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  • What is ‘healthy aging’ to you?

    U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Yuyi Jiang, 86th Dental Squadron dental assistant technician, laughs during a photo shoot on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 13, 2017. Being a dental assistant has helped further Jiang’s understanding of healthy aging by emphasizing the importance of oral hygiene.

  • Suicide prevention month: stopping suicide is everyone’s battle

    September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time for Americans to build awareness and help understand suicide in our culture. More than 40,000 Americans lose their life due to suicide each year and research shows that rates in the military and the general population are very close. The loss of any one

  • 86 AES sharpens skills in the sky

    U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Herb Andrews, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight instructor, aids a medical mannequin during an aeromedical training mission while flying to Morón Air Base, Spain, Aug. 15, 2017. Andrews and other 86th AES Airmen conducted their training mission aboard a C-130J

  • Want to teach CPR? The 86th MDG has the course for you!

    The 86th Medical Group conducted CPR training for personnel from squadrons on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 3, 2017.The monthly training is intended to prepare Airmen and civilians to be their unit’s CPR training representative.Staff Sgt. Melinda Wiltse, 86th MDG emergency medical technician,

  • New annual Mental Health Assessment requirement begins July 31

    Starting July 31, 2017, Airmen undergoing their annual Periodic Health Assessment may notice something new. A Mental Health Assessment will now be part of every annual PHA, to help ensure that Airmen suffering from undiagnosed mental health issues are referred to the necessary care.

  • Airmen improve run, reduce pain with new 86th MDOS run class

    Running is both anintegral part of Air Force physical fitness assessments and, if doneincorrectly, a potential source of injury. The 86th Medical Groupphysical therapy flight introduced a new running class called the Pose Method tohelp patients correct their stride, reduce or eliminate pain and

  • Airman saves life acting as Trusted Care Heroes

    There are select Airmen who are given great titles: commander, first sergeant, chief… But there is a relatively unknown title for those who save lives, they are Trust Care Heroes.“Trusted Care Heroes are all of us,” said Col. Brent Johnson, former 86th Medical Group commander. “The motto is,

  • 86 CCATT and AE sharpen cohesiveness

    The 86th Medical Squadron’s Critical Care Air Transportation Team and the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron team conducted a training exercise on the flight line, July 12.The training improved working relationships between medical entities while increasing the clinical and readiness skills of the

  • Preventing tick-borne diseases

    In Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, more than 2,000 cases of Lyme disease occur every year; and from 2000 to 2010, 3,126 cases of tick-borne Encephalitis occurred in all of Germany.Lyme disease and TBE are infectious diseases transmitted to humans and animals through the bite of an infected tick. Bacteria