Tag: Diseases & Conditions: Misc.
Patient Education Can Improve Chronic Disease Management
Improvement seen in patients' ability to manage disease, medical students' ability to educate them
Lanadelumab Reduces Attack Rate in Hereditary Angioedema
Significant reduction in attack rate compared with placebo seen for three dose regimens of lanadelumab
Progress Toward Goals in Global Health Is Slowing
Seven articles published in the The Lancet address different aspects of the global burden of disease
Community Health Worker Intervention Beneficial
Low-income patients in intervention group reported higher quality of care, spent fewer days in hospital
Medicare Patient Readmit Rates Higher in Proprietary Hospitals
For six major diseases, readmission rates up in for-profit versus government, nonprofit hospitals
Many Countries Failing on Non-Communicable Dz Death Targets
For women and men, 35 and 30 countries expected to meet Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4
Care Coordination Strategies Aid in Multiple Chronic Diseases
Significant improvement for older adults with depression, COPD; diabetes, cardiovascular disease
Frailty in Middle-Aged With Multimorbidity Tied to Mortality
Prevalence of frailty 18 percent in middle-aged, older participants with four or more long-term conditions
WHO Calls for Renewed Effort to Combat Chronic Disease
Commission makes six recommendations to meet 2030 goals for non-communicable diseases
Intensive Management Program Benefits High-Risk Patients
Access to intensive management program results in more outpatient care with no increase in total costs
