01 March 2022 Healthy Habits Provide Healthy Hearts While the month of February is known as heart health month, the subject it highlights is a year round concern, particularly in the United States where it’s leading cause of death in men and women in America. Every year nearly 785,000 Americans have their first heart attack. Another 470,000 people...
26 February 2022 NMRTCs Ace CIPR Inspections PORTSMOUTH, Va.– Three Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Commands (NMRTC) earned perfect scores during the Career Information Program Review (CIPR) which took place the week of Feb. 7.The Career Information Program Review (CIPR) provides the command with a means to assess the effectiveness of...
25 February 2022 Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune's COVID/Acute Respiratory Clinic is closing After nearly two years, the COVID/Acute Respiratory Clinic at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune closed its doors a final time the afternoon of February 25, 2022.Following the first positive case of COVID-19 in Eastern North Carolina, NMCCL personnel established the “ARC” to conduct COVID-19 tests...
24 February 2022 Keeping Oral Cancer from being a Mouthful at Naval Hospital Bremerton Through with the chew?The annual Great American Spitout, February 24, 2022, is an ideal reminder to help start the process.Ready to quit the spit?Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton’s Tobacco Cessation counselor, along with the Dental/Oral Surgery team are here to help.Had...
24 February 2022 Answering the Call - NHB physician recalls New Mexico deployment Navy Medicine’s recent deployment to the Four Corners region of the American Southwest didn’t rely on a sextant to navigate the course.It was care, compassion and concern for those in need which piloted Navy Medicine physicians, nurses and hospital corpsmen to help handle an surge of COVID-related...
24 February 2022 NSMRL’s LT Neal McNeal named Navy Medicine’s Research Psychologist of the Year GROTON, Conn. (NNS) Lt. Neal McNeal, a research psychologist at the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL), is the 2021 Medical Service Corps Research Psychology Officer of the Year. This honor is awarded to junior officers “whose leadership, professional knowledge, and...
23 February 2022 NMCCL’s Navy Officer recognized as Navy Medicine’s Senior Laboratory Officer of the Year Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune personnel are being honored on a national level once again. United States Navy Lieutenant Commander Amanda J. Randles was recently recognized as Navy Medicine’s Senior Laboratory Officer of the Year for 2021.The yearly award recognizes compassion, accountability,...
22 February 2022 Navy Restarts Medical Training with Israel Defense Force Surgeons LOS ANGELES – (Feb. 18, 2022) – Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Navy Trauma Training Center (NTTC) hosted multiple Israeli Defense Force (IDF) surgical teams to teach and reinforce medical procedures to one of our key military allies in the Middle East.In June 2021, NTTC and Navy Expeditionary...
18 February 2022 Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune revives STEM outreach with local area schools After an 18-month pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune is reviving their STEM outreach with local area schools. On February 16, anatomy and physiology students at Lejeune High School aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune got a close-up look at what a heartbeat looks...
16 February 2022 Navy Entomologist Provide Pest Management Education to U.S. Coast Guard Located deep in the tropics approximately 55 miles from the eastern tip of Cuba, United States Coast Guard (USCG) Base Great Inagua is a nine-acre forward operating base renowned for search and rescue operations. The personnel of this small but vital facility serve as heroes to many in their various...