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1. Distribution of Short-Term and Lifetime Predicted Risks of Cardiovascular Diseases in Peruvian Adults.

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Burroughs Pena, Melissa, Quispe, R, Bazo-Alvarez, JC, Burroughs, MS, Poterico, JA, Gilman, RH, Checkley, W, Bernabé-Ortiz, A, Huffman, MD, and Miranda, JJ

Abstract

Short-term risk assessment tools for prediction of cardiovascular disease events are widely recommended in clinical practice and are used largely for single time-point estimations; however, persons with low predicted short-term risk may have higher risks a

Published
2015

5. Global Noncommunicable Disease Research: Opportunities and Challenges.

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Jaacks, Lindsay M., Ali, Mohammed K., Bartlett, John, Bloomfield, Gerald S., Checkley, William, Gaziano, Thomas A., Heimburger, Douglas C., Kishore, Sandeep P., Kohler, Racquel E., Lipska, Kasia J., Manders, Olivia, Ngaruiya, Christine, Peck, Robert, Burroughs Pena, Melissa, Watkins, David A., Siegel, Karen R., Venkat Narayan, K. M., Pena, Melissa Burroughs, and Narayan, K M Venkat

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NON-communicable diseases, PUBLIC health, CLINICAL medicine research, MEDICAL innovations, HEALTH care industry, MEDICAL research, THERAPEUTICS, CHRONIC diseases, COMMUNICABLE diseases, DIFFUSION of innovations, INTERNATIONAL relations, MENTORING, RESEARCH funding, WORLD health, RESEARCH personnel
Abstract

The article discusses the conference related to noncommunicable diseases (NCD), which was held in September 2014. It mentions the initiatives taken by the global health industry to narrow down the gap between research work concerning communicable and non-communicable diseases. It reflects on the funding source for clinical research and public health research, and encourages exchange of health innovation between the U.S. health industry and the global health industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2015
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