{"title":"Study aims to improve colorectal cancer screening participation.","authors":"William Atkinson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths (behind lung cancer) in the United States, yet it is one of the most preventable cancers, since screenings can detect pre-cancerous polyps. The removal of polyps inhibits and often eliminates their progression to cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":87045,"journal":{"name":"AHIP Coverage","volume":"49 2","pages":"46-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27451096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Obesity knows no boundaries.","authors":"Ed Rabinowitz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>By now the refrain is familiar: Obesity is an epidemic in this country. But as evidence continues to mount about the health risks associated with carrying excess weight, attention is shifting to the question why obesity is more widespread among minority and underserved populations and what can be done to address the problem in all populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":87045,"journal":{"name":"AHIP Coverage","volume":"49 2","pages":"24-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27451090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Crystal-clear communication.","authors":"Aileen Kantor","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Consumers who understand health care information--medication directions, their physicians' guidance, package inserts, instructions provided over nurse advice lines, and Web sites--benefit in improved health status as a result. When patients don't understand--and can't act on--medical information and instructions, the impact on health and well-being can be devastating: poor control of diabetes, more hospitalizations and longer lengths of stay, improperly taken medications, and so on.</p>","PeriodicalId":87045,"journal":{"name":"AHIP Coverage","volume":"49 2","pages":"40-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27451093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Resilience in disaster's wake.","authors":"Alan G Raymond","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87045,"journal":{"name":"AHIP Coverage","volume":"49 1","pages":"16-24, 26-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27276309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Medical homes: the prescription to save primary care?","authors":"Helena Gail Rubinstein","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87045,"journal":{"name":"AHIP Coverage","volume":"49 1","pages":"44-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27276313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Senators propose new framework for health system.","authors":"April Fulton","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87045,"journal":{"name":"AHIP Coverage","volume":"49 1","pages":"8, 52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27276306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electing a reformer in chief.","authors":"Mark Van Koevering","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":87045,"journal":{"name":"AHIP Coverage","volume":"49 1","pages":"28-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27276303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}