2019 Table of contents

​Active Military/U.S. Department of Defense Health Affairs:

Foreword Statement
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Special Features

• Forging a new path in military health
• Whole of military health is greater than sum of parts

Emergency

• 380th EMDG Providing care to the fight
• USAISR leading the way in ‘Stop the Bleed’ initiative

Endocrinology
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Infection Prevention

• Meet an Every Day MHS Infection Control Champion

Oral Health

• Air Force dental tech gains once in a lifetime experience
• Patients inspire prosthodontist

Surgery

• Fleet surgical team saves life aboard USS Somerset
• Langley surgical team goes purple
• U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, 70th Anniversary

Department of Veterans Health Affairs:

Special Features

• 2018 National Veterans Wheelchair Games

Endocrinology

• Sharing decisions helps Veterans manage Diabetes

Nephrology

• Many patients show signs of chronic kidney disease before diabetes

Neurology

• Veterans’ neurology care and epilepsy research at the American Epilepsy Society’s 2018 meeting

Opthalmology

• Glaucoma and regular eye exams