U.S. Troops Are Losing Their Hearing

A Marine takes an audiogram test on Camp Pendleton, Calif., on July 13, 2011. Khoa Pelczar/Marine Corps Troops' Hearing Is Often A Casua...

Is There A Link Between Higher Breast Cancer Rates And Serving In The Military?

Photo: Warrior: 'The dog tags and camouflage are real. I am still active duty,' said Barbie, as she posed for the Scar Project to r...

Trying To Keep U.S. Soldiers Bodies Fit And Able

Captain Odom, left, rested in a helicopter after treating 13 soldiers. Kuni Takahashi for The New York Times Tending To Bodies Near The Brea...

Study Pinpoints Brain Damage In Vets Similar To Football Injuries

Drs. Lee E. Goldstein and Ann McKee, authors of a paper on chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Gretchen Ertl for The New York Times Brain Ailm...

Report: U.S. Troops Are Stressed To The Breaking Point

Troops Stressed To Breaking Point -- Washington Times Report cites sustained combat, redeployments. A recent Army health report draws an ala...

What Medical Reasons Will Stop A U.S. Soldier From Going Into Combat?

Afghan Local Police and members of coalition special operations forces load an ALP member needing medical care onto an MH-60 Black Hawk heli...

U.S. Army Suicides Up 80 Percent Since Invasion Of Iraq

video platform video management video solutions video player Troops In Afghanistan Face Mental Health Issues, Studies Say -- L.A. Times Afte...

Tens Of Thousands Of U.S. Soldiers Not Fit For Combat

Photo : Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker Many Soldiers Not Fit For Combat For Medical, Other Reasons -- USA Today Nearly 90,000 soldiers are either ...

Are Military Burn Pits Unhealthy?: Evidence Is Inconclusive

video platform video management video solutions video player U.S. Marines burn human waste as they clean their lavatories at the Musa Qala D...

Lung Problems Found In Iraq, Afghanistan Vets

Lung Problems Found in Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans -- FOX News/Reuters Shortness of breath and reduced fitness among some military veterans r...

Mental Health Problems For Children Whose Parent(s) Are Deployed In war Zones

Mental Problems of Soldiers' Kids Tied to Wars -- FOX News/Reuters The longer U.S. soldiers were deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan, the mo...

Troops Who Serve In The Middle East Are Suffering Respiratory Problems

Soldiers who served in Iraq or Afghanistan complain of lingering coughs, shortness of breath, dizziness and other symptoms. Now, scientists ...

Soldiers Need Their Sleep

US soldiers of Bravo Company, 1-14 Infantry Battalion rest inside their armoured vehicle on the way back to the US military Camp Taji after ...

Is A Trip To The Bar The Best Thing For A Veteran's Mental Health?

Photo : First Lt. Travis Gilbert, 34, center, enjoys his first beer since returning from a yearlong deployment in Afghanistan. Anita Powell ...

The Cost To Care For Iraq And Afghan Vets May Reach $1.3 Trillion

War Veterans' Care To Cost $1.3 Trillion -- Washington Times New entitlement an unfunded liability; will eclipse Social Security. The ex...

The Growing Ranks Of Soldiers With Mental Health Disorders

Photo : Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, surgeon general of the Army, during an interview in his Falls Church Va., office on January 20. Thomas Bro...

Camp Lejeune Vets Suffer From Drinking Water Contamination

A sign at Camp Lejeune, N.C., warns about treatment of the underground plume of TCE, or trichloroethylene, on the base. From St. Petersburg ...

Pentagon Reports U.S. Troop Obesity Doubles Since 2003

From USA Today: WASHINGTON — The number of troops diagnosed as overweight or obese has more than doubled since the start of the Iraq war, ye...