Obesity: A Disease, Disability, Both or Neither?
In 2013, the American Medical Association recognized obesity as a disease. Dr. Peter Ubel, writing...
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Disability Among the Elderly
The following depicts the population aged 65 and older by number of disabilities and age, based on...
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Previous Respiratory Disease & Lung Cancer
Studies have suggested a relationship between previous respiratory diseases and a lung cancer...
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Doctors Make Mistakes – Video
Every doctor makes mistakes. But, says physician Brian Goldman, medicine’s culture of denial...
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My War with the Anti-Vaxxers
In the 19th and first half of the 20th century, infectious diseases killed many. In fact, in the...
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Cardiovascular Care for Hispanic Americans
According to current estimates, more than 53 million Hispanics live in the United States,...
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Analyzing Statin Use
Recently, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA)...
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Keeping Cancer Survivors Healthy
For more than 15 years, the “Eight Ways to Stay Healthy and Prevent Cancer” message campaign has...
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Diabetic Kidney Disease: Coming to a Consensus
As the incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes have grown, there has also been an increase in...
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Managing the High Costs of Diabetes Care
The adoption of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and rules imposed by insurers for scheduling and...
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Preventing Duplicate Laboratory Testing
Unwarranted duplicate laboratory tests have been shown to increase unnecessary phlebotomy, which...
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Why Silicon Valley Should Embrace Doctors
Innovation in healthcare blazes past technological advances in many other sectors. Spending in...
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An Update on Secondary Stroke Prevention
In 2014, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) updated guidelines...
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Preventing Complications of Diabetes
More than 29 million Americans have diabetes, and the disease ranks as the seventh leading cause...
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Teens With HIV: A Look at Treatment Trends
In recent years, the incidence of HIV infection has decreased for most age groups. Study results...
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Depression & Mortality in Older Diabetics
Data indicate that patients with diabetes have almost double the risk of being depressed, when...
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Guidelines for Diagnosing OSA
Between 10% and 17% of Americans have moderate to severe sleep apnea, according to recent...
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Assessing Asthma Control
The Asthma Control Test (ACT) has long been used as a quick survey to assess how well asthma...
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Intensive Lifestyle Interventions: Assessing the Impact
The number of adults who are overweight or obese and have type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly...
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The Sensitive Subject of HIV Treatment Side Effects
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is essential to keeping HIV from replicating and further infecting...
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