The Healthy People 2030 initiative, led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, establishes clear public health goals spanning a decade and provides tools to monitor national progress toward those goals. The initiative envisions a future where all individuals and communities…
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We’d like to share some terrific news! Mary Tinetti, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health at the Yale University School of Medicine, is a 2009 MacArthur Fellow. Her affiliation with the Foundation and the field of aging is long and deep. She has been the long-time leader of our…
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It's a doggone shame to single out man's best friend when we need to address medication management. A recent posting on the WSJ HealthBlog titled "CDC to Americans: Don't Trip Over Your Dog" noted that 1 percent of emergency room visits for falls are pet-related. That's "ruff"-ly 86,000 Americans injured…
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