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Basebook, a Web-based application linked via the popular social networking site Facebook, lets members post when and where they've served, and search for others.

A revolutionary robot mounted with a high-tech camera is helping physicians treat and save soldiers -- from just about any location in the world.

The Defense Health Information Management System (DHIMS) provides information management and IT solutions that capture, manage and share healthcare data for the military's Electronic Health Record (EHR).

The case of Pvt. Joshua Fry, an autistic Marine, highlights the alarming trend of military recruits who don't meet standards developed to ensure quality soldiers, sailors and Marines.

Mission, Life Line phone numbers, and updated information for the Suicide Prevention group of the United States Army G-1.

A new study has found that more than one-third of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who enrolled in the veterans health system after 2001 received a diagnosis of a mental health problem, most often post-traumatic stress disorder or depression.

A handful of lawmakers are gearing up for a fight to largely exempt military and veterans benefits from the broader health care reform movement.

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

Veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have a significantly higher risk of developing dementia compared with veterans who don't have the disorder, a study reports today.

A veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan who entered a Veterans Affairs medical center in Kansas with a gun surrendered after trading his ammunition for cigarettes. VA spokesman James Gleisberg said the veteran arrived at Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka around noon Sunday. Gleisberg said the man then pulled out a gun and threatened to use it on himself. VA police and a SWAT team were called, but the man surrendered about 1:45 p.m. and is now being treated at the VA.

Bringing ideas and experience aplenty from the West Coast to the nation's capital, TRICARE's new deputy director can quickly and easily sum up TRICARE's importance to America's uniformed service members, retirees and their families. "When you join the military you're promised a comprehensive health care benefit," said Navy Rear Adm. Christine Hunter, the new deputy director of the TRICARE Management Activity. "We want to ensure it is available in all locations and over all the periods of life."

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Supplies of a vital infant vaccine are back to normal levels at military clinics in Europe after a 2007 recall led providers to withhold booster shots to preserve supplies. The Haemophilus influenza type b, or Hib, vaccine was rationed at civilian and military medical facilities after the drug company Merck and Co. announced a recall in late 2007.

The recent global swine flu outbreak has underscored the critical need for good surveillance and access to rapid epidemiological data. The US military, starting with early monitoring efforts in the 1970s, has developed a broad-based influenza monitoring