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Chronic conditions plague more than one-third of women
While eight in 10 women between the ages of 18 and 64 report excellent, very good, or good health, more than one-third report that they live with a chronic health condition that requires ongoing
Racial treatment disparities persist at VA
Although the Veterans Affairs healthcare system has improved since it was overhauled in the 1990s, a new study concludes treatment disparities between white and black patients still persist, reports
Personalized treatment protocols can be developed with EHR data
Individualized treatment guidelines can help doctors prevent more heart attacks and strokes than they can by using population-based protocols, according to a new study published in the Annals of
Study: Pay-for-performance doesn't work
Pay-for-performance initiatives that tie better outcomes to financial incentives for physicians don't work, according to a study published recently in the British Medical Journal. The finding comes
Nevada doc risks license with online BP clinic
Surgeon Dr. Kevin C. Petersen noticed a disturbing trend among the low income and uninsured patients he examined prior to providing reduced-cost operations in Nevada: about one-third of them suffered
Health-conscious docs more likely to offer lifestyle advice
Healthy People 2010 set a goal that 85 percent of physicians should be counseling patients on healthy diet and physical activity by this year. According to a new study published in Preventive
SPOTLIGHT: Health disparities cost almost $24B per year
Excess rates of preventable diseases among some minority groups don't just impose human costs, they're also very expensive to treat, according to a new study by the Urban Institute. In fact,
Study: Heart health has decreased in recent years
Over past decades, rates of obesity, diabetes and hypertension among Americans had been falling, but that's not the case any more, it seems. Heart health in the U.S. has taken a turn for the worse in
SPOTLIGHT: High blood pressure, jail time linked
According to a report by the Boston Globe, people who have spent time in prison are more likely to develop high blood pressure as a young adult than those who have not been incarcerated. "There's
