSD and veterans' health through his nonprofit Heart and Armor, begun after a visit to a military base where conversations with wounded warriors moved him; he has backed brain-research studies with millions of dollars of his own money.

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