Article: Major Regan A. Stiegmann and Lieutenant Colonel Chelsea B. Payne

Biohacking our Best: Lifestyle & Performance Medicine for the Aviator

“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.”
– F.M. Alexander, Author

Disclosure:

The views expressed in this article are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the United States Government. No author declares any competing interests. ... more

Video: MediWound Germany GmbH

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MediWound is a biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes novel, cost effective, biotherapeutic solutions for tissue repair and regeneration.

NexoBrid®, our commercial orphan biological product for eschar removal of severe thermal burns, is a bromelain-based biological product containing a sterile mixture of proteolytic enzymes that selectively removes burn eschar within four hours and does not harm surrounding viable tissue. ... more

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Difference Between Cigarette Smoke and Heated Tobacco Product (HTP) Aerosol

Smoke contains solid particles and liquid droplets therefore it is an aerosol. However, it is a complex mixture that contains a large number of carbon-based solid particles and thousands of chemicals and formed during combustion. ... more

Report

American–German partnership on a regimental level

2011–2021, a review of ten years

Introduction

Why writing an article about an American – German military medical partnership in a magazine that is focusing more on the European engagements in this topic? The answer is easy, because the United States (US) Forces are already in Germany, for example with the LANDSTUHL Regional Medical Center (LMRC). This can´t be moved and ... more

Interview: Martin Bricknell

The NATO response to the COVID-19 pandemic - Interview with Brigadier General Zoltán Bubenik

This is one of a series of interviews conducted by the Editor-in-Chief with key medical leaders within the NATO health system to record their experiences and insights from the COVID-19 crisis.

Date: 20/01/2022

Interviewer: Lt Gen (Rtd) Prof. Martin Bricknell, Editor-in-Chief, military-medicine.com

Interviewee: Brigadier Zoltán Bubenik, past Chairman of COMEDS and Czech Surgeon General ... more

Interview: Martin Bricknell

The NATO response to the COVID-19 pandemic - Interview with Major General Timothy Hodgetts

This is one of a series of interviews conducted by the Editor-in-Chief with key medical leaders within the NATO health system to record their experiences and insights from the COVID-19 crisis.

Date: 06/09/2021

Interviewer: Lt Gen (Rtd) Prof. Martin Bricknell, Editor-in-Chief, military-medicine.com

Interviewee: Major General Timothy Hodgetts, Chairman Designate of COMEDS and UK Surgeon General
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Interview: Martin Bricknell

The NATO response to the COVID-19 pandemic – Interview with Brigadier Stefan Kowitz

This is one of a series of interviews conducted by the Editor-in-Chief with key medical leaders within the NATO health system to record their experiences and insights from the COVID-19 crisis.

Date: 22/09/2021

Interviewer: Lt Gen (Rtd) Prof. Martin Bricknell, Editor-in-Chief, military-medicine.com

Interviwee: Brigadier Stefan Kowitz, Director, NATO Multi-National Coordination Centre/European Union Medical Command

This interview complements the articles written by BG Kowitz ‘On track towards FOC’, which ... more

Interview: Martin Bricknell

The NATO response to the COVID-19 pandemic – Interview with Colonel Sohrab Dalal

This is one of a series of interviews conducted by the Editor-in-Chief with key medical leaders within the NATO health system to record their experiences and insights from the COVID-19 crisis.

Date: 31/08/2021

Interviewer: Lt Gen (Rtd) Prof. Martin Bricknell, Editor-in-Chief, military-medicine.com

Interviewee: Colonel Sohrab Dalal, Branch Head (Medical), NATO Allied Command Transformation ... more

Interview: Martin Bricknell

The NATO response to the COVID-19 pandemic – Interview with Brigadier General Dr. Dirk-Friedrich Klagges

This is one of a series of interviews conducted by the Editor-in-Chief with key medical leaders within the NATO health system to record their experiences and insights from the COVID-19 crisis.

