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Health homes provide super utilizer support
The term “super utilizer” has become shorthand for patients with multiple chronic conditions who access care frequently, resulting in the highest cost to public health and uncompensated care. They’ve...
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A new study revealing the rise of a multidrug-resistant typhoid strain called H58, has emphasized the need for antibiotic stewardship. A large international study, published in Nature Genetics, found...
View ArticleMyopia and public health
Liverpool, UK—The British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) opened the first day of its 2015 conference with a day-long focus on myopia management. Ian Flitcroft, MA DPHIL FRCOPHTH, calls myopia a public...
View ArticleBrien Holden on contact lens myopia management
Liverpool, UK— The British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) opened the first day of its 2015 conference with a day-long focus on myopia management. Professor Brien Holden, BAppSc, PhD, DSc, chief...
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Preterm birth: progress and prospects
Dr Dolan is Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, and a Medical Advisor to March...
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A pharmacy pioneer of the 20th century bounds into the 21st
Fred Mayer, RPh, MPH, Drug Topics’ longtime editorial advisor and CEO of Pharmacy Planning Service Inc., is known to most everyone in pharmacy as both an advocate for the profession and, through the...
View ArticleHPV vaccine rates, race, and income
Findings of a recent study looking at the influence of community-level geographic features on human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination rates among teen girls may be helpful for developing strategies to...
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Playing hide and Zika with Aedes aegypti
For quite a while, I have wondered why the country of Brazil (“Brasil” to its citizens) has bothered to have an army. By law, military service is compulsory, but about 75% of its male citizens are...
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'I love my job,' says UCSF expert in HIV/AIDS, HCV
Betty J. Dong, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP, AAHIVP, FAPhA, professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has been honored with the 2016 PPSI/Stan...
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NASEM declares eye health a public health imperative
In order to avoid a public health crisis and keep up with increasing vision loss among the aging baby-boomer generation, correctable vision impairments must be eliminated by 2030, according to a...
View ArticleHow to reduce vision impairment, promote eye health
Anaheim, CA—The American healthcare system is failing eye care. This is particularly true when the poor public awareness of vision health concerns are considered. But according to Lori Grover, OD, PhD,...
View ArticleGladwell: Health care is a mystery wrapped in a puzzle
Anaheim, CA—The current state of health care in the U.S. is a blend of pathologies and policies—a mystery wrapped in a puzzle, says Malcom Gladwell, author, public speaker, and business psychologist....
View ArticleStudy Finds Nearly Half a Million Deaths Prevented in the United States by...
Since 1963, vaccination has prevented approximately 450,000 deaths in the United States from diseases such as polio, measles, mumps, and rubella. This figure was calculated in a new study published by...
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The poor will always be with us, and they want and need healthcare
Dr Brown is F. Bayard Carter Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University, President-Elect of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and a...
View ArticleIs $485 million enough to end the opioid epidemic?
Many groups and government agencies are praising the $485 million in funds that HHS is giving to states to help combat the opioid crisis. HHS Secretary Tom Price said that the funds are provided for...
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Five ways health executives can impact the opioid crisis
As 2017 ends, there’s no doubt the opioid crisis will go down in the books as one of the foremost public health issues of the year—if not the decade. Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of...
View ArticleFirst Zika test for blood donations wins nod from FDA
FDA approved the first test that detects the Zika virus in blood donations and living organ donations. Last year, FDA also approved the first widely available test for the Zika virus from Quest...
View ArticleMeasles Incidence in United States Remains, But Need to Vaccinate Stays High
Across the United States, the incidence of measles remains very low; however, failure to vaccinate could be the primary driver of measles transmission, according to a study JAMA. The study, led by...
View ArticleFewer Women, Including Those Who Aren't Vaccinated, Are Getting HPV
The number of adult women who contract human papillomavirus (HPV) is going down, probably due to the use of the HPV vaccine. Even unvaccinated women may be benefitting from the decline. According to a...
View ArticleActivists: drugmakers, distributors liable for opioids abuse
Soon after President Donald Trump announced declared the opioid abuse crisis a “public health emergency,” shareholder activist groups said they aim to hold drug manufacturers and distributors liable...
View Article10 ways to control infection (VIDEO)
For Contemporary Pediatrics, Dr Bobby Lazzara discusses a recent statement published in Pediatrics that discussed key ways to prevent and control infection in ambulatory settings.
View ArticleWarfarin Linked to Lower Cancer Risk
Use of the blood thinner warfarin (Coumadin, Bristol-Myers Squibb) has been linked to a reduced incidence of cancer in a large population-based cohort study. Losing this possible protection against...
View ArticleA Bigger Role for Pharmacists
Community pharmacists should be leveraged more to help combat the opioid abuse epidemic, as well as plan for emergencies such as bioterror attacks and help prevent antibiotic resistance, according to...
View ArticleNew Malaria Research Shows Promising Implications for Vaccine Design and...
Researchers have discovered a human antibody that has prevented malaria when used in mice. The antibody, known as CIS43, provided protection by binding to a specific portion of a surface protein...
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Study: Health-Related Research Lacks Diversity
Racial and ethnic minorities, especially African-Americans, are significantly less likely to participate in health-related research than whites, according to a new study. The study, conducted by Ball...
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