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The Military Health System is an interconnected network of service members whose mission is to support the lives and families of those who support our country. Everyday in the MHS advancements are made in the lab, in the field, and here at home. These are just a few articles highlighting those accomplishments that don't always make it to the front page of local papers.
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Top military health researchers published a groundbreaking study indicating patients treated within the Military Health System received earlier cancer diagnoses than privately insured or Medicaid patients. Aligning with the White House’s Cancer Moonshot initiative—which aims to prevent more than 4 million cancer deaths by 2047—the study shows that a diagnosis isn’t a death sentence.
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A delegation of Nurses led by CAPT Rodolfo (Rudy) Sanjuan and other staff from U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa visited a local Nursing School. Sanjuan spoke with Reiko Namizato, Director of Hokubu Nursing School, Noriaki Yonaha, Dean of Student Affairs, and other staff from The Hokubu Nursing School.
The Medical Education and Training Campus hosts a visit by San Antonio Spurs Power Forward Zach Collins.
The resiliency room aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy gives sailors access to a massage chair, yoga mat, calming music, scent sticks, and coloring books as ways to decompress and relax while aboard the ship. Sailors can sign up for 30-minute blocks at a time.
This Surveillance Snapshot provides the first summary of the demographic composition of active component Space Force service members, as of November 2023.
This is the monthly MSMR update of Reportable Medical Events documented in the Disease Reporting System internet by health care providers and public health officials throughout the Military Health System.
This Letter to the Editor is in response to the November 2023 MSMR article, “Update: Cold Weather Injuries Among the Active and Reserve Components of the U.S. Armed Forced, July 2018-June 2023.”
This report is an update of a 2011 MSMR report that provides numbers, rates, and demographic characteristics of uterine fibroids as well as uterine fibroid-related health care among female service members in the active component of the U.S. Armed Forces.
This report summarizes 2003 to 2021 survey administration and content of the U.S. Marine Recruit Assessment Program, a cross-sectional, baseline survey of U.S. Marine recruits that is administered at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (January 31, 2024) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez meets with staff assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth’s Healthcare Simulation and Bioskills Training Center during a visit to the region to learn more about current and future medical requirements that can better serve military medicine patients.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (January 31, 2024) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez meets with staff outside Naval Medical Center Portsmouth’s Trauma Center during a visit to the region to learn more about current and future medical requirements that can better serve military medicine patients. In 2023, the hospital was awarded designation as a Level II Trauma Center by the Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Health.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (January 31, 2024) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez meets with leadership from Defense Health Network (DHN) Atlantic and Naval Medical Center Portsmouth to learn more about current and future medical requirements that can better serve military medicine patients. DHN Atlantic is one of nine military health system networks established by the Defense Health Agency (DHA) to strengthen the management of health care delivery, combat support, and support to military health enterprises worldwide.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (January 31, 2024) U.S. Navy Lt. Lauren Preston, the division officer of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth’s Sterile Processing Division (SPD), gives a tour of SPD spaces to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Lester Martinez-Lopez during his visit to the region to learn more about current and future medical requirements that can better serve military medicine patients.
The Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence is championing the theme 'Be a Brain Warrior: Protect, Treat, Optimize' during Brain Injury Awareness Month. The theme showcases the idea that service members, veterans, healthcare providers, caregivers, family members, and advocates can be warriors for brain health. Visit health.mil/BIAMonth to learn more.
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