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Americans Have Higher Rates Of Most Chronic Diseases Than Same-Age Counterparts In England

Researchers announced today in the American Journal of Epidemiology that despite the high level of spending on healthcare in the United States compared to England, Americans experience higher rates of chronic disease and markers of disease than their English counterparts at all ages. Why the health status differs so dramatically in these two countries, which […]

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Physical Activity In The Prevention And Treatment Of Disease (Online Book Release)

Prescribing physical activity for the purpose of preventing and treating various conditions can now become a reality for healthcare professionals all over the world. Nine out of ten of all primary care centers in Sweden prescribe physical activity. The book Physical Activity in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease is often used as a handbook when […]

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Researcher Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, Ph.D.

Doctors Need To Help Patients Prepare Better For Health Decisions

Twelve years ago, then 28-year-old graduate student Brian Zikmund-Fisher was forced into the toughest choice of his life: Die from a blood disorder within a few years or endure a bone marrow transplant that could cure him or kill him in weeks. Zikmund-Fisher, now an assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Public […]

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Increasing Taxes On Alcoholic Beverages Reduces Disease, Injury, Crime, And Death Rates

Increasing the costs to consumers of beer, wine, and hard liquor significantly reduces the rates of a wide range of alcohol-related deaths, diseases, injuries, and other problems, according to a new study published in today’s online edition of the American Journal of Public Health and scheduled for inclusion in the November print edition. Researchers at […]

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