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Beyond the Limits of Traditional Health Care: A State-Level Systematic Review of Community Health Programs in the United States
Traditional health care has not reached all pockets of the U.S. population due to income inequality
, increasing ethnic and cultural diversity, and deep fragmentation of the health care system.
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Are Community Health Workers Saving Lives? A Longitudinal Analysis of State-Level Variation in Community Health Workforce
U.S. health care costs are increasing rapidly while health care outcomes and access vary significan
tly across the country.
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We Need a Medical Revolution in the United States
The damage has been done. Hundreds of thousands of Americans perished and the pandemic took a $16 tr
illion toll on the US economy., This is a time to think more boldly than ever, and it should inspire our leaders to demand real change.
, We were led to believe the answer to the question of how long it takes from initial research to advanced drug development: 10 years. This has been repeated—and accepted—for decades.
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Key Trends in Health
In the United States and globally, we are in the golden age of rapid advances in scientific innovat
ion and technology for a wide variety of health challenges.
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Best Cities for Successful Aging 2017
“Best Cities for Successful Aging“ evaluates 381 U.S.
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Modernizing Care for Obesity as a Chronic Disease: A How-To Guide for Employers
As a country, we face an urgent need to develop and implement public health and health-care strateg
ies that recognize obesity as a chronic disease, address disparities in multifaceted care, focus on person-centered solutions, and eliminate bias and stig
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A State of Emergency: Integrative Approaches to Addiction and the Opioid Epidemic
As prescription and heroin overdose deaths continue to rise, so has the sense of urgency to addres
s this health crisis that touches the lives of so many Americans.
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The Community Explorer: Using County-Level Data on US Diversity Effectively to Inform Policy
Diversity awareness is becoming an essential element of many policy efforts, from access to health
care and financial inclusion to initiatives addressing systemic racism and inequities.
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Toward a National Action Plan for Achieving Diversity in Clinical Trials
Participation in clinical research among racial and ethnic minorities remains low, even though such
groups now represent nearly 40 percent of the US population.
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Frontotemporal Dementia: A Giving Smarter Guide
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) refers to a family of neurodegenerative conditions that cause changes
in behavior, mood, executive function, language, memory, and motor function.
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America's Obesity Crisis: The Health and Economic Costs of Excess Weight
This study calculates the prevalence and economic effects of diseases related to obesity and overwe
ight in the United States.
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) A Giving Smarter Guide
ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or motor neurone disease (MND), is a cruel disease that
has challenged patients, their families, and the medical community for generations.
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