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  • Child Abuse Prevention Month event highlights the power of knowledge

    Team Sheppard and local community members raise awareness for National Child Abuse Prevention Month through the Walk of Knowledge event at Wichita County District Courthouse April 15. Sheppard’s Family Advocacy members and local organizations, participated in the annual event to bring light to the

  • Sexual assault reporting options: restricted, unrestricted

    Victims of sexual assault seeking help may not know who they can talk to or what resources are available.  Sexual assault victims have two reporting options: restricted and unrestricted.“I stress the importance of understanding restricted and unrestricted reporting because I don’t want a victim’s

  • Eglin pathology lab probes for answers

    On any given day, the pathology and histology lab professionals at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, handle about 125 patient specimens from livers, prostates to tonsils. They evaluate, prepare and transform tissue onto microscope slides studied by pathologists. These doctors study tissues to make a

  • Autism awareness

    (This is the fifth AFMS article for the Military Children’s Health Month series.)One in 68 children in the U.S. has been identified as having autism, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Autism, a general term for autism spectrum disorder, is a developmental disorder which

  • AF selects 42 physician assistant training program candidates

    The Air Force has selected 42 active duty Airmen for the Interservice Physician Assistant Program with phase one training beginning in August at Fort Sam Houston."The 29-month program is open to enlisted, officers and academy and reserve officer training corps cadets," said Kevin Smith, Air Force

  • Program supports exceptional families and their needs

    The Department of Defense celebrates the Month of the Military Child in April. In recognition of our military families, the 779th Medical Group (779 MDG), Population Health Department would like to highlight the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) and the benefits it provides for military

  • AF children’s health: Caring for AF’s littlest heroes

    (This is the fourth AFMS article for the Military Children’s Health Month series)  As we salute military children, we take a look at how the Air Force cares for its littlest heroes.  In today’s military community, the number of active-duty-member children is almost equal to the number of active duty

  • TRICARE Improves Mental Health Care and Treatment

    People in distress may hesitate to reach out for help due to perceived stigma associated with seeking mental health treatment. This perception and the belief that care may be hard to get, may prevent some people who need care from getting it. TRICARE has worked hard to eliminate potential barriers

  • Eliminate Sexual Assault: Know Your Part,Do Your Part

      Service members at Al Udeid Air Base have the chance to do their part to help eliminate Sexual Assault by participating in a series of events aimed at raising awareness during national Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, which is observed throughout April.   This year’s theme

  • Warrior Games premiere at Laughlin

    Members of the 47th Student Squadron from Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, competed in the first ever Warrior Games, a competition organized by physical training leaders to change up fitness routines.

  • MHS GENESIS rolls out as name for new electronic health record

    The new system to transform military health records has an official name.  Military Health System (MHS) officials say the new electronic health record (EHR) will be called MHS GENESIS and will launch at the end of calendar year 2016.  To keep pace with medical advances and innovations in technology,

  • SAPRO director: Everyone has part in preventing sexual assault

    From the most junior service member to the highest ranking official, everyone in the Defense Department has a role in eliminating sexual assault, the director of the DOD Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office said in a recent DOD news interview. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and

  • US, Dominican Republic strengthen partnerships while building hospitals

    Through a joint training exercise, civil engineers with the 820th RED HORSE Squadron from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, have been working together with their Dominican partners throughout April to build four clinics and a vocational school in the Maria Trinidad Sanchez Province.

  • AFMS tradition of family and pediatric medicine

    (This is the second AFMS article for the Military Children's Health Month series)  When the Air Force cares for family members—it is ultimately taking care of the Airman, whether in garrison, on deployment, or at home.  “When Airmen deploy into an uncertain environment, they can count on one thing

  • Webinar to Provide Information about Infants & Immunizations

    TRICARE is hosting a webinar to talk about infants and immunizations on Monday, April 18, 2018 at noon EST. You don’t have to register before the event, simply join us on the webinar platform accessed here: https://conference.apps.mil/webconf/ImmunizeInfants. For audio, dial 1-877-917-6908, pass

  • New Parent? Call TRICARE’S Nurse Advice Line for Medical Advice

    New parents have a hard job. And after sleepless nights, new emotions and just trying to figure out the whole parenting ‘thing,’ your new addition isn’t feeling well. Did you know that you can call TRICARE’s Nurse Advice Line (NAL) 24 hours a day, seven days a week? More than half of the calls to