At the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, the dedication to service transcends the lab coats and sterile environments of their daily responsibilities.

While deployed in Africa, U.S. Army Sgt. Russel Mendenhall hit his head in a Humvee. A few days later, he had a brain bleed and a seizure. He was diagnosed with Todd Paralysis. The condition, named after the Irish physiologist and physician Robert Bentley Todd in 1849, is the exhaustion of the primary motor cortex after a seizure, which can limit an ...

The 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium, the Department of Defense’s premier scientific meeting focused on the unique medical needs of the warfighter, kicked off on Aug. 26.

The 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium recognized innovative researchers focused on enhancing warfighter health.

Eglin Air Force Base’s 96th Medical Group once again claimed the top spot at the 15th annual Medic Rodeo. The goal of the rodeo is to provide several days of challenging training scenarios intended to give U.S. Air Force medics tactical-combat casualty-care training.

In the world of oral surgery, few procedures have as profound an impact on patients' lives as orthognathic surgery. Also known as corrective jaw surgery, this complex operation can transform the way people eat, speak, and interact with the world around them.

Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, located at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the Department of Defense .

A mother credits her faith and the support of Brooke Army Medical Center staff for the survival of her premature baby boy who was born at just over 23 weeks. Tyler Anthony Parks-McQuinn weighed just 1 pound 10 ounces. Tyler was in the hospital for 446 days; six months of his hospital stay was at BAMC. As he survived medical challenge after challenge, ...

For the second consecutive year, the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity is walking away from the Military Health System Research Symposium with a coveted recognition, receiving the Defense Health Agency award for Outstanding Program Management Team today during the symposium’s first day in Kissimmee, Florida, Aug. 26, 2024.

Members from the commands representing Navy Medicine Research and Development arrived in the Orlando area to kick off the Military Health System Research Symposium starting on August 25.

Researchers from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command’s Walter Reed Army Institute of Research shared their work to develop innovative approaches for preventing and treating infectious diseases of national security importance to the U.S. military, including HIV, malaria, and coronaviruses.

Fort Polk was the first of multiple installations selected to participate in the Military Health and Nutrition Examination Study, Aug. 21-24. The study is designed to evaluate the dietary intake, nutritional status, cardiovascular health, body composition, metabolic biomarkers, and other measures of soldiers’ health.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in three Utah counties may receive emergency prescription refills now through Sept. 3, 2024, due to flooding.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in Johnson County, Wyoming, may receive emergency prescription refills now through Sept. 3, 2024, due to the House Draw Fire.

While out on a hike with her daughter, Robin Campbell, a military spouse, experienced what she calls her “aha moment.” “I was struggling, and my daughter looked down at me with such pity in her eyes.” Campbell then vowed to get healthy.