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
• Combating Heat Related Injuries for Active Duty Personnel
• US Air Force 59th Medical Wing evaluates, improves heat illness

Addiction

• Progress in preventing Opioid Abuse
• Military Health System Opioid Registry To Reduce Addiction
• Combating Alcohol Abuse With SMART
• Breaking the cycle of Addiction with MAT

Emergency

• 380th EMDG Providing care to the fight
• USAISR leading the way in ‘Stop the Bleed’ initiative
• US Air Force 59th Medical Wing evaluates, improves heat illness procedures
  

Infection Prevention

• Meet an Every Day MHS Infection Control Champion

Laboratory

• Celebrating "Military" Medical Professionals Week

Ophthalmology

• 7 tips for maintaining vision

Oral Health

• Air Force dental tech gains once in a lifetime experience
• Patients inspire prosthodontist
• Celebrating 106 years of the Dental Corps
  

Surgery

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

Wound Care

• Burn Center Nurses Compete in ‘Dressing Wars’

Department of Veterans Health Affairs:

Special Features

• 2018 National Veterans Wheelchair Games

Endocrinology

• Sharing decisions helps Veterans manage Diabetes

Immunology

• Reducing the Pain of Shingles
• Caring for Veterans with HIV
• A Plan for Ending the HIV Epidemic in America
• VA on path to cure 100,000 Veterans of hepatitis C

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
• VA and National Multiple Sclerosis Society join forces

Oncology

• Collaboration between VA and National Cancer Institute Improves Access to Clinical Trials

Ophthalmology​

• Glaucoma and regular eye exams