Article Around MHS Apr 12, 2024 Walter Reed Earns Prestigious Baby-Friendly Hospital Redesignation Affirming Its Dedication to Maternal and Infant Health Walter Reed National Military Medical Center received their redesignation as a Baby-Friendly hospital, a prestigious international recognition bestowed by Baby-Friendly USA. Recommended Content Children's Health Women's Health National Capital Region
Article Apr 9, 2024 The Power of Prevention: Get Cancer Screenings With TRICARE Catching cancer early is one of the best ways to protect yourself and your loved ones from cancer. Routine cancer screening tests can find many common cancers before they cause symptoms. Recommended Content Information for Patients: About TRICARE Preventive Health Men's Health Women's Health Breast Cancer
Article Apr 4, 2024 Look After Your Heart With Help From TRICARE Keeping your heart healthy is important at every age. Catching heart disease early gives you the best chance for treatment to work well—and TRICARE makes it easy to get the preventive care you need. Recommended Content Information for Patients: About TRICARE Women's Health Preventive Health Heart Health Toolkit Men's Health
Article Mar 27, 2024 Women’s Heart Attacks Rising, Particularly Among Those 30–50 Years Old Pregnancy and hormones play a role in women’s increased risk of heart disease and life expectancy. Recommended Content Women's Health Heart Health
Form/Template Mar 25, 2024 Assisted Reproductive Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service Members: Qualifying Service Member Information and Attestation .PDF | 2.64 MB The DHA Form 407 as an attestation from the Service member of their intent to parent any child born as a result of the covered Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) services they are seeking. It also serves to collect information that will allow the Managed Care Support Contractor to link a referral to Service members and any TRICARE-enrolled ... Recommended Content Women's Health Men's Health
Article Around MHS Mar 22, 2024 Walter Reed Champions Women's Health During National Endometriosis Awareness Month Endometriosis is a disease in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows in other places in the body, according to the National Institutes of Health. Researchers say it is one of the most common gynecological diseases, and its primary symptoms include pain and infertility. Once a patient connected with Dr. Candice Jones-Cox, the Women's ... Recommended Content Black and African Americans in Military Medicine Women in Military Health Women's Health March Observances
Spotlight Mar 14, 2024 Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care The DOD recognizes the complexity and uncertainty facing service members in accessing reproductive health care, to include abortion care. They also recognize health care providers may have concerns about legal and financial risks they may face carrying out their lawful federal duties. Recommended Content Access to Reproductive Health Men's Health Women's Health
Article Mar 12, 2024 Program Focuses on Women Service Members' Health Heart health was the topic of the day for the first program in a series titled, “Serving in Strength: Health and Wellness Series,” sponsored by the Military Women’s Memorial on Feb. 29, 2024. Recommended Content Women's Health National Capital Region Continental
Article Around MHS Mar 11, 2024 DOD Amends Assisted Reproductive Services Policy for Severely Ill and Injured Active Duty Service Members Under the amended policy, active duty service members with a qualifying illness or injury may now access this extended benefit regardless of their marital status, and they may now use donor gametes (sperm, egg, or both) and embryos, when procured at their own expense. Recommended Content Women's Health Reproductive Health
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
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
Spotlight Feb 5, 2024 Cancer Moonshot On Feb. 2, 2024, President Biden celebrated the two-year anniversary of the reignited 2016 White House Cancer Moonshot initiative, an effort across multiple federal agencies aimed to reduce the death rate from cancer by at least 50 percent over the next 25 years. The initiative is also focused on improving the experience of people and their families ... Recommended Content Women's Health Cancers of the Female Reproductive System Men's Health
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
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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