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Colorectal Cancer Screening Age Decreases to 45
Though the overall death rate from colorectal cancers have been on the decline in recent years, it remains the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States.
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Policy Number: 22-002
Establishes the DHA's procedures to implement acquisition authorities.
Policy Number: 1025.02
Establishes DHA procedures to manage education, training, and clinical readiness activities across the MHS.
This instruction establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for referral, evaluation, return to duty, separation, or retirement of Service members for disability
This file contains the future specification for the Medical Expense & Performance Reporting System (MEPRS) Ancillary Procedures table for the Military Health System Data Repository (MDR) database.
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This file contains the future specification for the Medical Expense & Performance Reporting System (MEPRS) table for the Military Health System Management and Reporting Tool (M2) database.
This file contains the future specification for the Medical Expense & Performance Reporting System (MEPRS) Personnel Detail table for the Military Health System Data Repository (MDR) database.
This file contains the future specification for the Medical Expense & Performance Reporting System (MEPRS) Reference tables for the Military Health System Data Repository (MDR) database.
A war, expedition, occupation of an area or territory, battle, skirmish, raid, invasion, rebellion, insurrection, guerilla action, riot, or any other action in which service members are engaged with a hostile or belligerent nation, faction, ...
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Characterized by sharpness or severity.
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Fundamental deductions, consistent with medical facts, that are so reasonable and logical as to create a virtual certainty that they are correct. The Service PEB will state with specificity the basis(es) for the conclusion.
Undebatable information that the condition existed before military service and was not aggravated by military service (i.e., evidence that cannot be misinterpreted and misunderstood). In other words, reasonable minds could only conclude that ...
An individual recognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as an agent for the preparation, presentation, and prosecution of claims under applicable laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
During the 2021-2022 Influenza Season, activity was much lower compared to seasons prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the 2021-2022 season was significantly higher than the 2020-2021 season, when many COVID-19 migration measures were in place. The 2021-2022 influenza season was bi-modal with a peak at week 50 and another higher peak at week 14.
This information paper describes measles, mumps, and rubella and the vaccines to prevent these infections.
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