Peer-reviewed research, commentary and history from across military and veterans’ health.
THE USE OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS has been around since before the siege of Kaffa in 1346 when the Tartars catapulted plague infected bodies over the ramparts. The potential for terrorists…
THIS IS THE FIRST OF A TWO-PART ARTICLE on English naval medicine during the Tudor period, from the end of the Wars of the Roses in 1485 until the death…
DURING SURGICAL PROCEDURES using laser or electrosurgical units, the thermal destruction of tissue creates a smoke byproduct. Research study has indicated that this smoke plume contains toxic gases and vapours.…
PROGRESS IN THE LIFE SCIENCES will be driving scientific progress in the 21st Century the way physics did for the 20th Century. The new revolution in Biotechnology indicates that the…
Objectives: To determine the adequacy of Army recruits' usual diet before the commencement of training. To identify problems which may be addressed in future preventative health programs. Design: Recruits completed…
THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS INFLUENZA in Australia appears quite different to that of many other countries. Whereas mass immunisations have been conducted in the United States in response to threats of…
RECENT ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY have resulted in the emergence of a new method of screening for cancer in women. There is an existing widely established method that has good reliability.…
AS WE APPROACH the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 11 September, the Australian Defence Force remains actively involved in Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf and central Asia, as well…
ONLY ONE VACCINE AGAINST JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS is available for use in Australia. Other vaccines in Asia have supplanted this vaccine. Some vaccines used in Asia, however, would not be acceptable…
FROM 1998 TO 2000, the need for a civilian health response to chemical, biological and radiological (CBR) emergencies was identified and developed in preparation for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games…
THIS PAPER DESCRIBES the rationale for current work undertaken at the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defence Centre (CERN DC) investigating the feasibility of pre-exposure approaches to counteracting the toxicity…
Staub D, et al. Effectiveness of a repellent containing DEET and EBAAP for preventing tick bites. Wild Environ Med 2002; 13(1): 12-20. OBJECTIVE TOPICAL REPELLENTS can provide effective personal protection…
