Adolescence is a difficult period of development, made more complex for those with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). The challenges of managing multiple doses of daily insulin administration, blood glucose monitoring, dietary ...
Sep 3, 2020
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Hospital emergency departments (EDs) not only care for patients with overdose and other complications from opioid use, but they also serve as vital touch points to engage patients into longer-term treatment. After an overdose, ...
Mar 1, 2021
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Despite some of the strictest tobacco control policies in the world, recent data shows the decline in smoking in Australia has stalled.
Oct 2, 2017
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Cardiovascular disease—the thickening and hardening of arteries causing increased risk of strokes and heart attacks—is the No. 1 cause of death worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. High cholesterol is ...
Apr 27, 2023
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(HealthDay)—Financial penalties work better than cash rewards for motivating employees to meet physical activity goals in a workplace wellness program, a new study reports.
Feb 15, 2016
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A new study in the Sept. 29, 2011, edition of the New England Journal of Medicine reports that nearly one in five nursing home residents with advanced dementia experiences burdensome transitions in the last 90 days of life, ...
Sep 28, 2011
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Pregnant women are more likely to stop smoking if financial incentives are offered as part of a treatment plan, finds a trial from France published in The BMJ today.
Dec 1, 2021
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With two in three Australian adults currently overweight or obese, and around 47% of Australians now living with related chronic health conditions, an updated report from Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has reinforced ...
Mar 14, 2022
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A program that offered financial incentives to both patients and their physicians to control low-density lipoproteins (LDL) cholesterol could be a cost-effective intervention for patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease ...
Sep 14, 2018
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Hospitals participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program, a large federal safety-net program, are financially incentivized to prescribe original biologic drugs to prevent and treat diseases in lieu of cheaper generic-like ...
Jun 21, 2023
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