JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights A study by Jennifer G. Clarke, M.D., M.P.H., of Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, and colleagues suggests that behavioral intervention provided prior to release from prison improves tobacco abstinence in the community. (Online First) A total of...
Major disparities exist along racial and ethnic lines in the United States for various medical conditions, but guidance is scarce about how to reduce these gaps. Now, a new "roadmap" has been unveiled to give organizations expert guidance on how to improve health equity in their own patient...
Major disparities exist along racial and ethnic lines in the United States for various medical conditions, but guidance is scarce about how to reduce these gaps. Now, a new "roadmap" has been unveiled to give organizations expert guidance on how to improve health equity in their own patient...
A study published February 15 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, reveals that oral nutritional interventions help malnourished cancer patients and individuals at nutritional risk improve some aspects of quality of life (QOL), as well as increase nutritional intake. However, the...
Allergies & Asthma In Children: Research Highlights New Interventions, Recommendation
Asthma-Related Hospital Readmissions 50 Percent Greater in Single-Parent Households Financial strain and competing priorities at home may contribute to greater number of hospital readmissions of children with...
Practicing positive activities may serve as an effective, low-cost treatment for people suffering from depression, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside and Duke University Medical Center...
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Latinos who live the United States are more likely to quit smoking when they take part in an intervention program, finds a systematic review of studies conducted by Monica Webb Hooper, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University of Miami. According to U.S. Census data, Latinos are the largest...
Rush University Medical Center has been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Rush Center for Urban Health Equity. The aim of the Center is to find ways to promote changes to eliminate the disparities in heart and lung disease affecting inner...
Rush University Medical Center has been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Rush Center for Urban Health Equity. The aim of the Center is to find ways to promote changes to eliminate the disparities in heart and lung disease affecting inner...
Rush University Medical Center has been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the Rush Center for Urban Health Equity. The aim of the Center is to find ways to promote changes to eliminate the disparities in heart and lung disease affecting inner...