Health
New push to keep seniors in home, community-based programs
The federal government is pushing states to keep more low-income seniors out of nursing homes and, instead, enroll them in home and community-based programs.
Apr 4, 2016
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Immunology
New mobile app has the potential to revolutionise asthma management
Asthma is a major public health concern, affecting one in 10 Australian adults. While there is no cure, asthma can be effectively managed. Asthma management is particularly important during pregnancy. The risk of pre-eclampsia, ...
Apr 1, 2016
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Health
Study adapts proven community health worker model for outpatient setting
Penn's Innovative Community Health Worker (CHW) model, shown to reduce admissions and lead to better health outcomes for hospitalized patients, can now be used in outpatient settings, according to a study from researchers ...
Mar 24, 2016
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Diabetes
Diabetes management program doesn't cut disparities in care
(HealthDay)—A telephone-based disease management program delivered by a disease management vendor is ineffective in reducing racial/ethnic disparities in diabetes care, according to a study published online March 10 in ...
Mar 17, 2016
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Health
To increase group exercise, study suggests rewarding the individual and the team
Financial incentives aimed at increasing physical activity among teams are most effective when the incentives are rewarded for a combination of individual and team performance, according to new research from the Perelman ...
Mar 15, 2016
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Medications
The path from prescription painkillers to addiction
Abuse of prescription painkillers has become an epidemic in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even more concerning is that those going through withdrawal may turn to heroin as ...
Feb 26, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Monitoring and support help patients and primary care physicians dealing with chronic pain
Within the past 10 years, the prescription of opioids for the treatment of chronic pain has increased and the abuse of opioid medications leading to addiction has been described as epidemic. Primary care practitioners (PCPs) ...
Feb 24, 2016
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Medications
Health provider awareness can curb prescription drug abuse, public health study shows
Increasing health care providers' level of concern about prescription drug abuse in their communities may be an effective public health tool in fighting America's prescription drug abuse epidemic, according to a study by ...
Feb 18, 2016
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Health
Premium-based financial incentives did not motivate obese employees to lose weight
Employers around the nation are increasingly searching for ways to help their employees make healthy lifestyle choices including encouraging obese employees to lose weight, often by offering financial incentives in the form ...
Jan 5, 2016
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Diabetes
Better info needed in transfer from peds to adult care for T1DM
(HealthDay)—For young adults with type 1 diabetes transitioning from pediatric care to adult endocrinologists, information transfer seems to be inadequate, according to research published online Dec. 17 in Diabetes Care.
Dec 28, 2015
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