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A strategy of testing adults every year for HIV and immediately treating every person found to be infected could virtually end the AIDS epidemic in Africa in about a decade, new research suggests.

The Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., has completed a successful test of personal health record systems that allowed patients to access information contained in the Defense Department's AHLTA electronic health record system. Now the pilot project will be extended to the Navy National Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., and a civilian hospital system serving military patients in Virginia, Madigan officials told the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference here this week.

The U.S. military is making  a broad effort to better treat head injuries with mandatory brain tests for all returning troops.

Experts explain the pros and cons of coronary calcium scores, carotid artery ultrasound, and CT heart scans.

DENVER - Air Force Academy officials say 30 more freshman cadets have tested positive for swine flu, bringing the total to 97.