IHS and CDC Implement Fall Prevention Strategies
WASHINGTON, DC—As part of an initiative to reduce injuries among its beneficiaries, the IHS is working to prevent falls. Nationwide among older adults, falls are the leading cause of injury deaths....
View ArticleCDC Recommends H1N1 Vaccine for Diabetics
WASHINGTON, DC—People with diabetes have an increased risk of severe illness from the flu, the CDC warned last month. “People with diabetes account for about 12% of all of the hospitalizations we’ve...
View ArticleResearchers Re-Defining the Concept of a Cure for Diabetes
BETHESDA, MD—Much of the discussion surrounding diabetes concerns day-to-day treatment and how a patient can manage symptoms and keep the disease from progressing. Rarely does anyone discuss the...
View ArticleVA Adopts Patient-Centered Care Model Based on Treatment of Chronic Conditions
WASHINGTON, DC—Diabetes is, in many ways, the prototypical chronic disease. It is slow moving, progressive, complex, and it impacts patients’ lives in ways that cannot be quantified on a medical chart....
View ArticleDoD to Study the Impact of Wartime Deployment on Women's Health and Mental...
WASHINGTON, DC—As women Vietnam veterans approach their mid-60s, physicians are finding it more important to understand the impact of wartime deployment on their health and mental outcomes nearly 40...
View ArticleBabies of Overweight Women Have an Increased Risk of Certain Heart Defects
WASHINGTON, DC—The largest study of obesity during pregnancy and babies with heart defects in the US finds that women who were overweight or obese before they became pregnant had an approximately 18%...
View ArticleCDC Sleep Study Finds 41% Report Insufficient Rest
WASHINGTON, DC—Many people say they are not getting enough sleep, a CDC study found. A study published in CDC’s Oct 30th Morbidity and Mortality Report found that 11.1% of respondents said that there...
View ArticleCollaboration Between Department of Defense and National Football League on...
WASHINGTON, DC—Lately, traumatic brain injury (TBI) is receiving due attention on both the battlefield and the gridiron. Full Article
View ArticleEpidemic of Age-related Cognitive Disorders Looming
BETHESDA, MD—An increase in the quality and availability of health care and improvement in overall living conditions over the last century has helped increase average life expectancy in the United...
View ArticleCDC Says Isolation Period May Curb Spread of H1N1
WASHINGTON, DC—Workers who are sick with H1N1 should stay at home so others are not infected. However, many jobs in the private sector do not offer paid sick leave to make time at home possible,...
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