The Eyes of Medicine: Radiology Technologist Week at NMRTC Bremerton

The Eyes of Medicine: Radiology Technologist Week at NMRTC Bremerton

Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer Benedict Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton Radiologic technologists are some of the unsung and almost unseen heroes in the healthcare world. Yet the imaging technology they employ is eye-opening. The hospital corpsmen trained as radiologic technologists are invaluable in providing high-definition imagery for radiologists […]

Medical teams rally to support patients after storms strike MacDill

Medical teams rally to support patients after storms strike MacDill

Story by Elaine Sanchez Defense Health Network Central The 6th Medical Group continues to offer a full spectrum of health care services to beneficiaries in the Tampa Bay region after two back-to-back monster storms recently struck the west coast of Florida. With support from medical teams across the enterprise, the group from MacDill Air Force […]

Check Out Your 2025 TRICARE Health Plan Costs

Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency With 2025 just around the corner, you may be starting to consider your family’s health needs for next year. There may be changes to your TRICARE health plan costs starting Jan. 1, 2025. Depending on your plan, these costs may include enrollment fees, premiums, cost-shares, and copayments. Note: TRICARE costs […]

NMCSD Sailor Wins Gold in Armed Forces Championship Marathon

NMCSD Sailor Wins Gold in Armed Forces Championship Marathon

Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Woitzel Naval Medical Center San Diego Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego’s Lt. Megan Walsh represents the hospital and the Navy in the Armed Services Championship during the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C., Oct. 27. With this year’s Marine Corps Marathon theme, “Celebrating Women in […]

Medical Readiness Command, Europe conducts 2024 Health and Readiness Symposium

Medical Readiness Command, Europe conducts 2024 Health and Readiness Symposium

Story by Kirk Frady Medical Readiness Command, Europe GARMISCH, Germany – More than 300 U.S. military medical leaders, healthcare providers and civilian medical counterparts from across Europe, Africa and the continental United States took part in the 2024 Health and Readiness Symposium held Nov. 5 – 8 in Garmisch, Germany. The primary focus of the […]

Fort Campbell MEDAC Receives U.S. Army Superior Unit Award

Fort Campbell MEDAC Receives U.S. Army Superior Unit Award

Story by Russell Tafuri Blanchfield Army Community Hospital FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky (Nov. 7, 2024) –U.S. Army Medical Department Activity, Fort Campbell, more commonly known as Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, received the Army Superior Unit Award for its outstanding meritorious service in support of COVID-19 response from March 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021. Given by […]

Artificial Intelligence Can Help Researchers Develop New Drugs, MRDC Regulatory Experts Forecast

Story by Paul Lagasse Medical Research and Development Command FORT DETRICK, Md. – Artificial intelligence is dramatically reshaping the way new medicines are developed, allowing researchers to accelerate the discovery of new drugs, improve their accuracy and effectiveness and reduce development costs – advances that researchers at the Medical Research and Development Command are employing […]

THE CDMRP FUNDS RESEARCH TO ENHANCE TREATMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF BRAIN METASTASES IN LUNG CANCER

Courtesy Story Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Congress first appropriated funds to the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs for lung cancer research in FY09, establishing the Lung Cancer Research Program. In FY24, the LCRP received $25 million in appropriations and supports research to reduce the burden of lung cancer and improve the lives of Service […]

Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune staff among ‘Best of the Best’

Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune staff among ‘Best of the Best’

Story by Christopher Delano Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune (NMCCL) staff are being recognized for their outstanding work in the Defense Health Network (DHN) Atlantic’s Joint Outpatient Experience Survey (JOES) “Best of the Best” report for the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2024. JOES, administered by the Office of the […]

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