A cataract is a pathologic condition characterized by opacity of the lens in the eye. The condition is associated with visual impairment and usually related to advancing age. Additional risk factors include trauma, cigarette smoking, and exposure to excessive ultraviolet rays. Symptoms of an early cataract may be improved with eyeglasses. Definitive ...

Glaucoma is an eye condition that involves progressive optic nerve damage. The condition is often, but not always, associated with elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) and gradual, painless vision loss. The most common form of glaucoma is primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG); a chronic, progressive condition with few symptoms until late in the course of ...

The DHA Sustainability Program quarterly newsletter for Summer 2024. Highlights include Practice Greenhealth Awards, CleanMed 2024, and World Environment Day 2024.

Discover resources available for you and your fellow service members to stay mission ready. You don’t have to go it alone.

As a health care provider caring for service members and veterans, use campaign tools and resources to assist you as you care for our warriors.

Debunks five common myths about posttraumatic stress disorder and provides resources to help you or a loved one cope with PTSD.

DHA Employee Recognition Ceremony Program - June 2024

Updated FCC Guide

The scope of this DHA Environmental Exposures SRP includes CRs relating to the prevention, assessment, and treatment of illnesses and injuries related to environmental exposures to support Force Health Protection in training and operational environments.

Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan was a base utilized by the U.S. Military from late 2001 through 2005 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Several environmental hazards were identified raising concerns about long-term health effects among those who were stationed there. Comparison of the relative all-cause mortality rates of ...

The definition of a DoD Working Dog is any canine that meets DoD Component requirements to support operations in the protection of installations, resources, and personnel, to include explosive and illegal narcotic detection abilities, patrol, tracking, or other requirements prescribed by the DoD Component. The scope of this DWD SRP includes CRs ...

The scope of the CCC SRP includes CRs that will optimize recovery from combat-related injuries to decrease the burden of survivorship, reduce morbidity and mortality across the continuum of CCC, and accelerate return to duty, when possible.

Frequently Asked Questions about Medicolegal Examinations

Fact sheet for providers describing several psychosocial interventions and psychotherapies to consider in treating first episode psychosis and schizophrenia as well as providing a list of resources.

The scope of the DHA Military Infectious Diseases SRP includes CRs relating to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of military-relevant infectious diseases, to include combat-associated wound infections, as well as the core research competencies that enable research into those areas.