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  • 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

  • Healthy restaurant eating possible

    For most people trying to cut calories, keep an eye on cholesterol or simply improve overall health, "Would you like to go out to eat?" can be eight frightening words. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, "Every meal away from home increases an adult's average daily calorie count by

  • Local group raises more than $22K for wounded warriors

    A local nonprofit group recently donated $22,272.68 to the 59th Medical Wing - all of which will directly benefit its patients and their families.Wilford Hall Auxiliary, a group of spouses of active-duty and retired medical personnel, presented a check to 59th MDW Commander Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Byron C.

  • Kids’ fun day promotes health

    The fifth annual Kids' Fun Day took place at the Youth Center, Feb. 8.The half-day event focuses on teaching children to be physically active, eat nutritiously and encourages parents to get involved in making physical activities fun. The program was originally started by Mathis Fitness Center, but

  • Sippy cups and your child's teeth

    As soon as the first teeth appear in a baby's mouth, the fight against cavities begins. One of the risk factors for early childhood caries, sometimes called baby bottle tooth decay or nursing mouth syndrome, is frequent and prolonged exposure of a baby's teeth to liquids, such as fruit juice, milk

  • Dental Squadron increases mission readiness on installation

    The dental exam scheduling process that once took Unit Health Monitors days to complete every month, has now been reduced to hours, thanks to five members assigned to the 375th Dental Squadron. Currently military members are required to have an annual exam every 13 months or they show up on the

  • Medic awarded Purple Heart for deployed actions

    An Air Force medic assigned to dangerous duty with an Army logistics convoy unit when deployed to Afghanistan two years ago was awarded the Purple Heart during a ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base, La.Staff Sgt. Jasmine Russell, 2nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Personnel Reliability Program

  • JB Charleston youth learn about importance of oral health

    The Deily Dental Clinic at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base reached out to more than 250 children in celebration of Children's Dental Health Month to promote and educate, at any early age, the importance of maintaining good dental health. Gaye Adams, 628th Medical Group chief of dentistry, and Staff

  • Holloman Airman wins Air Force Medical Service Award

    The Air Force Medical Service announced the 2012 award winners on Feb. 5, recognizing a local Master Sgt., Christopher Dwyer 49th Aerospace Medicine Squadron superintendent, for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Leadership Award.The SNCO Leadership Award focuses on the ability to lead a team

  • “Better Body, Better Life”

    The Air Force offers a variety of training programs to help Airmen not only improve their health, but maintain a high level of expeditionary combat readiness.One of those programs is "Better Body, Better Life," a program designed to assist participants in achieving a variety of fitness and

  • Medical team achieves cutting-edge patient transfer

    Marking a first for military medical care in the United States, an Army and Air Force team successfully transported a critically ill woman on a form of heart-lung bypass from San Antonio Military Medical Center to New York City last month.This mission marked the military's first stateside transport

  • 81st MDG facility upgraded to 'Keesler Medical Center'

    Keesler can again boast that it is home to a medical center.Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Kory Cornum, 81st Medical Group commander, surprised those attending the Feb. 1 official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the hospital's new Back Bay Tower with the good news.The Keesler Medical Center designation was changed in

  • Through Airmen's Eyes: Airman struggles back from rare illness

    Imagine having to relearn all the things you learned as kid: how to eat, how to walk, how to talk. Imagine how frustrated and devastated you would be.That's exactly what happened to Airman 1st Class Lori Cord, 436th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, when she acquired a rare illness in late

  • Mobile app provides biofeedback for patients

    The Department of Defense released a smart phone mobile application to help service members use the therapeutic benefits of biofeedback.BioZen, a mobile app from the Defense Department's National Center for Telehealth and Technology based here, known as T2, uses wireless sensors to show users their

  • Air Force Medical Service 2012 Annual Award winners announced

    It is with great pride that the Air Force Surgeon General's Medical Force Development Directorate announces the winners of the Air Force Medical Service Annual Award competition. The competition included individual and team awards, based on criteria outlined in AFI 36-2856, Medical Service Awards.