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MHS and MOS Town Hall To Your Health: Dental Health

Image of MHS and Military OneSource Townhall graphic. MHS and Military OneSource presents a discussion about Dental Health

Join us on August 24 at noon when we will be talking to Col Jay Graver, Chief, Dental Clinical Management Team at the Defense Health Agency, about the importance of dental health during Total Body Preventative Health Month in the Military Health System.

MHS and Military OneSource presents a discussion on Dental Health.

MHS and Military One Source Town Hall: Dental Health

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May is recognized by the Defense Health Agency as Health Vision and Hearing Month, U.S. Navy Lt. Courtney C. Rafferty, Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor optometrist, explains the critical importance attached to the monthly theme.

Changes in Behavior, Personality or Mood Following Concussion/mTBI Fact Sheet

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This TBICoE fact sheet can be used by health care providers to educate patients with a concussion, or mild TBI, on how to manage changes in mood related to their injury. Patients and caregivers would also find this information useful.

Imaging Specialists Look Beyond the Skin

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Department of Defense Investing in Wearable Technology That Could Rapidly Predict Disease

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When the Bremerton-Seattle ferry Walla Walla ran aground on a late-Saturday afternoon due to loss of power, U.S. Navy Lt. Holly Sapien’s attention became instantly directed elsewhere.

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A cure for a debilitating and sometimes deadly disease, new treatments for working military dogs, a snakebite antidote, and a treatment for respiratory disease! See how years of research collaborations are providing protections for warfighters in remote places like never before.

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