WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Adenovirus infections caused eight deaths in the U.S. military since an immunization program was canceled, according to a new study. Adenoviruses are frequent causes of respiratory disease in the United States. There are dozens of strains of adenovirus, many of which do not ...

(Medical Xpress) -- It’s no secret that battlefield trauma can leave veterans with deep emotional scars that impact their ability to function in civilian life. But new research led by Washington University in St. Louis suggests that military service, even without combat, has a subtle lingering effect on a man’s ...

As our knowledge of the human brain is advancing, researchers are optimistic that these advances will enhance the performance and lives of the UK's armed forces. However, the researchers caution that how research is prioritized should be given careful consideration in order to avoid cost to other applications. In ...

Two studies on shoulder instability in a military population were presented today by U.S. Army sports medicine surgeons at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' annual meeting.

According to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health, between 2005 and 2007, suicide rates among individuals serving in U.S. military services increased, particularly among those in the regular Army and National Guard. The study, which included the entire active duty U.S. military population (2,064,183 individuals for ...

"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 ...

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."

"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.

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 ...

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...

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 ...

(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 ...