Fighting PTSD: Navy Medicine Wages a War Far From the Battlefield
By Paul R. Ross U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs A war is being fought far from the arid, dusty deserts of Iraq and many miles from the mountainous battlefields of Afghanistan....
View ArticleGuard Family Proves Closest Connection When Guardsman Needs Kidney
By Staff Sgt. Amy Wieser Willson, North Dakota National Guard From www.army.mil FARGO, N.D. – In the most simplistic military sense, it’s a reallocation of assets. The story of how one N.D....
View ArticleNavy Lieutenant Commander Donates Marrow, Saves Life
By U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jared Marquis From the Defense Information School, Fort Meade Fort George G. Meade, Md. – During the holidays, people all over the country spend time with family, eating,...
View ArticleCoalition Forces Help Give Afghan Boy with Facial Defect a Reason to Smile
Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Afghanistan Media Operations Center Story by Staff Sgt. Warren Wright KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – While medical care in Afghanistan is beginning to become...
View ArticleExercise Delivers Eye Care, Medical Capability in Africa
By Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service From www.defense.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. – A small-scale medical exercise under way in Tanzania is having a big impact on the local population and building...
View ArticleNutritional Medicine
Eating a healthy diet is important when you are in good health, but especially crucial if you are ever in the hospital recovering from illness or surgery. This airman makes it his mission to serve...
View ArticleMedical Monday: Physical Therapists Heal Troops
The demanding exercises that are part of the physical therapy regimen at the Officer Candidates School’s branch clinic here help to keep Marines healthy and in tip-top shape, Angelique Ruiz, a civilian...
View ArticleReleasing Issues from the Tissues: Adaptive Yoga Helps Troops Heal
The Exalted Warrior Adaptive Yoga program continues to provide an alternative therapy for troops at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va. Read More
View ArticleNavy Program Turns Out Top Doctors
One Navy officer shows us what it's like as a resident inside the orthopedics department at Naval Medical Center San Diego's Graduate Medical Education program. Read More
View ArticleScrubbing In: Wounded Warrior Care
The most recent episode of "Scrubbing In" takes us to Naval Medical Center San Diego to get an inside view of the rehabilitation process for wounded warriors. Read More
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