Did you know that military hospitals and clinics come with a support staff of people who can help you navigate the healthcare process? These include patient advocates and Beneficiary Counseling and Assistance Coordinators. You can find them at any military hospital or clinic.

The editors of MSMR are announcing a call for papers to be published in the May 2025 issue of MSMR that will be dedicated to the health of women serving in the military.

This study examines the incidence of hair loss among active component U.S. service women, describes the types of hair loss, and summarizes potential racial and ethnic disparities of hair loss among service women over the last 12 years.

Reportable Medical Events by health care providers and public health officials throughout the Military Health System are updated in each month's issue of MSMR.

This report describes the characteristics of mpox cases identified in U.S. military personnel and other MHS beneficiaries during the outbreak that began in late spring 2022, through spring 2024.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, may receive emergency prescription refills now through Sept. 6, 2024, due to heavy rain and landslides.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in Des Moines County, Iowa, may receive emergency prescription refills now through Sept. 7, 2024, due to a severe storm.

On Jan. 1, 2025, there will be changes to the TRICARE regions in the United States as part of TRICARE's new regional contracts. While there will still be two TRICARE regions, six states currently in the East Region (Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Wisconsin) will move to the West Region.

U.S. Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune staff members were recognized by HonorBridge, the largest organ procurement organization in the states of North Carolina and Virginia, for their compassionate care of an organ donor.

Defense Health Agency develops important new tool for assessing and managing mild traumatic brain injury, also known as concussion, with the Warfighter Brain Health Provider Toolkit application.

When Lt. Gen. Lewis “Chesty” Puller famously quipped, “Hit hard, hit fast, hit often,” there’s a good chance he had Marine Corps mortarmen in mind.

The Army has begun baseline cognitive assessments during Initial Entry Training, and all services will follow in the coming months, officials say.

Evans Army Community Hospital has established a training program for medical soldiers assigned to Fort Carson operational units to help them ensure they are ready to perform their wartime mission when called upon.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE has expanded the number of Hawaii counties in which TRICARE beneficiaries may receive emergency prescription refills due to Tropical Storm Hone.

While deployed in Africa, U.S. Army Sgt. Russel Mendenhall hit his head in a Humvee. A few days later, he had a brain bleed and a seizure. He was diagnosed with Todd Paralysis. The condition, named after the Irish physiologist and physician Robert Bentley Todd in 1849, is the exhaustion of the primary motor cortex after a seizure, which can limit an ...