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Beating diabetes:

November 14, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Diet

Every five minutes, someone in Australia is diagnosed with diabetes. It’s Australia’s fastest growing chronic condition, but as its prevalence grows more people are adding dietary supplements to their diets in the hope of reducing their risk of the disease. But how effective are dietary supplements?

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Rutgers study examines smoking status, health conditions in older Chinese American men

October 11, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Aging, aging adults, Chinese Americans, Chronic Disease, data, EPIDEMIOLOGY, Immigrant Health, Immigrants, Lung Cancer, Older Adults, Research, Smoking, Tobacco, vaping, vaping epidemic

The findings of the study by the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research underscore the need for culturally targeted interventions to prevent and reduce tobacco use, manage chronic disease and screen for lung cancer.

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Expanding Medicaid means chronic health problems get found & health improves, study finds

September 30, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Chronic Disease, Diagnosis, low-income, Medicaid, medicaid expansion, Poverty, Prevention

Nearly one in three low-income people who enrolled in Michigan’s expanded Medicaid program discovered they had a chronic illness that had never been diagnosed before, according to a new study.
And whether it was a newly found condition or one they’d known about before, half of Medicaid expansion enrollees with chronic conditions said their overall health improved after one year of coverage or more.