Peer-reviewed research, commentary and history from across military and veterans’ health.
“For Every Drop Shed in Anguish” In February this year a new sculpture was dedicated in the grounds of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Its purpose was described as…
A few years ago, JMVH published an article on the Korean War. The front-page photograph showed a Royal New Zealand Dental Corps officer working in a Field Dental Unit. That…
RSDL® (Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion) Kit is approved for decontaminating chemical warfare agents and T-2 fungal toxins. This work aimed to investigate the efficacy of RSDL or water irrigation for…
There has been a longstanding misperception within Defence, government and the general public that the ADF health services only need to provide treatment services. This notion fails to recognise the…
Background While considerable research has examined transformation from monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) to multiple myeloma (MM) and the association of Agent Orange (AO) with MM, adverse cytogenetics are…
Introduction There is an increasing recognition of the need for deployed intensive care physicians (intensivists) with the changing nature of conflict. Required capabilities of military intensivists are determined by the…
The Spanish–American War In 2014, the US Army deployed 2500 soldiers into Liberia, West Africa, as part of a global response to an Ebola outbreak. Despite the fear of viral…
To: President Biden and all who wrote and passed the PACT Act of 2022 to help veterans. From: David Bittleman, MD, Primary Care Internal Medicine Doctor at VA San Diego,…
