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Woman wearing Army t-shirt holds weight. Text reads, "NO PAIN NO GAIN MYTHS: DHA Public Health."

Military Health Expert Clarifies ‘No Pain No Gai...

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Sep. 30, 2024

Department of Defense active duty service members require medical treatment for injuries almost 5 million...
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Airmen prep a cargo net on the floor of a warehouse before putting it onto a aircraft sized cargo pallet at Incirlik Air Base.

Defense Health Agency Medical Logistics Team Mai...

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Sep. 12, 2024

MEDLOG is a premier shared service provider promoting uniformity, efficiency, and joint interoperability of...
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Ask the Doc: What Are Ways To Protect My Mental ...

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Sep. 04, 2024

Our mental health expert, U.S. Public Health Service Capt. Meghan Corso, chief of behavioral health clinical...
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New text service offers military healthcare updates, information

Defense Health Agency Launches New App for Provi...

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Aug. 29, 2024

Defense Health Agency develops important new tool for assessing and managing mild traumatic brain injury, also...
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How AFMES Members Balance Duty and Community

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Aug. 29, 2024

At the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, the dedication to service transcends the lab coats and sterile...
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Military Health Information Technology Focus of ...

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Aug. 27, 2024

The 2024 Defense Health Information Technology Symposium kicked off in Dallas, Texas, with Patrick (Pat)...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that 60 percent of mothers in the U.S. stop breast feeding sooner than planned, and that only one out of four infants are exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life, the medically recommended duration. The Department of Defense and service military policies have been created and updated to ensure military mothers have the time, resources, and leadership support to breastfeed for six months after birth.

Military Honors Mothers, Infants by Supporting B...

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Aug. 21, 2024

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that 60 percent of mothers in the U.S. stop breast...
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Low Vision: What it is and How You Can Function ...

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Aug. 14, 2024

Service members are often exposed to a variety of hazards in combat, training, or daily activities, on and off...
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July 12, 2021

Innovation working group strives to enhance METC training

Experienced instructors, state-of-the-art classrooms and laboratories, and degree pathway programs are some of the many features that give the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, an edge in producing highly-trained, military allied health professionals.

July 8, 2021

Ticks!

GREENVILLE, Ky. – One Soldier’s passion for preventive medicine became an unusual annual tradition at Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Ky.

July 8, 2021

Uniforms with Programmable Fiber could Transmit Data and More

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Army-funded research has resulted in the development of a programmable fiber that could transmit data from military uniforms.

July 8, 2021

Naval Hospital Jacksonville celebrates 80 years of health and readiness

On July 1, Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville celebrates 80 years of providing health care and readiness.

July 8, 2021

Ky. Guard Reaches New COVID Milestone with UofL Ending Drive-Thru Testing and Vaccination Site Downtown

The Kentucky National Guard has been working alongside the University of Louisville since March of 2020 in the fight against COVID.

July 6, 2021

Air Force releases cardio and strength fitness assessment alternatives, new online capabilities

The Air Force will provide Airmen five physical fitness assessment alternatives - three for the cardio portion and sit-up components and two for the push-up component of the physical fitness assessment beginning in early 2022.

July 1, 2021

COVID-19 pandemic not over, concerns over Delta Variant growing

Nearly 68% of active duty personnel have been vaccinated against COVID-19 with at least one dose. But that still leaves many service members vulnerable to the delta variant of the virus, health officials at the Pentagon said.

July 1, 2021

I Am Navy Medicine – Lt. Caitlin Sleight, clinical psychologist - at NMRTC Bremerton

The junior officer of the quarter at for Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton admittedly could not have envisioned her current status in Navy Medicine.

June 29, 2021

New COVID-19 Delta Variant: What you need to know to stay safe

A new and increasingly dangerous variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is rapidly sweeping across the globe. This new variant appears to spread faster, cause more severe disease and is more likely to result in hospitalization. Also, younger people appear to be more susceptible to the new strain, known as the Delta variant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

June 29, 2021

PTSD: Seeking out Mental Health Care is the First Step to Wellness

FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Service members, family members and veterans who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder may repeatedly re-experience their ordeal as nightmares, flashbacks or frightening thoughts, especially when exposed to events that remind them of their original trauma, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.