BETHESDA, MD--Invasive fungal wound infections are on the increase in military personnel wounded by improvised explosive devices, leading to significant morbidity and even death in some cases where the victims initially survived. David R. Tribble,...

  CHARLESTON, SC – Could downing an omega-3 smoothie each day reduce suicides among at-risk veterans and servicemembers? That’s exactly what researchers will be seeking to determine in a new $10 million, three-year study of what effect  supplement...

In this Issue: Nes Update IoM Report: Substance Misuse in Military Constitutes A “Public Health Crisis” VA Bears Brunt of Costs for Beneficiaries Also in Medicare Plans Bill Seeks to Remove Barriers Keeping Military Medics from Getting Civ...

In this Issue: Focus On: Pain Military Medicine Comes Up with Novel Treatments for Phantom Limb Pain Expert Advice to Help VA PCPs Reduce Opioid Prescribing Risks Specialty Update: PTSD Telemental Healthcare Beneficial For Rural Vets wit...

In this Issue: U.S. Medicine News Update Amputee Advocates: VA Prosthetics Treatment Not as State-of-Art as DoD DoD, VA Collaboration Could Create EHR interoperability for All Healthcare VA Seeks to Gather More Information on Women Veteran...

OCTOBER ISSUE U.S. MEDICINE NEWS UPDATE Use of High-Cost Diabetes Drugs Varies Widely Across VA PITTSBURGH - Despite a tightly managed national formulary, the use of high-cost drugs to treat diabetes shows “substantial” variation across the...

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OPM Director of Healthcare and Insurance John O’ Brien said at the hearing that OPM’s decision to reclassify ABA as a medical therapy was based on the “evolving body of clinical research and the maturing provider infrastructure to deliver this ...

Risk to Veterans Meanwhile, while recent research already has highlighted the risk of CTE for athletes, new research has been emerging about the risk it poses to troops. The U.S. Army and the NFL will work together to improve awareness about traum...