Peer-reviewed research, commentary and history from across military and veterans’ health.
As we completed the final touches on the September 2014 Journal, I was fortunate to receive an e-mail from Michael Dowsett, one of the former Directors General Naval Health Service,…
Dear Editor Recently, while reading Sherwin Nuland’s Doctors: The Biography of Medicine in relation to the impacts on medicine of Rene Laennec’s invention of the stethoscope, Nuland writes about four…
The rescue of severely wounded soldiers, while under fire, is itself a major cause of military death and traumatic injury.1 Some sources estimate that up to 86% of battlefield deaths…
Background: Physical training by female military trainees can put them at risk of iron deficiency and inferior health and performance. Purpose: To determine the effect of iron supplementation on iron…
Background: Alcohol consumption in defence populations exceeds those of civilians across all age groups with stress associated with operational deployments thought to be a contributing factor. Civilian nurses drinking patterns…
Background: The Military Fitness Training Leader (MFTL) is considered a parameter that affects the efficiency of the Hellenic Army Physical Readiness Training (APRT). Purpose: The competencies of 5 different types…
This paper presents a narrative review of research on barriers to the secondary prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in primary care, such as STI screening and treatment, from the…
The Dunt Review1 into mental health services in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) enabled significant investment in programs and initiatives across the defence environment in Australia. The subsequent attention to…
A 38 year-old United States Air Force active duty male in excellent health presented to the flight medicine clinic with a two week history of shortness of breath, fatigue, and…
