Story by Cpl. Jonathan Wright | Marine Corps Installations East | 08.30.2011
Human physiology is something that, even after centuries of medical practice and research, is still not completely understood. Much akin to how the moon’s influence over the Earth’s tides was once a mystery, such can be said for the effect that drastic changes in the weather have over full-term pregnant women....
Story by Cpl. Jonathan Wright | Marine Corps Installations East | 08.12.2011
The advances in naval medicine can be among the most important factors in a Marine’s career both garrison and abroad in a combat zone. Of Navy medicine, there are dozens of internal sections that ensure the level of health care delivered to Marines as well as their families is the best in the Department of Defense, with each of those sections supporting the other....
Story by Pfc. Nikki Phongsisattanak | Marine Corps Installations East | 08.05.2011
The Department of Defense is taking part in the fifth annual National Immunization Awareness Month sponsored by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. This year DOD’s NIAM, held in August, comes with the theme: “Immunization health and the DOD family.”...
Story by Cpl. Jonathan Wright | Marine Corps Installations East | 08.03.2011
At a popular restaurant out in town, among the various sandwiches, burgers and miscellaneous appetizers, there is a dish called the Southern Smokehouse Burger with Ancho Chile BBQ. Layered with a variety of vegetables and meat products smothered in sauce, this hamburger is certainly a filling lunch or dinner meal – considering how it alone is over the daily recommended calorie intake....
Story by Cpl. Jonathan Wright | Marine Corps Installations East | 07.18.2011
Every three years, a tiny shiver crawls up the spines of those working in U.S. naval hospitals. At any time, their respective hospital will be put under the microscope, poked and prodded and shown against a multitude of proficiency standards, making or breaking a hospital’s reputation. A week of triple-checking oneself and waiting in anticipation, the Joint Commission draws near....
Story by Cpl. Jonathan Wright | Marine Corps Installations East | 07.01.2011
No one is born a doctor – there are years of education, training and internship needed to become someone who can reach out and pluck a life away from the brink of oblivion. In no way does this fact diminish in the military, holding just as true in every instance for Navy medical personnel. Every year is spent in either medical education or building upon prior experience, all in the effort to......
