110,000 Active-Duty Army Troops Last Year Were On Meds

Patrick Burke with his wife, Elise, and their son, Jackson. In a drunk driving and auto theft case last year, the Air Force pilot was found ...

Amputations Reach A Wartime High

The X2 prosthetic allows amputees to navigate stairs with a normal gait. Army Medical Command DoD Says Amputations Reached Wartime High -- A...

U.S. Army’s New First Aid Kit

U.S. Army’s New Standard Issue Individual First Aid Kit -- MedGadget The U.S. Army has been trying to improve first aid medical response of ...

How Wars Bring About Medical Innovations

Photo: Army Capt. Dan Berschinski lost his legs to an IED in Afghanistan — and now uses advanced “Power Knees” that cost $40,000 per leg. G...

A 'Band-Aid' That Will Not Only Save Your Life At The Front, But Also Keep You Warm

Photo: Revolutionary: Reservist Major Robert Dawes devoted hours of time to create the Blizzard Heat pack Army Medic Creates Award-Winning ...

Treating Concussions In War Zones

ROAD WARRIORS - U.S. Air Force Senior Airman John Fitzgerald, left, patrols a road with many known improvised explosive devices during an op...

Saving Troops' Lives With A Flying Hospital

An aeromedical evacuation crew and military members load a patient onto a C-17 Globemaster III on its way to the United States to take patie...

A Slideshow On America's War Against STD

The Enemy in Your Pants -- Mother Jones The military’s decades-long war against STDs. Army medical records dating back to the Revolutionary ...

U.S. Soldier 'Re-Grows Leg' After Pioneering Medical Research

Decellularized Hearts A heart is washed of its cells, leaving behind only the structural skeleton that gives the tissue its shape. Courtesy ...

A Medical Miracle And A Story Of Courage

Army Private Channing Moss was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade in Afghanistan. (U.S. Army Photo, Courtesy Channing Moss) Unexploded Bomb i...

Why Is The US Navy Not Deploying It's Hospital Ships Outside Of Libya?

NIGHT COMFORT - The hospital ship USNS Comfort sits off the coast of Kingston, Jamaica, April 17, 2011, to support Continuing Promise, a hum...

An Investigative Series On Wounded Soldiers

Wounded U.S. Army soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division are moved for evacuation in Kamdesh, Afghanistan, after suffering shrapnel wounds...

Women Treat Their War Scars Differently Than Their Male Counterparts

Heroine: Hannah Campbell lost her left after a bomb attack in Iraq in 2007 - and she is relieved that people are accepting of her prosthetic...

A Look At Today's "MASH" Units

Lt. Gen. (Dr.) James G. Roudebush, Air Force surgeon general, chats with a wounded Soldier returning from overseas during a visit to Malcolm...

Combat Medic Of The Future?

RESCUE ROBOT - An all-terrain, search-and-rescue humanoid robot simulates how a soldier or item up to 500 pounds can be lifted and carried, ...

New Medical Tests Can Detect The Degree Of Brain Trauma In Wounded Soldiers

Navy Capt. Michael Wagner, the Traumatic Brain Injury director at a military base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, wraps up his examination of a so...

Iraq Veteran Will Be First to Get Adult Stem Cell Treatment For Spinal Cord Injury In FDA Trial

Studying Stem Cells Dr. Gabriel Lasala and Dr. Jose Minguell examine cells in TCA Cellular Therapy's lab. Business Wire From Popular ...

First Batch Of DARPA's Synthetic Blood Delivered To FDA, Could Be On Battlefields Soon

Blood on the Battlefield Trauma wards in combat zones often run short of blood necessary for transfusions. A DARPA program may soon yield va...

New Technologies To Save Lives On The Battlefield Being Developed

A Green Lantern to Heal Wounds A pink dye zapped with green light can seal a wound, a potentially fast and safe method for healing battlefi...

Are U.S. Troops Over-Medicated?

US Military Concerned About 'Over-Medication' Of Troops -- Space War The US Army's surgeon general on Monday expressed concern a...