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In the United States military, modafinil has been approved for use on certain Air Force missions, and it is being investigated for other uses. As of November 2012, modafinil is the only drug approved by the Air Force as a "go pill" for fatigue management. The use of dextroamphetamine (a.k.a., Dexedrine) is no longer approved. Yes
Headquarters Building, United States Army Medical Command, Vietnam, Long Binh Post, 1971. On 1 March 1970, the United States Army Medical Command, Vietnam was organized as a result of consolidating the 44th Medical Brigade and the USARV Surgeon's Office. The Medical Command organization eliminated duplication of effort, reduced manpower ...
Family Medical Practice Hanoi - 298 I Kim Ma Rd., Ba Dinh Dist., Hanoi. Mai Huong Hospital. Saint Paul Hospital. Thanh Nhan Hospital. Viet Duc Hospital, largest centre of surgery in Vietnam. Vietnam-Cuba Hospital. Vietnam – Soviet Friendship Hospital. Vietnam National Children's Hospital. Vietnam National Hospital of Endocrinology.
Hospitals in Vietnam. 108 Central Military Hospital, formerly known as 108 Military Hospital, is affiliated with the Ministry of Defence of Vietnam. It is a general hospital, a strategic final-level care provider, and a special-grade national hospital. The Hospital is mandated to provide medical services to senior officers of the Communist ...
Military Hospital 175 is the central hospital for the south region of the ministry of defense, located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was founded in 1975 by unifying a few military medical divisions and units, most notably K 1 16, K 7 2, and K 5 9, initially to serve veterans and military officers after the Vietnam war . [1]
The 95th Evacuation Hospital (Smbl) was a 320-bed air conditioned facility offering area medical support to U.S. Military units without organic medical support in the area around Da Nang, Vietnam. The hospital also provided medical care to the Free World Military Assistance Forces and civilian war casualties.
The Edgewood Arsenal human experiments took place from approximately 1948 to 1975 at the Medical Research Laboratories—which is now known as the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD)—at the Edgewood Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The experiments involved at least 254 chemical substances, but focused ...
Military use has contributed to the rise of caffeine as the world's most popular drug. During the American Civil War , each Union troop received a coffee ration of 36 lb (16 kg) annually. World War I saw the dramatic rise of instant coffee : by the end of the conflict, daily production was 42,500 lb (19,300 kg), a 3,000% increase from pre-war ...