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One of the foremost goals for the healthy people 2010 program is the elimination of health disparities among different segments of the population. Reported data are clear that barriers in the patient-physician relationship contribute to racial disparities in the experience of health care.
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The National Institutes of Health's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has added four new Centers of Excellence for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CERCs) to its research centers program.
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Concerns have long been raised about an association between animal protein intake, specifically red meat, and risk of breast cancer.
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Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis and a leading cause of disability in the United States. The prevalence of osteoarthritis is expected to double in the next 20 years.
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When transferring private health information to potential post-acute providers, discharge planners need to be aware of some facts about the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
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When hospitals rely on a patient's family members to interpret medical news, they might be placing the patient at risk, an expert says.
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Discharge planning for orthopedic surgery patients at one major hospital begins well in advance of patients being admitted for surgery.
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Discharge planners know intuitively that what they do matters to patients' health and safety and to reducing the public health costs of repeated hospitalizations.
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