Tag: public health

CMS Depression Screening

A new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposal would screen…

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Childhood Obesity: It’s Everyone’s Business

The National Business Group on Heatlh has released a new toolkit, Childhood Obesity:…

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UnitedHealth, YMCA Expand Diabetes Prevention Program with P4P for Walgreens

The process uses UnitedHealth claims data and other demographic information to flag…

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The Top Ten Myths about Heart Disease

How much do you really know about your heart’s health? It’s easy…

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Alzheimer’s Preventable with Lifestyle Changes

New research suggests that nearly half of worldwide Alzheimer's disease cases can…

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More Obesity News from The Lancet

This is via Kevin Outterson at The Incidental Economist. What does it…

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Health Train in a Hurricane

  Having been through several earthquakes,hurricanes, floods I will take an earthquake…

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World Obesity on the Rise

The Lancet published a new study of obesity today that found: The…

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How Will We Care for Six Million Centenarians by 2050?- Video

There's no doubt that people are living longer these days. In 1950…

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Shingles Vaccine Really Works But Many Elderly Don’t Receive It

Herpes zoster (or shingles) is caused by the same virus that causes…

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