| August '05 | OFFICER JUGGLES CAREERS AS ARMY SURGEON, CATHOLIC NUN
With all the different abilities of one Fort Carson, Colo., Soldier, one could mistake her for Superwoman, as she performs jobs of a family practitioner, surgeon, colonel and nun. |
| August '05 | ARMY DOCTOR SAVES HEART OF 8-YEAR-OLD AFGHAN
Life-saving closed-heart surgery was performed on an 8-year-old Afghan girl Aug. 14 by Maj. Michael Myers at Bagram Airfield. |
| July '05 | ARMY CAPTAIN HELPS DELIVER AFGHAN BABY
An Army family practice physician had an unexpected surprise while touring a civilian hospital - she helped deliver a premature baby. |
| Jun '05 | ARMY SHARES EXPERTISE IN MASS CASUALTY RESPONSE
A new training course, the Hospital Management of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Incidents Course (HM-CBRNE), now gives civilian health-care professionals state-of-the-art instruction that may save lives in a major terrorist attack. The first three offerings, in December, March and April, have trained 147 students. |
| Apr '05 | WORK AT DETENTION CENTER POSES UNIQUE STRESS HAZARDS: MENTAL-HEALTH WORKERS ASSIST PERSONNEL AT GUANTANAMO BAY
Working "inside the wire" of the enemy combatant detention facility can lead to stress for the U.S. troops working at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But experts and leaders are working hard to help service members deal with the unique conditions of working on this isolated island base. |
| Mar '05 | DODS TOP DOCTOR PRAISES MEDICAL SERVICES: WINKENWERDER DISCUSSES SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVES
Dr. William Winkenwerder Jr., the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, used six words to sum up the military's health care mission: We take care of our people. |
| Mar '05 | CHARITY WORK EARNS DOCTOR CHIVALRIC HONOR PROJECT HELPS EAST EUROPEAN ORPHANS
While not at work at Rader Army Health Clinic of Fort Myer, Va., Lt. Col. Norvell Coots is a lord in L'Ordre du Levrier Blanc, or the Order of the White Greyhound. |
| Feb '05 | DOCTORS GUIDE ROBOTS TO PLACE NERVE BLOCKS
When back pain is severe, clinicians often recommend nerve blocks-guiding a needle through the back to inject anesthetic into the nerve-for relief. A surgical procedure being tested at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., with Army oversight may one day help both military and civilian doctors, as well as patients. |
| Jan '05 | RESERVISTS USE CIVILIAN SKILLS TO HELP IRAQI AMPUTEES
Twelve years ago, Staff Sgt. Chris Cummings was working full time as a bartender, dispensing drinks to patrons on a beach in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was having a lot of fun at work, but not making much money. |
| Jan '05 | KIDS GET CARE IN AFGHANISTAN
Capt. Heather Canzoneri, a nurse with the 325th Combat Support Hospital, examines a cut on a boy's wrist during a Cooperative Medical Assistance mission in Arghandab, Afghanistan. |
| Dec '04 | MISSLE TECHNOLOGY MAY HELP TARGET CANCER
Medical research into breast cancer has come a long way and today more women are surviving the disease because of early detection through yearly mammograms. But mammograms do not detect all breast cancers. |
| Dec '04 | WALTER REED PARTNERS IN PROTON BEAM FACILITY
Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., is partnering with the University of Pennsylvania to construct a proton-beam treatment facility that may well revolutionize cancer treatment for military medical beneficiaries. |
| Oct '04 | INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY TRAINING PROVES TOP-NOTCH
The Walter Reed Internal Medicine Residency Class of 2004 earned a 100 percent pass rate on the American Board of Internal Medicine Certifying Examination. |
| Oct '04 | INSTITUTES INSECTARY VITAL IN REPELLENT, DRUG, VACCINE RESEARCH
While everyone tries to keep their summers insect free, the insectary at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research painstakingly breeds tens of thousands of them every week. |
| Oct '04 | ARMY DOCS, NURSES OFFER HEALTH CARE TO SOLDIERS, AFGHAN CITIZENS
In pre deployment briefings, Afghanistan is often compared to Texas. But geographic size is about the only characteristic that the country and the Lone-Star state share, an Operation Enduring Freedom veteran told staff at the Deployment Health Support Directorate in a post deployment briefing. |
| Oct '04 | COALITION GIVES GIFT OF SIGHT TO AFGHAN GIRL
Due to vision impairment, Halema, a young Afghan girl, has never seen clearly. The soldiers of Task Force Pirate, who met her during a humanitarian assistance visits to Jegdalek village in central Afghanistan, decided they would do what they could to help. |
| Oct '04 | SERVICE HELPS WAR WOUNDED READJUST TO NORMAL LIFE
Over the past few years, there have been numerous stories in the news about the surprisingly high spirits of war-torn Soldiers being treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. What makes their experiences so different from past wars like Vietnam a conflict that plagued post war combatants with post traumatic stress disorder?
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| Oct '04 | MCGEE AWARD HONOORS NURSE RESEARCHERS
Lt. Col. Patricia A. Patrician received the 2004 Anita Newcomb McGee Award from the Daughters of the American Revolution on July 9 during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. |
| Oct '04 | IRAQI DOCS LEARN CARE FOR BABIES
The last of three classes in which 1st Cavalry Division and Iraqi doctors trained local doctors in neonatal resuscitation was held July 21 at the Baghdad Convention Center. |
| Sep '04 | HEALING TROOPS AND SAVING LIVES IN BATTLE
On the front lines of the conflict in Iraq, U.S. Army and Army Reserve Forward Surgical Teams administer lifesaving, advanced medical care to injured combatants and civilians. |
| Sep '04 | U.S. ARMY OFFERS DEBT FREE HEALTH CARE EDUCATION
As the cost of college education continues to rise, individuals considering a career in health care often accrue an educational debt nearing six figures. |
| Aug '04 | ARMY DOC VOLUNTEERS TO TEACH AFGHAN DOCS
While deployed to Afghanistan, one of the doctors assigned to Bagram Air Base has volunteered to pass along professional knowledge to the doctors of local hospitals. |
| Aug '04 | NEW GADGETS HELP ARMY STAY READY TO WIN
A blood container, trauma training mannequin and hand-held digital assistant for a field medic were among the items recognized by the Army Research, Development and Engineering Command as the "Greatest Army Inventions" of the past year. |
| Aug '04 | PROTOTYPE SHELTER PROVIDES OPERATING ROOM IN A BOX
A telemedicine test bed at Fort Detrick, Md., welcomed a new, green neighbor May 25 when a boxy prototype of the Army's Future Medical Shelter System arrived from Tennessee. |
| Aug '04 | ANESTHESIOLOGISTS IMPROVE PAIN CONTROL
April 13 was an unlucky day for 24-year-old 1st Lt. Melissa J. Stockwell. That was the day she lost her left leg in Iraq. |
| Jul '04 | ARMY RESIDENTS ACE NATIONAL TEST AGAIN
Army emergency-medicine resident physicians topped the nation this year on annual in-service examinations again. |
| Jun '04 | NEW INCENTIVES FOR ARMY RESERVE NURSES
As the U.S. Army continues to battle the Global War on Terrorism, the U.S. Army Nurse Corps announces new pay incentives for Army Reserve psychiatric, medical-surgical, critical care and perioperative nurses and nurse anesthetists. |
