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Does The Military Make The Man Or Does The Man Make The Military?
"Be all you can be," the Army tells potential recruits. The military promises personal reinvention. But does it deliver? A new study, which will be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that personality does change a little after military ...
U.S. military provides medical care, education services to women, children in Tanzania
The U.S. Army news service reports on a five-day Medical Civil Action Program, or MEDCAP, in Tanzania, during which "Tanzanian medical providers working in partnership with U.S. service members from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa provided medical care to more than 2,100 Tanzanian women and children."
Cutting military medical research funding would jeopardize health of U.S. troops, world’s poorest
"In recent months, many politicians and presidential hopefuls have called for budget reductions, and many have specifically targeted military spending for cutbacks," Peter Hotez and James Kazura, past president and president, respectively, of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, write in this Atlantic opinion piece.
U.S. Military Women Exposed to More Combat Than Ever Before
THURSDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Female American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan have been involved in more combat than in prior wars and have the same post-traumatic stress disorder rate as men, a new study has found. For the study, researchers looked at over 7,000 active-duty soldiers who ...
The Evermedia Group, Inc. Subsidiary Performs Military Training Contract at Fort Leonard Wood
BOSTON, Jan. 10, 2012 /- The Evermedia Group, Inc. (Pinksheets: EVRM) subsidiary, System Technology Solutions, Inc. (STS), announced today performance under subcontract to Piton Science and Technology, serving the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence (MSCOE) at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. This contract will generate $80,000.00 in revenue according to current task...
Use of acupuncture in the US military highlighted in special issue of Medical Acupuncture
New Rochelle, NY -- The current issue of Medical Acupuncture , a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., explores how the U.S. military is incorporating medical acupuncture to assist in the medical care of military personnel serving in the war zones and the efforts underway to explore ...
Use of acupuncture in the US military highlighted in special issue of Medical Acupuncture
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) The current issue of Medical Acupuncture, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., explores how the US military is incorporating medical acupuncture to assist in the medical care of military personnel serving in the war zones and the efforts underway to explore ...
Diet For Retired Military Personnel Reduces Medical Costs
According to a report published online in Preventive Medicine, a weight management intervention designed for military members who are inactive and retired, and their families, could improve their health in addition to lowering medical expenditures...
Stress response predictor in police officers may be relevant for military
(Medical Xpress) -- Police academy recruits who showed the greatest rise in the stress hormone cortisol after waking up in the morning were more likely to show acute stress symptoms in response to trauma years later as police officers, according to a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA ...
Does the military make the man or does the man make the military?
"Be all you can be," the Army tells potential recruits. The military promises personal reinvention. But does it deliver? A new study, which will be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that personality does change a little after military ...
Animal “Return Signals” To Shape Medical And Military Advances
Sonar and ultrasound, which use sound as a navigational device and to paint accurate pictures of an environment, are the basis of countless technologies, including medical ultrasound machines and submarine navigation systems. But when it comes to more accurate sonar and ultrasound, animals' "biosonar" capabilities still have the human race ...