Policy Mar 8, 2024 Memorandum: Amended Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service Members This memorandum amends the 2012 Assisted Reproductive Technology benefit to remove the requirement that qualifying individuals be married and to remove the categorical bar on the use of donor gametes. Identification #: N/A Type: Memorandum Recommended Content Women's Health Men's Health DOD Cancer Clearinghouse
Article Feb 7, 2024 Ask the Doc: How Can the Military Health System Help Me Through My Pregnancy? U.S. Navy Capt. (Dr). Kelly Elmore, an OB/GYN, talks about pregnancy and postpartum resources within the Military Health System as we Ask the Doc. Recommended Content Women's Health Access to Reproductive Health Ask The Doc
Article Around MHS Jan 22, 2024 Cervical Cancer Screening: A Walk-In at Naval Hospital Bremerton For anyone seeking Cmdr. Teri Ryals, Naval Hospital Bremerton OB/GYN clinic department head and certified nurse midwife on a Friday morning, there’s only one place to look. Recommended Content Pacific Rim Women's Health
Video Dec 7, 2023 Military Health System Pregnancy Resources Capt. Kelly Elmore, OB/GYN, provides information about what we are doing inside the Military Health System for your perinatal, prenatal, and postpartum health. Learn more at health.mil/womenshealth. Recommended Content Women's Health Resources
Video Dec 7, 2023 Dr. Kelly Elmore Addresses Postpartum Hemorrhage As we know, most births are very happy, wonderful experiences. However, there are times when there are complications. Now, these complications, for the most part, happen less than 5% of the time. But there is one that we want to talk to you about specifically, and that's called postpartum hemorrhage. Postpartum hemorrhage is when you have too much ... Recommended Content Women's Health Postpartum Hemorrhage
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Article Around MHS Nov 20, 2023 The Madness We Survive A renewed spirit to resume the life she previously had consumed U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Matilyn Million as she closed her most difficult chapter. On Sept. 18, 2023, Million underwent her 12th and final chemotherapy treatment in Tampa, Florida. Recommended Content Cancer Moonshot Women's Health
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