Health Populi

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Most patients wish their doctors would have a conversation with them about non-medical issues. The Doctor-Patient Conversation , a survey conducted for the Samueli Foundation by the Harris Poll, examined how patients feel about their health, healthcare, and relationships with physicians. The Samueli Institute, has several missions including integrative health with a focuses on evidence-based practices for healing, wellbeing and resilience.

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Osf Healthcare

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

With good intentions, the Joint Commission, which accredits health care organizations across the U.S. declared pain a fifth vital sign in the late 1990s, and made the recommendation that doctors should do whatever they can to ensure patients have no physical discomfort.

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Healthy Debate

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Suicide prevention should be a national imperative. Canada is one of the few industrialized countries that still does not have a national strategy.

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Health Dialog

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In late 2017, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) released guidelines that redefined the readings for high blood pressure , eliminating the condition known as pre-hypertension. According to the new criteria, approximately half of the adults in the United States have hypertension. At Health Dialog, we talk a lot about “ the silent middle.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

While overall adoption of meditation and yoga in the U.S. substantially grew between 2012 and 2017, many more women than men use these holistic medicine approaches. In 2017, 14.3% of American adults 18 and over did yoga, 14.2% meditated, and 10.3% saw a chiropractor. Use of meditation grew over 300% over the five years, and use of yoga by 50%. Using a chiropractor marginally rose by 10%.

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Osf Healthcare

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The OSF Complex Solutions Innovation (CSI) Team gathered reports and provided feedback with students working in the OSF Labs at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Innovation Center for midterm presentations last week. OSF Innovation is generating solutions around vulnerable populations through a collaborative partnership with the UIC Innovation Center.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

“Let’s get this thing f-ing done,” Martha McSally passionately asserted on May 4, 2017. Paul Ryan said, on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives without cursing , “A lot of us have waited seven years to cast this vote.” McSally, who represents Tucson, Arizona, in the U.S. Congress, is running to replace retiring Senator Jeff Flake.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

As Tip O’Neill’s mantra goes, “All politics is local.” In the U.S. 2018 midterm elections, healthcare voting seems to have translated as a local issue, falling into O’Neill’s axiom. In this election, healthcare was the most important voting issue for consumers, PwC found, ranking above the economy, national security, and education.

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