T HIS RANDOMIZED controlled trial was conducted to assess whether duct tape occlusion therapy is as effective as cryotherapy for the treatment of common warts. Patients 3 to 22 years of age who visited the pediatric clinics on a military base in Washington State with at least 1 common wart on an extremity were approached for study enrollment. Sixty-one subjects were enrolled and randomized to e...

In this paper, recent concepts in the management of war wounds of the maxillofacial region are described. A brief differentiation is also given between general practice medicine and military medicine.

Conscientious objection is the right of physicians to reject a practice or action that violates their ethical or moral principles (1). In majority of democratic countries, an individual has a legitimate right to conscientiously object and refuse to act according to the law or its individual provisions that prescribe behavior contrary to the individual’s conscience. However, it is necessary that...

Influenza may rapidly disseminate within populations living in confined settings, causing considerable morbidity and disrupting daily activities. We describe an influenza A outbreak on a military base where 3,000 young adults, most of whom were unvaccinated, lived in close daily contact. Visits to the base clinic by 48 persons with acute respiratory illness within 2 days allowed early identific...