The prevalence of what have become known as the “signature wounds” of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts – post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) – has been …
Cigarettes were part of the routine kit for soldiers in every war through Vietnam, but just as the nation has become increasingly non-smoking, so has the military. Smoking is now …
Similar to the U.S. health care system at large, the actual and projected rise in the costs of medical care within the Department of Defense (DoD), TRICARE Management Activity and …
Avian flu (H5N1), swine flu (H1N1), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) – in recent years, a series of new diseases with the potential to become pandemics have raised global concerns …
Perfect vision for combat operations is not an ideal, it’s a necessity. As Lt. Col. Scott Barnes, an Army ophthalmologist at the Warfighter Refractive Eye Clinic at Fort Bragg, N.C., …
