Armyâs Aggressive Surgeon Is Too Aggressive for Some
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As head of the Armyâs Institute of Surgical Research, Col. John Holcomb is working to change the way the military takes care of its wounded.
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The defense secretary's trip comes at a time when critics have accused him of being insensitive to the welfare of the troops.
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As the insurgents in Iraq step up their attacks, the Army has increased the intensity of its training of battlefield medics. That has meant moving the training from classrooms to more realistic settings and teaching medics to keep fighting the enemy &#151; even if it means sometimes delaying treatment of the wounded.
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One of Britainâs top military analysts has described the plan to send the Black Watch regiment to back up American troops in Iraqâs most dangerous areas as a âcritical, serious and ultimately unnecessary decision that makes no logistical sense
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When the first congressional hearing about the care of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center opens this morning in a campus auditorium, many eyes will turn to Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, who has served as the Army's top doctor since he gave up command of the hospital in 2004. The hearing will allow Kiley to explain why bureaucratic tangles and horrid conditions made life so difficult for outpatients at the Army's premier hospital, while also likely putting him in a position of defending his job....
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Experts fear an infection caught by troops in Iraq and Afghanistan will invade civilian hospitals
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Concerns raised over senior officers' threat to patient confidentiality.
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Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside, a psychiatric outpatient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center who was waiting for the Army to decide whether to court-martial her for endangering another soldier and turning a gun on herself last year in Iraq, attempted to kill herself Monday evening. In so doing, the...
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SOLDIER abuse was an endemic part of military culture, an academic and former infantryman said today. A photograph of soldiers who donned Ku Klux Klan-style hoods standing behind their Aboriginal colleagues
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Concern is raised about a new service brought in to provide medical cover outside surgery hours.
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The commander of the biggest US military hospital abroad said Tuesday that American troopsâ body armor and speedy evacuations appear to be helping save lives in the
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A top New York heart surgeon who was doing a mercy-mission operation on an 8-year-old boy in El Salvador had to scrub out in the middle of the procedure so he could donate his own rare-type blood to the patient.
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Top officials at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, including the Army's surgeon general, have heard complaints about outpatient neglect from family members, veterans groups and members of Congress for more than three years.
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The Army's surgeon general yesterday criticized stories in The Washington Post disclosing problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, saying the series unfairly characterized the living conditions and care for soldiers recuperating from wounds at the hospital's facilities.
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When Marine Lance Cpl. David Battle learned he'd either have to sacrifice his ring finger or the wedding band he wore, he told doctors at a field hospital in Iraq to cut off the finger.
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Dr. Thomas R. Russell, the executive director of the American College of Surgeons, discusses medical innovation, the health care crisis and more.
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The general brought in to command Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the wake of a scandal over conditions at the hospital was nominated by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates yesterday as the new surgeon general of the Army.