Periodontal diseases affect up to 90% of the global population and have become the most common oral health condition worldwide.1 Periodontitis, one of the well-known periodontal diseases, was estimated at…

The military-to-civilian transition (MCT) is a significant life change for military personnel. Characterised as the process of leaving the military and returning to family, community and workplace roles,1 a successful…

This is the first part of a two part series on the diagnosis and medical management of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in military veterans. This article looks at the…

The standard treatment of nerve agent poisoning is pretreatment with the carbamate pyridostigmine, and post-exposure therapy with atropine, an oxime (PAM, toxogonin or HI-6) and diazepam. Some of the literature…

The Australian Defence Force comprises the healthiest and fittest groups of individuals in Australian society. Pre-selection at recruitment is a major factor that pre-determines this status; but on this basis…

By Col Darrell Duncan, MBBS, Grad Dip HI HODGETTS, TJ GREASLEY, IA; 2003 Impact of Deployment of Personnel with Chronic Conditions to Forward Areas. Journal of the Royal Army Medical…

This paper provides an overview of military medical ethics (MME). It intends to inform military medical professionals on the breadth of the subject, including important subordinate topics, in preparation for…

Agent Orange, a dioxin-containing toxin, was used as a herbicide during the Vietnam War. Agent Orange exposure was initially linked to congenital disabilities among Vietnamese civilians residing near aerially sprayed…