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CDC: One-Fourth of Medicare Part D Patients Don’t Take their Blood Pressure Medicine

High blood pressure can lead to heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and death. About 70% of US adults age 65 or older have high blood pressure and only about half have it under control (less than 140/90 mmHg). Blood pressure medicine (along with a healthy diet and exercise) can protect the heart, brain, and kidneys, […]

NIH Wants 10,000 Children for Landmark Brain Study

Recruitment for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD(link is external)) study, the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States, began today. The landmark study by the National Institutes of Health will follow the biological and behavioral development of more than 10,000 children beginning at ages 9-10 through adolescence into […]

Poll: Is the Surgeon General Right About Opioid Epidemic?

Recently, the Surgeon General issued a letter to physicians urging them to take a part in combating the opioid epidemic. In addition to bringing our readers the most topical articles and news from PPAHS and the web, we’ve also created a brief (2 minute – 5 question) survey to understand reactions to the Surgeon General’s […]

Former Virginia Hospital Becomes Medical College Hub

MARION, Va. — A new patient is occupying the exam rooms of a Smyth County hospital that hasn’t accepted sick people in years. The patient’s name is SimMan 3G and he has a lot of issues: He bleeds. He goes into shock. He moans in pain. SimMan 3G is a high fidelity simulation mannequin and […]

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NIH Award Expands Study of Alzheimer’s Biomarkers

The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) — the long-running National Institutes of Health-supported study investigating brain and fluid biomarkers of the disease — enters a new phase of discovery with the launch of ADNI3. With the recent NIH award of approximately $40 million over the next five years—coupled with anticipated private sector contributions of $20 […]

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Maryland Lawmakers Seek Diversity in Medical Marijuana Industry

Black Maryland state lawmakers are planning to propose emergency legislation to address the dearth of minority-owned businesses approved to grow medical marijuana in the state and may demand scrapping the results of a nine-month application process and starting over. Del. Cheryl D. Glenn (D-Baltimore) announced the plans at a Friday meeting of the Legislative Black […]

Report on Sickle Cell Disease Suggests Treatment and Care is Inadequate

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited, lifelong chronic disorder affecting nearly 100,000 Americans and a growing global health problem that will touch nearly 30 percent more people globally in the next three decades. Though new approaches to managing SCD have led to improvements in diagnosis and supportive care, people living with the disease still […]

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Study: Broad Health Disparities Found in Kentucky

Local medical professionals believe that results of a 2011-13 study, the latest data available, by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky are different now because of progress made under the Affordable Care Act. “Health Disparities in the Commonwealth, A Report on Race and Ethnicity and Health in Kentucky” revealed that multiracial and black Kentuckians tend […]

Top Nursing Academics Will Be Honored

Professor Hester Klopper and Professor John Daly will be joining students completing their studies in ceremonies on 2-3 September. Professor Hester Klopper, deputy vice-chancellor of strategic initiatives and internationalisation at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, has an interest in the role nurses play in influencing global health policy and strengthening healthcare systems. Her current research […]

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Shooting Death at Nursing Home Under Investigation

SALEM — State police assigned to the Essex District Attorney’s Office and Salem detectives are investigating the death of an 81-year-old resident of the Grosvenor Park Health Center in Vinnin Square after he reportedly used a handgun to shoot and kill himself on Friday night, according to Salem police Capt. Conrad Prosniewski and Essex District […]

GW Resident Alleges Bias in Dismissal

A former resident at George Washington University Hospital sued the university last month, alleging that she was dismissed because she had cancer. Stephanie Waggel started as a psychiatry resident at George Washington in the summer of 2014, her lawsuit says. In the spring of 2015, she was diagnosed with kidney cancer, and, after she informed […]

Asheville, NC, Plans $433,000 Disparities Initiative

ASHEVILLE – Race hasn’t always been at the forefront of city politics, but now local and national events have pushed the issue into public view – and city officials say they intend to keep it there with an ambitious $433,000 initiative. The City Council is set to review a plan for a $350,000 racial disparity […]

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