Tag: chronic disease

America Has A Health Care Paradox

EXCLUSIVE POST - We have a real paradox in American healthcare. On…

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The Week in Health Care

The indisputable focus in Washington, D.C., and across the country last week…

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Affordable Care Act Hits Two-Year Mark

Last week marked the two-year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable…

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New Study Reaffirms the Weight of Obesity on our Health Care System

Last week the Campaign to End Obesity, a Partnership to Fight Chronic…

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New Report from Alzheimer’s Association Offers “Sobering Statistics” on Disease

The 2012 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report released today from the Alzheimer’s…

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Coordinating Care by Reporting What Didn’t Happen

 Today, the health IT industry is in the early stages of sharing…

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Class Helps People Help Elders

From the LA Times... Valencia's College of the Canyons in Ca. has…

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Personalized Prevention, Part I

For a few years now, I’ve been thinking about the potential intersections…

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Lab Tests in Health Risk Assessments Help Spot Diabetes, High Cholesterol and Kidney Disease (transcript)

This is the transcript of my podcast interview with Dr. Harvey Kaufman…

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Improving Quality of Life for People with Chronic Diseases

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) last week issued a report, Living Well…

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