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Military docs using less invasive treatments to fight cancers

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10/27/2016
Army Maj. Nicolas Cahanding with Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, looks at a brain image. (U.S. Army photo by Robert Whetstone)

Interventional oncology, a less invasive way of treating cancers, is part of the Military Health System’s larger effort to eradicate the diseases

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Military Hospitals and Clinics, San Antonio Military Health System

Military researchers making progress in medical simulation

Article
10/27/2016
A soldier applies a tourniquet to a simulated casualty during a training exercise. (Courtesy photo)

A recent research review highlighted several bright spots for the future of military medicine

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Health Readiness, Technology, MHS GENESIS

A decade of progress in Women’s health, cancer research

Article
10/26/2016
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Denise Thigpen, director, Breast Imaging Center at the Murtha Cancer Center at Walter Reed Bethesda, reads two mammograms of a patient. (Courtesy photo)

New discoveries at the Murtha Cancer Center have researchers encouraged about Women’s cancer research

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Women's Health, Medical Research and Development, Patient Safety

Guice, Rodriguez provide opening remarks at Warrior Care symposium

Article
10/26/2016
Dr. Karen Guice, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, provided remarks at the first day of the second annual Warrior Care in the 21st Century Symposium in Tampa, Florida. “We fight together and we heal together,” she said of the collaborative approach and engagement that was represented by attendees. “Sharing our approaches and our research in solving the kind of problems that lead to innovative ways to address and solve each one together – this work never stops. Now is not the time to become complacent or reduce our focus, nor is it the time to limit investments.” (Courtesy photo)

Karen Guice, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, along with James Rodriguez Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Office of Warrior Care Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense provided opening remarks for attendees

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Warrior Care

The Defense Health Agency makes additional laboratory developed tests available

Article
10/21/2016
Image of the TRICARE logo.

The Defense Health Agency updated its policies, making 25 additional laboratory developed tests available to TRICARE patients

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TRICARE Health Program

Women face unique challenges when getting a prosthesis

Article
10/21/2016
Army Spc. Cherdale Allen shows off two of her prosthetic legs: one for walking and the other for high heels.

For military women who have to get a prosthesis, there are considerations unique to them. Among them are a more natural look and a prosthesis that works with traditional women’s fashions.

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Women's Health, Warrior Care, Physical Disability, Extremities Loss

Blood and tissue samples help DoD make major contribution to Cancer Moonshot

Article
10/20/2016
Army Col. Craig Shriver is director of the John P. Murtha Cancer Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

For more than 25 years, the military has collected and stored blood serum from all of its members and tissues from many. All that material is now playing a key role in the national Cancer Moonshot.

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Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch, DoD Serum Repository

Prostate Cancer: What you should know

Article
10/19/2016
Air Force Master Sgt. Sam Mullins, second from the left, participated in an organized event earlier in September to raise awareness for prostate cancer. He was joined by his wife, Sharon, and his children, Audrey and Ethan. Dr. Matthew Stringer, far left, who helped operate on Mullin’s cancer, participated in the event as well. (Photo Courtesy of Sam Mullins)

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers among men. Here’s what the experts want you to know about it

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Preventive Health, Men's Health

Bono to women surgeons: Leadership means helping everyone live up to their potential

Article
10/18/2016
Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency, talks to the Association of Women Surgeons meeting in Washington, D.C.

Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency, related her story of how she became a female surgeon during the Association of Women Surgeons meeting in Washington, D.C.

Military health cybersecurity officials warn of possible pitfalls of easy access to information

Article
10/14/2016
woman looking at a laptop

There’s more information than ever before available online. While there are advantages to that, Military Health System officials warn to be careful with the data.

Bono to AFCEA: New electronic health record is key for future of engaging military health patients

Article
10/14/2016
Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency, said military members have to be ready to go anywhere in the world on short notice. To help solve the complexity of care with that readiness aspect, Bono pointed to the Military Health System’s new electronic health record, MHS GENESIS, as key to helping conversations between doctors and patients, no matter where people are. (Courtesy photo)

Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency, spoke at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s Health IT Day 2016, a gathering of approximately 1,000 federal government workers, including the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services, as well as private IT industry representatives.

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Technology, Military Health System Electronic Health Record, MHS GENESIS

MHS GENESIS to launch in February 2017

Article
10/13/2016
Genesis Logo

The initial deployment of MHS GENESIS, the Military Health System’s electronic health record, will take place at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., in February 2017

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Military Health System Electronic Health Record, MHS GENESIS, Electronic Health Record Modernization & Interoperability

Department of Defense continues commitment to Global Health Security Agenda

Article
10/12/2016
Dr. Karen Guice, acting assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, addressed attendees on the second day of the 2016 Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Summit Sept. 14, 2016.

Department of Defense and other senior U.S. government leaders travel to the Netherlands to attend a summit on the Global Health Security Agenda

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Health Readiness, Global Health Engagement, Building Partner Capacity and Interoperability, Global Health Security Agenda, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch

Deployments can be 'significant stressor' for families but help is available

Article
10/7/2016
A sailor returning from a seven-month deployment reunites with his family. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andre T. Richard)

While deployments can be stressful on the families of those deployed, there are a few tips families can follow to help alleviate some of the stress and resources they can turn to for support

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Mental Health Care, Deployment Health

What the experts want you to know about the HPV vaccine

Article
10/6/2016
About 80 million people are infected with HPV right now in the United States. Vaccines are currently available for both males and females to help prevent the virus, which can be linked to various cancers, such as cervical cancer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton)

HPV is a virus that can be linked to a range of health issues, including cervical cancer. Immunization experts are encouraging people to learn more about the vaccines that help prevent this often undetected virus

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Women's Health, Children's Health, Immunizations, Immunization Healthcare
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