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The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Monday, Nov. 24: ___ Americans who have such chronic illnesses as heart disease, diabetes and depression are less likely to [...]

Nov. 24--Americans who have such chronic illnesses as heart disease, diabetes and depression are less likely to get the care and treatment they need than people in seven other advanced [...]

JOHANNESBURG, Sep 16, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Chronic illnesses, mental health issues and the HIV/AIDS epidemic deeply affect the lives of Johannesburg's urban poor, according to a University of […]

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Respiratory Therapeutics Week -- Current study results on Obstructive Lung Diseases have been published. According to news reporting originating in Groningen, Netherlands, by [...]

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- Total Indexed Universal Life (IUL) sales, as a percent of total Universal Life (UL) and IUL sales combined, [...]

Survey Shows Nearly Half Believe System is Getting Worse, Fear Losing Overage; Most Believe Reform Should be a Top Congressional Priority WASHINGTON, May 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- High costs, fear of […]

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- Current study results on Disease Attributes have been published. According to news reporting out of Washington, District of [...]

With the increased prevalence of chronic heart failure (HF), there is a concomitant increase in the number of related hospitalisations; as chronic HF progresses, the risk of acute exacerbation increases. [...]

According to recent research published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, 'Recent Breakthrough Series Collaboratives have focused on improving chronic illness care, but few have included academic practices, and [...]

Researchers detail in 'Waist-to-thigh ratio and diabetes among US adults: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey,' new data in diabetes. According to recent research published in the journal [...]

Scientists discuss in 'Intensive meditation for refractory pain and symptoms' new findings in complementary medicine. According to recent research published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 'The objective [...]

Data detailed in 'Set-up and pilot of a population cohort for the study of the natural history of COPD and OSA: the PULSAIB study' have been presented. 'We describe the [...]

'To estimate the impact of traffic-related noise annoyance on health-related quality of life (HrQoL) in a population-based study and potential effect modification by gender. The study included 5,021 participants of [...]

GPs in the UK have better systems for managing chronic conditions and give patients swifter access to specialists than in any other country, according to a survey of 10,000 family [...]

According to recent research from Turku, Finland, "Conducted as part of a project dealing with work empowerment in multidisciplinary teams in a Finnish hospital specializing in providing care and treatment [...]

According to recent research published in the British Journal of Nutrition, "The French National Programme on Nutrition and Health (Programme national nutrition sante (PNNS)), the aim of which is to [...]

"There is an increasing burden of chronic illness in low and middle income countries, driven by TB/HIV, as well as non-communicable diseases. Few health systems are organized to meet the [...]

"Smoking is among the leading causes of premature mortality and preventable death in the United States. Although smoking contributes to the probability of developing chronic illness, little is known about [...]

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Statewide evaluation of measuring physician delivery of self-management support in chronic disease care.' 'Self-management support is an important component of improving chronic care [...]

A new nationwide telephone survey of 1,001 patients found that while most asthma patients know the risks of 'uncontrolled asthma,' they misinterpret asthma control, not realizing that asthma is a [...]

MoH releases fourth national health care survey results By Karl Zhong Shanghai. March 16. INTERFAX-CHINA - The Ministry of Health (MoH) recently released the results of the 2008 national health [...]

"Young adults, 18-35 years of age, may be more vulnerable to chronic diseases than other age groups. In this study we describe the life situation and lifestyle of young adult [...]

According to a study from Heidelberg, Germany, " Despite the widespread use of complementary and alternative medicine ( CAM) in the general population for the treatment of chronic diseases, only [...]

Fresh data on life sciences are presented in the report 'Unexplained decline in the prevalence of anemia among US children and women between 1988-1994 and 1999-2002.' According to recent research [...]

"This study examined the unadjusted and adjusted prevalence estimates of depression and anxiety at the state level and examined the odds ratios of depression and anxiety for selected risk behaviors, [...]

"To examine patient and provider perspectives about the impact of having diabetes, hypertension and/or dyslipidemia (DHD) on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in order to identify domains for an HRQL [...]

"Abundant literature supports the beneficial effects of physical activity for improving health of people with chronic diseases. The relationship between multimorbidity and physical activity levels, however, has been little evaluated," [...]

According to recent research published in the journal BMC Public Health, 'This study was carried out to compare the HRQoL of patients in general practice with differing chronic diseases with [...]

According to a study from the United States, "No recent national studies have assessed chronic illness prevalence or access to care among persons without insurance in the United States. To [...]

According to recent research published in the journal Diabetes Educator, ' Few comprehensive and practical instruments exist to measure the receipt of self-management support for chronic illness. An instrument was [...]

"Poor medication adherence is widespread among patients with chronic conditions requiring long-term drug therapy. Medication adherence is determined by multiple patient-, context-, and therapy-dependent factors," researchers in the United States [...]

According to a study from the United States, " Cancer survivors are increasingly turning to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to manage short- and long-term treatment sequelae. based data on [...]

In this recent article published in the American Journal of Managed Care, scientists in the United States conducted a study "To examine how primary care providers (PCPs) prioritize management of [...]

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Age and race/ethnicity-gender predictors of denying smoking, United States.' "Smoking is a major risk factor for many chronic diseases. Nearly all studies collecting [...]

Current study results from the report, 'Receipt of preventive health services by IBD patients is significantly lower than by primary care patients,' have been published (see also Inflammatory Bowel Disease). [...]

The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations has upgraded its clinical trials portal (www.ifpma.org/clinicaltrials) to provide a personalized setting. The launch of the 'MyPortal' feature comes as a survey [...]

Fresh data on chronic disease are presented in the report 'Burden of disease across chronic diseases: a health survey that measured prevalence, function, and quality of life.' According to recent [...]

Researchers detail in 'Ambulatory care for cancer in the United States: results from two national surveys comparing visits to physicians' offices and hospital outpatient departments,' new data in cancer (see [...]

"Although multiple co-occurring chronic illnesses within the same individual are increasingly common, few studies have examined the challenges of multimorbidity from the patient perspective (see also Chronic Disease). The aim [...]

In this recent study, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To examine the association between religious fatalism and health care utilization, health behaviors, and chronic illness (see also [...]

According to recent research from Toronto, Canada, "Smoking is one of the most important risk factors for burden of disease (see also Public Health). Our objective was to estimate the [...]

Fresh data on women's health are presented in the report 'Challenges faced by new mothers in the early postpartum period: an analysis of comment data from the 2000 Pregnancy Risk [...]