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Cardiovascular Disorders

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Individual and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and the Association Between Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease

Women living in disadvantaged neighborhoods may be more susceptible to air pollution-related health effects, but individual and neighborhood SES did not affect the positive association between long-term fine particulate matter and cardiovascular disease.

Sep 13, 2016
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Populations and Interventions for Palliative and End-of-Life Care: A Systematic Review

This evidence review found that palliative care improves outcomes for cancer, dementia, congestive heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Sep 12, 2016
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Training and Capacity Building in LMIC for Research in Heart and Lung Diseases: The NHLBI-UnitedHealth Global Health Centers of Excellence Program

A public-private partnership created a program to train and mentor early stage researchers who study of heart and lung diseases from 11 Centers of Excellence around the world.

May 25, 2016
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The Future as a Series of Transitions: Qualitative Study of Heart Failure Patients and Their Informal Caregivers

Patients and caregivers view heart failure as a series of transitions, including the shock of first being diagnosed; learning to adjust to life with heart failure; reframing and taking back control of one's life; and understanding and accepting that death is inevitable.

May 1, 2016
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Differences in Severity at Admission for Heart Failure Between Rural and Urban Patients: The Value of Adding Laboratory Results to Administrative Data

Laboratory test data provide insight on clinical severity and practice patterns with respect to treating heart failure beyond what is available in administrative discharge data.

Apr 29, 2016
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Prospective Analysis of Health and Mortality Risk in Veteran and Non-Veteran Participants in the Women's Health Initiative

This large-scale study compares the long-term health outcomes and mortality risks among veteran and non-veteran participants of the Women's Health Initiative, a set of studies that looks for health risk associations in postmenopausal women.

Apr 28, 2016
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Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Students for Nutrition and Exercise (SNaX)

A middle school–based obesity-prevention intervention combining school-wide environmental changes, multimedia, encouragement to eat healthy cafeteria foods, and peer-led education, increased participation in school lunch programs and selection of fruit dishes, and reduced snack sales.

Apr 28, 2016
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Effectiveness of Remote Patient Monitoring After Discharge of Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure: The Better Effectiveness After Transition–heart Failure (BEAT-HF) Randomized Clinical Trial

To evaluate the effectiveness of a care transition intervention using remote patient monitoring in reducing 180-day all-cause readmissions among a broad population of older adults hospitalized with HF.

Feb 18, 2016
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The Relationship of Cardiovascular Disease to Physical Functioning in Women Surviving to Age 80 and Above in the Women's Health Initiative

Women's Health Initiative participants aged 80 years or older at the time of self-reporting PF (RAND SF-36) were studied in relationship to CVD diagnosis, whether present at study baseline (1993-1998) or diagnosed during follow-up through 2012.

Feb 9, 2016
Brochure

Spotlight on 2015

RAND Europe's annual review, Spotlight on 2015, illustrates how our work helps to improve people's lives through policymaking based on objective research and rigorous analysis.

Jan 26, 2016
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Effectiveness of an mHealth Intervention to Improve the Cardiometabolic Profile of People with Prehypertension in Low-Resource Urban Settings in Latin America: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Mobile phone-based health interventions (mHealth) have been shown to help promote weight loss and increase physical activity and are an attractive approach for health-care systems with limited resources.

Jan 18, 2016
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Challenges in the Use of Administrative Data for Heart Failure Services Research

This study examines the use of administrative data routinely collected when patients interact with the healthcare system.

Jan 18, 2016
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Coffee and Caffeine Consumption and the Risk of Hypertension in Postmenopausal Women

We sought to assess longitudinal relations of caffeinated coffee, decaffeinated coffee, and total caffeine intakes with mean blood pressure and incident hypertension in postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study.

Jan 14, 2016
Commentary

Wildfires Getting More Destructive

The potential for smoke to harm air quality and cause health problems was especially acute in 2015 because a record number of wildfires broke out in the United States. Pre-wildfire season preparedness could go a long way toward protecting public health.

Dec 28, 2015
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Comparison of Hypertension Healthcare Outcomes Among Older People in the USA and England

This study compares hypertension care outcomes in the USA and England and evaluates the effectiveness of each system.

Dec 3, 2015
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Opportunities for Involving Men and Families in Chronic Disease Management: A Qualitative Study from Chiapas, Mexico

A qualitative study was conducted to identify strategies to involve men and engage family members in disease management and risk reduction.

Nov 19, 2015
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Chronic Stroke Outcome Measures for Motor Function Intervention Trials: Expert Panel Recommendations

The purpose of this article is to review the state of the science and to make recommendations for measuring patient-centric outcomes in interventions for motor improvement in the chronic stroke phase.

Nov 18, 2015
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Older Ethnic Minority Women's Perceptions of Stroke Prevention and Walking

This study examines gender differences in perceptions of stroke prevention and physical activity among ethnic minority seniors.

Nov 2, 2015
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Development of Cardiovascular Quality Indicators for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from an International Expert Panel Using a Novel Online Process

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a high risk of premature cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Jul 24, 2015
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Challenges of Implementing Mhealth Interventions for Lifestyle Modification in Prehypertensive Subjects in Argentina, Guatemala, and Peru

This study describes the processes related to implementation of mHealth interventions for lifestyle modification in a randomized controlled trial conducted with prehypertensive subjects in Argentina, Guatemala, and Peru from low-resource settings.

Jul 1, 2015

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