Military Health System

This year marks a significant milestone for the Medical Surveillance Monthly Report as we celebrate its 30th anniversary. Throughout its three decades, MSMR has continuously improved its content with the goal of providing readers with unbiased, scientifically rigorous, evidence-based medical surveillance information on the current status, trends, ...

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Service Policy and Oversight visited Misawa Air Base, Camp Foster, and Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka to meet with installation and military hospital and clinic leadership and staff from April 7 to 11, 2025.

Animal care personnel from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases are taking advantage of a unique partnership with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The collaboration helps them obtain professional ...

Two Air Force neurologists at Brooke Army Medical Center specialize in movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease.

Throughout its 30-year history, MSMR has continuously sought to improve its content with the ultimate goal of providing its readers with unbiased, scientifically rigorous, evidence-based information on the current status, trends, and determinants of the physical and mental health of U.S. military service members.

The 2025 update to the Clinical Practice Guideline on the Rehabilitation of Individuals with Lower Limb Amputation, a collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense with oversight through the Defense Health Agency’s Office of Evidence Based Practice, was released in January 2025. The guideline offers important ...

TRICARE has recently expanded its hearing aid coverage to include eligible children of retired service members. This new coverage results from a new statute. It aims to improve access to life-changing medical technology and help eligible children of retired service members get the hearing aids they need.

Female-specific risk factors, including mental health, for ischemic heart and cerebrovascular diseases have only recently been recognized. This study summarizes trends from 2014 through 2023 in the incidence of ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular heart disease among U.S. active component female service members and identifies potential military ...

Public health, safety, and industrial hygiene experts from across the Department of Defense gathered in July to review the latest DOD and service research and approaches focused on understanding the full lifecycle of service member exposure to blast overpressure, or BOP, and injury.

This report provides an updated summary of health care burdens among Military Health System beneficiaries including non-service member dependents during 2023.

The Military Health System is working to create a common medical vocabulary to standardize terms and definitions to improve care.

June 2024 is Men’s Health Month, and Defense Health Agency Public Health officials are reminding males of the importance of taking charge of their health for a longer, happier lifestyle.