A decade of combat in Southwest Asia has placed new and expanded requirements on the military medical community. As is common with most wars, “signature” injuries emerge – in this …
The advances made in military medicine since 9/11 – from point-of-injury treatment to lifelong rehabilitation and care – are unequaled in the history of warfare, which has always been a …
The Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM) is yet another major medical outgrowth of the decade-long war in Southwest Asia. It was created by the U.S. Army Medical Research …
The Association of Army Dentistry (AAD) and Faircount Media Group have signed an agreement to produce a special magazine to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the U.S. Army Dental Corps …
Things have come a long way in the military’s approach to mental health issues since Gen. George Patton slapped a “shell-shocked” soldier at the height of World War II – …
A major component of the present health care crisis in the United States is a chronic shortage of nursing staff. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the need for …
The Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC) – formerly the Medical Research & Development Command, created in 1958 – was redesignated in the 1990s when the Army’s medical logistics …
Every American warfighter now goes into combat with a personal first aid kit and Combat Lifesaver training to provide both personal and buddy medical care immediately. Only moments away is …
The ongoing conflict in Southwest Asia has brought new understanding – and treatments – to a number of age-old military medical issues. One that has received less public attention than …
The ongoing conflict in Southwest Asia has garnered a number of distinctive markers. Its two signature medical outcomes are amputations (the result of an historically high battlefield survival rate) and …
