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  • Medical team trains, perfects skills

    Medical decontamination team members worked diligently, performing exercises and honing skills at the 27th Special Operations Medical Group at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Feb. 21. A two-day seminar lead by Charlie Jansen, DECON, LLC instructor, was held to teach 27 SOMDG members the skills

  • Cadet's research aims to bust spice users

    A senior cadet's summer research, which earned her recognition from Air Force Chief Scientist Dr. Mark Maybury at an awards ceremony Feb. 1, will help catch users of spice and similar products several weeks after they've ingested the substance.Cadet 1st Class Alexa Gingras, working with two doctors

  • Colorectal cancer screening saves lives

    March is National Colorectal Cancer Screening month. If you are 50 years old or older, you may be due or overdue for a colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon or rectum) screening test. Getting a screening test could save your life.Colorectal cancer almost always develops from precancerous polyps

  • National crisis hotline connects call to Robins

    Mental health professionals here were recently able to reach out to a military member in crisis - with a phone call through the national Veterans Crisis Line. The toll-free number was accessed by a former Robins Airman while en route to a new duty location. Counselors routed the call to the

  • Remember hypertension during healthy heart month

    February is healthy heart month, so let's talk about high blood pressure. High blood pressure affects an estimated 68 million people, or one in three American adults. If high blood pressure is not controlled, it can advance to heart disease and stroke, which are the leading causes of death in the

  • Light therapy, relaxation rooms get makeover

    The 48th Fighter Wing Health and Wellness Center recently refurbished their light therapy and relaxation rooms. "We were going through the process of looking into what we can do for process improvements and the light therapy and relaxation rooms came to mind," said Tech Sgt. Timmy Odom Jr., 48th

  • 31st MDG classes help fight childhood obesity

    According to the 31st Medical Group, childhood obesity in Aviano is on the rise. The 31st MDG offers classes to help parents combat the situation.Currently there are 690 children enrolled at Aviano schools. Within the last twelve months, approximately 150 of them have been diagnosed as being

  • Simulator prepares medical staff for Obstetric emergencies

    Child birth, although a natural process, can sometimes pose certain emergency risks.Advances in technology however, have been able to significantly decrease these maternal and prenatal risks associated with child birth. Most notably, the 366th Medical Group Obstetric service boasts such technology

  • MDG Airmen win AF-level Awards

    Once again, Airmen from the 2nd Medical Group were recognized at the Air Force level as outstanding performers in their fields.Maj. Karen Nzerem, 2nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, and Tech. Sgt. Terrence Raybon, 2nd Medical Support Squadron, each won categories in the 2012 Air Force Medical Service

  • Program emphasises comprehensive resilience

    The dictionary defines resiliency as, "the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity" and, "ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buoyancy."But how do you become resilient? Most

  • Mental health flight commander wins AF-level award

    Maj. Michael McCarthy of the 82nd Medical Group was named the Air Force's Biomedical Clinician Category III Officer of the Year for 2012 in an announcement last week.McCarthy, who is the mental health flight commander, was thrilled to receive the award, which was mostly for his work as the Air

  • Offutt medical campus to become tobacco free

    In accordance with the Air Force Surgeon General's new tobacco policy and Air Force Instruction 40-102, the 55th Medical Group will declare itself "tobacco-free" eliminating designated tobacco areas and prohibiting use of all tobacco products on the medical campus starting June 1."We all know that

  • Medics provide top notch care during Sharpshooter 13-2 exercise

    Despite broken bones, cold-weather victims and numerous wounds too gruesome to mention in polite conversation, medical professionals from the 366th Medical Group carry on the task of saving lives and healing wounds during Sharpshooter 13-2.The exercise has tested the knowledge of the men and women

  • First Afghan Air Force C-208 CASEVAC a success

    In another historic step for the Afghan Air Force, an AAF Cessna 208 configured for battlefield casualty evacuation successfully transported a seriously injured solider and three minor casualties from Kandahar, Afghanistan to Kabul International Airport Feb. 11. The Afghan-tasked, planned and led

  • IDMTs: The medical world's 'jack of all trades'

    In the medical world, Independent Duty Medical Technicians are often revered as "Jacks of all Trades."The IDMTs' mission is to save lives while accomplishing various jobs. They provide and manage patient care while at home station. But, while deployed, they're responsible for establishing medical

  • AF medical leader recognized with AMA's top government service award

    (AMA News Release)Assistant Air Force Surgeon General, medical force development and nursing services, Major General Kimberly Siniscalchi, M.S.N., received the American Medical Association's (AMA) top government service award in health care, the Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government

  • Through Airmen's Eyes: F-22 pilot physician takes safety to new heights

     (This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series on AF.mil. These stories focus on a single Airman, highlighting their Air Force story.) Powerful thrust, paired with unparalleled agility, propels the grey fighter jet through the sky, in ways unfathomable to earlier generations of

  • Optometrist achieves Air Force milestone

    This country has seen major achievements by driven and devoted Airmen since the Air Force became a separate service in 1947. Recently, an optometrist here at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center pushed herself into the record books.Annette Williamson is the first female optometrist to be promoted