Shrimp Bandages Save Soldiers
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Wound dressings made of ground shellfish exoskeletons save lives by stopping extreme bleeding in emergency situations. By Aaron Rowe.
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On the military plane that crossed the ocean at night, the wounded lay in stretchers stacked three high. The drone of engines was broken by the occasional sound of moaning. Sedated and sleeping, Pfc. Joshua Calloway was at the top of one stack last September. Unlike the others around him, Callowa...
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Armed with miniaturized medical devices, surgeons bring advanced care to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan just moments after they're hurt. By Randy Dotinga.
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A prototype artificial skin which can be used to heal wounds has been developed by British researchers.
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Bodies, dirty water spreading disease. Medical supplies have started to run out and panicked residents are fighting for provisions.
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With fake fins and plastic paws, doctors can rebuild injured animals  -  and also use what they learn to help humans
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The military health-care system canât keep pace with the flood of battlefield casualties. Max Cleland--Vietnam vet, triple amputee, and former U.S. senator--on the roots of the crisis, and what needs to be done.
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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - They can do it for love of God and country - or for the $60. Either way, soldiers vaccinated against anthrax have the opportunity to help future anthrax victims by donating their blood.
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Images of medics treating horrific injuries in Iraq and the anguished faces of wounded U.S. soldiers are juxtaposed in a new exhibit with pictures of youthful veterans back home dealing with life as amputees.
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The military's videogame recruiting tool does more than just lure future troops. It also teaches the kind of medical skills that can help save lives.
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For every American soldier killed in Iraq, nine others have been wounded and survived &#151; the highest rate of any war in U.S. history. It isn't that their injuries were less serious, a new report says. In fact, some young soldiers and Marines have had faces, arms and legs blown off and are now returning home badly maimed.
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Immunization through the skin, using a patch, protects mice against normally lethal inhaled doses of anthrax bacteria, according to a new report.
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The Army will begin teaching combat lifesaving instruction during basic training to enable soldiers to give critical medical care to wounded comrades on the battlefield.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Rachmat has a nasty gash on his leg from cleanup duty. Marni, an old-timer, has a laceration on her forehead. Their fellow workers are also nursing cuts and scrapes.
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Millions of gunners have enjoyed the simple efficiency of the silicone cloth in protecting their firearms. Now saltwater anglers have their own version with the release of Sentry's Marine Tuf- Cloth.
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by JEREMY REDMON of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Mosul, Iraq. Two GIs desperately carry their wounded buddy between them, dragging him from the shattered remains of what had been a bustling mess hall in Iraq.
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The sun had not yet risen in Taji. A young Army soldier lay alone in the road. She was alive, but barely. Her ribs had been crushed; her spleen, ruptured. Her right side was marked by the angular tread of a tire.