Dept of Cardiology, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China; Dept of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China; Dept of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Fa...

Croatian military medicine developed with the Croatian State and Army. Severe war conditions called for a military medicine that would integrate civil and military components: General Hospital Karlovac, medical corps of the Croatian Army, and emergency, preventive, and general medicine care. The wounded from the entire battlefield of the Karlovac area were admitted to and treated at the General...

Breast Cancer: a Preliminary Clinical Study 3 Chuanming Li[ , Shan Meng[ , Xinhua Yang, Daiquan Zhou, Jian Wang, Jiani 4 Hu 5 6 1 Department of Radiology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, 7 30 Gaotanyan Road, Chongqing 400038, China; 8 2 Department of Breast Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical 9 University, 30 Gaotanyan Road, Chongqing 400038, China; 10 3 D...

BACKGROUND The Ministry of Defence has its own hospital for soldiers requiring admission for mental health problems. AIMS To assess the efficiency of the army psychiatric hospital at restoring patients to full active duty. To assess whether a new military training and rehabilitation unit (MTRU) that emphasises military-skills training, improves outcome. METHOD A 2-year, inception-cohort out...

Operating in a diverse range of military settings, Biomedical Scientists practising in the Royal Navy enjoy a fulfilling career, as described below. The Regular Armed Forces Biomedical Scientists Cadre consists of 66 Biomedical Scientists, with the smallest element being the 13 Biomedical Scientists (BMSs) who represent the Royal Navy. RN BMSs work closely with their civilian counterparts at Qu...

1 Magdalena Baymakova1, Kamen Plochev1, Ivan Dikov1, Georgi T. Popov1, Raynichka Mihaylova-Garnizova1, Valentina Kovaleva2, Todor Kundurdjiev3 1Department of Infectious Diseases, Military Medical Academy, 2Center of Military Epidemiology and Hygiene, Military Medical Academy, 3Department of Occupational Health, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria Fever of Unknown Origi...

BACKGROUND Common causes for unilateral nasal bleeding in adults are benign or malignant tumours, deviated nasal septum, nasal trauma and foreign bodies. Nasal leech infestation has not been identified as a cause of nasal bleeding in most of the textbooks of Ear Nose and Throat. Over 3 years, at Combined Military Hospital Muzaffarabad, and Combined Military Hospital Abbottabad, we have dealt wi...

1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, 500 03 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic 2 Department of Military Hygiene, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Trebesska 1575, 500 01 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic 3 Biomedical Research Center, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Sokolska 581, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic...

Anecdotally expressed concern over the military/civilian interface regarding infectious disease notification, and the current review of procedures in both civilian and military settings prompted this study. Its aim was to quantify knowledge of doctors involved in the provision of care to Army personnel and their dependants in the United Kingdom regarding infectious disease reporting and make re...

PURPOSES This study involved analysis of (a) type of injuries and medical services used by military casualties in 3 conflicts and (b) medical needs of military and civilian casualties from the 2006 conflict. BASIC PROCEDURES Military casualties from 3 conflicts and military and civilian casualties from the 2006 conflict were analyzed. Casualties were compared in relation to type of injury, le...