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MHS MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM E-BULLETINVital Signs
Welcome
Optimizing human performance for the warghter
is a high priority for our Military Health System. We
must organize to sustain warghter performance from
accession into the military until retirement and apply o
skills to enhance baseline performance throughout a
career.
Todays weapon systems are technologically advance
often complex and network-centric, demanding the
utmost in physical and cognitive resources. The
warghter must have the utmost situational awareness coupled with
peak me
and physical tness.
We excel in caring for the wounded warriornow we must excel in
sustaining,
optimizing, and enhancing the warrior. Through human-centered
research, hum
systems integration and a health system that sustains human
performance, the
American soldier, sailor, airman and Marine can effectively and
efciently exec
the mission.
Enjoy this issue of MHS Vital Signs!
Col. Lex Brown
Director, Human Performance Integration
711th Human Performance Wing
Air Force Research Laboratory
July Is Human Performance Optimization Month
The MHS observes Human Performance Optimization month in an
effort
to promote force readiness, which depends on all warghters and
support
personnel being strong, healthy and ready to conduct assigned
missions a
operations. A fundamental premise
within the DoD and MHS is that
the warghter is the center of our
capability and the prime resource
and key enabler of all warghting
systems. If our service members are
not operating at maximum capacity,
the entire system suffers.
Achieving human
performance optimization
requires that the warghterand the Military Health System
itself
be continually honed and strengthened. Our goal is to ensure
that all service members understand the resources available
to them to be mission-ready. Read more at
http://bit.ly/cx0mNz.
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IN THIS ISSUE
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July 2010 Online Edition:
July Is Human Performance
Optimization Month
Warrior Care Spotlight: GPS-
Equipped Parachutes Deliver Blood
From the Sky to Save Lives
MHS Profiles: We Are the MHS
Army Looking at Yoga, Acupuncture
to Treat Pain
Lynn: Intrepid Center Will Be Hub
of Brain Treatment
Did You Know: TRICARE
Enrollment Updates
Recently on the Dot Mil
Docs Podcast
Research Roundup:
Nanotechnology May Hold the
Answer to Treating Depression
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UPCOMING EVENTS
American Health Information
Management Association 2010
Convention & Exhibit
September 25-30, Orlando, Fla.
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RESEARCH ROUND UPWarrior Care Spotlight: GPS-Equipped
Parachutes
Deliver Blood From the Sky to Save Lives
A new and exciting method to deliver bloo
through parachute drops may help quickly
save the lives of military service members
theater. The Joint Medical Distance Supp
and Evacuation Joint Capability Technolo
Demonstration projecta U.S. military
program comprised of Defense Research
Engineering, U.S. Joint Forces Command
the Army, Navy and Air Forceis working
a special delivery system designed to accurately deliver
urgently needed bloo
to warghters in battle. Blood banking ofcers from the Armed
Services Blood
Program are working with the program to test the effectiveness
of these syste
The new delivery method would use GPS-guided parachutes to
deliver blood
service members in theater. It is a signicant development that
if approved wil
have life-saving consequences. Read more at
http://bit.ly/cH1zdy.
MHS Profiles: We Are the MHSThis month we prole three exemplary
individuals whose dedication and
excellence make them role models both
domestically and abroad. While they come
from all branches, ranks and backgrounds,
each goes to work every day with a single
mission: They are committed to making a
positive, lasting difference while improving
the lives of service members, veterans and
their families. Read more at
http://bit.ly/dgPrUU.
Army Looking at Yoga, Acupuncture to Treat Pain
The Armys health care system may soon see changes in how
soldiers are tre
for pain, according to a recent report released by the Armys
surgeon general
recommends 109 changes.
The Pain Management Task Forces nal report, which was initiated
by Lt. Ge
Eric B. Schoomaker in August 2009, addresses the lack of a
comprehensive p
management strategy across the Army and suggests alternative
treatments to
medication such as acupuncture, meditation, biofeedback and
yoga.
Schoomaker explained that with the
increasing numbers of soldiers returning
from combat with severe wounds, reports of
medication abuse and suicides with pain as
a possible factor are troubling. Read more at
http://bit.ly/9bWLs7.
Research Roundup:
Nanotechnology May Hold
the Answer to Treating
Depression
Alleviating the immeasurable impact of
depression may come down to a singlemolecule measured in
nanometers, or
billionths of a meter.
A team of researchers supported by the
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel
Commands Telemedicine and Advanced
Technology Research Center is working
toward becoming the rst to develop a
way to tag single molecules in live cells
to track their movement. The team has
successfully tracked serotonin receptor
molecules through a cell and back to thesurface.
Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that
regulates mood. A clearer understanding of
its mechanisms of action may lead to more
effective treatments for clinical depression
and post traumatic stress disorder.
TATRC chief scientist Dr. Charles
Peterson said, The science here is very
exciting, and TATRC is pleased to be
supporting what could lead to signicantbreakthroughs in treating
a range of
neurochemical disorders. Read more at
http://bit.ly/cKbenH.
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