Date: 22/09/2021

Interviewer: Lt Gen (Rtd) Prof. Martin Bricknell, Editor-in-Chief, military-medicine.com

Interviewee: Brigadier General Dr. Dirk-Friedrich Klagges, Director NATO Centre of Excellence for Military Medicine

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Article: Lt Gen (Rtd) Professor Martin CM Bricknell CB OStJ PhD DM MBA MA MedSci Professor of Conflict, Health and Military Medicine Conflict and Health Research Group

Analysing Civil-Military Command and Control in the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged our countries and led to an unprecedented mobilisation of national resources including the use of armed forces to augment civilian health capacity. This health crisis has put immense pressure on military medical services both to ensure force health protection and health care for members of the ... more

Interview: Martin Bricknell

The NATO response to the COVID-19 pandemic – interview with Brigadier General Dr. Laszlo Fazekas

This is one of a series of interviews conducted by the Editor-in-Chief during Autumn 2020 with senior medical leaders within the NATO command structure that discuss the NATO response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Date: 31/08/2021

Interviewer: Lt Gen (Rtd) Prof. Martin Bricknell, Editor-in-Chief, military-medicine.com

Interviewee: Brigadier General Dr. Laszlo Fazekas Hun A, ACOS JMED/MEDAD
JMED Division, Strategic Enablement Directorate, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) and Allied Command Operations (ACO)
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Article: Chairmen: Brigadier General (ret) Rob van der Meer, MD & Colonel (ret) Gerald M. Kerr

Report of the 9th DiMiMED conference

abstracts, posters and many more...

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Report: Major General Juan José Sánchez Ramos, Surgeon General (Spanish Ministry of Defence)

1st EU Congress on Military Health Services

From 6 to 8 October, the Centre for Higher National Defence Studies (CESEDEN) hosted the First European Union Congress on Military Health Services. The event was inaugurated by the Undersecretary of Defence, Amparo Valcarce. ... more

Article: Rico Maderthoner Commander j.g. (OF-3) DEU Navy

M3-EPS: A Surge Capacity Concept for Pandemics and Crises

Summary

The Multinational Medical Coordination Centre / European Medical Command (MMCC/EMC) in Koblenz has responded to the challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic by developing a comprehensive modular concept for dealing with pandemics and crises. This concept comprises a total of seven modules, some of which can function independently, ... more

Article: LTC Dr. Maren Kosak

Resilient Response 2020

A web-based wargame with a focus on pandemic response and hybrid threats

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Abstracts

Medical Biodefense Conference 2021

The Bundeswehr Institute Microbiology organized the Medical Biodefense Conference, which took place in Munich from 28 September - 1 October 2021.

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Report: Brigadier General Dr Stefan Kowitz, MD

On track towards FOC

The Director of the Multinational Medical Coordination Center/ European Medical Command (MMCC/EMC), Brigadier General Dr. Stefan Kowitz, reflects upon a successful year of growth and the advancement of a multitude of projects undertaken by the organization located in Koblenz. For the next few months, its primary focus is the establishment of the situation ... more

Article: Author: Dr. med. Claus von Schroeder, Facharzt für Allgemeinmedizin, Im Hagen 15, 29549 Bad Bevensen

Hyaluronic acid active substance combinations: The all-purpose weapons in local wound treatment

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Interview

Cooperation and coordination are key to success – the multifocal role of the Czech Armed Forces Military Medical Service

Interview with Brigadier General Zoltan Bubenik, Czech Surgeon General

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Article: Martin Oberreiter, MD, PHD; Michal Plodr, MD, PhD; Vojtěch Pavlík, MSc

The efficacy of hyaluronic acid in combination with an antiseptic - experience from acute military-based wound care

Hyaluronic acid as an essential component of wound healing

Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a natural constituent of human skin, where it forms a network with proteins that bind to HA and helps to maintain skin mechanical properties. (1) In addition, HA plays a structural role by retaining water, thereby maintaining a moist environment, which is critical for successful wound healing. Even Galen, a physician treating ... more

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Bipolar ionization:

Ionization is the name of any process in which one or more electrons are removed from an atom or molecule so that the atom or molecule remains as a positively charged ion. ... more

Press Release

DiaSys: Universally applicable assay for antibody determination in COVID-19

At the beginning of this year, DiaSys Diagnostic Systems, a medium-sized diagnostics company based in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, has expanded its portfolio by an immunoturbidimetric test for quantitative determination of total antibodies in COVID-19. This universally applicable total
antibody test, called SARS-CoV-2 UTAB FS (UTAB = Universal Total ... more