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Funding for mental health research yielding results
Research advances in mental health and care provided for Soldiers is light years ahead of what it was during the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the director of Army Medical Command told Congress. Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, Army surgeon general, testified at a House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee on Mental [...]
Mouth device in clinical trials as possible treatment for TBI
The tongue is an amazing organ. Thousands of nerve fibers in it help us eat, drink and swallow. Without them, we would not taste. The tongue helps us speak. Quietly, its surface defends our bodies from germs. Yet for everything the tongue can do, perhaps one of its most exciting roles is to serve as [...]
Army research looks at new PTSD treatment
While there are no simple cures for post-traumatic stress disorder, a leading military researcher said progress is being made with a new treatment method and a number of recent studies. Col. Carl Castro, director of the Military Operational Medicine Research Program, has been funding studies into post-traumatic stress disorder, known as PTSD, over the past [...]
Holistic treatments help Soldiers battle PTSD
For some Soldiers, the emotional scars of combat can be just as overwhelming as the physical ones. Often, Soldiers had only a choice between suppression or medical discharge. But the Warrior Resilience Center at Fort Bliss, Texas, seeks to help Soldiers treat their post-traumatic stress emotionally and spiritually, and return as functioning members to their [...]
Multinational medical exercise readies forces to save time, lives
A two-week joint medical exercise began with a kickoff ceremony here May 28. Exercise Shared Resilience 2012 is an annual U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored exercise with a goal to strengthen interoperability; facilitate training in disaster management and crisis response; and validate the readiness of deployable multinational medical and humanitarian assistance teams. Participating nations include [...]
Undersea Warriors, Undersea Medicine: The Future Force
U.S. Navy divers take on dangerous tasks every day-and starting this week, they will be part of a multinational effort near Estonia to help clear the Baltic Sea of underwater mines left over from as long ago as the First and Second World Wars. “Open Spirit” will be among the biggest naval exercises in the [...]
Tripler uses cutting-edge procedures to manage pain
Advancements in the use of spinal cord stimulators for the treatment of chronic pain have brought relief to patients at the Integrative Pain Management Clinic, here. The spinal cord stimulators use leads, which are wires that go from the stimulator device to the spinal cord, to deliver signals that will interrupt the feeling of pain. [...]
Bio-Terror & Infectious Disease Outbreak: Detection Technologies and Global Markets 2012
The US Bipartisan Bio-Detection 2011 Report Card Status Evaluation Events of the recent decade confirm that the threats of bio-terrorism and infectious disease outbreaks are real. Attacks such as the 2001 Anthrax scare, the 2004 Ricin letters and the 2003 SARS and 2009 H1N1 outbreaks have driven governments to increase their bio-surveillance budgets. Public healthcare [...]
Air Defense Artillery Soldiers conduct medical training in Kuwait
Soldiers from the 4th Battalion, 5th Air & Missile Defense Regiment Aid Station, here, are conducting Combat Life Saver courses in order for the entire battalion to be qualified in life-saving techniques. While conducting combat operations, trained medical professionals aren’t always readily available. The CLS courses focus on equipping all Soldiers with basic first-aid skills. [...]
