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Assistant Policy Researcher; Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School
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Journal Article
Nov 28, 2016
Marital conflict among veterans and their partners may "blunt" the dip in blood pressure that normally occurs during the night, and this may lead to a higher risk of CVD.
Nov 17, 2016
Calcium intake from foods or supplements at levels within recommended ranges is not associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease among healthy adults.
Oct 18, 2016
Regardless of statin use, postmenopausal women with new-onset diabetes had a significantly increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Report
Sep 26, 2016
The Be There San Diego Data for Quality (DFQ) Group created a safe venue for competing health care organizations in San Diego County to share performance data on quality-of-care measures, insights, lessons learned, and challenges they face.
Sep 13, 2016
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 12, 2016
This evidence review found that palliative care improves outcomes for cancer, dementia, congestive heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Jul 28, 2016
Patients whose type 2 diabetes went into remission after bariatric surgery experienced a 29 percent reduction in risk of microvascular disease incidence for up to seven years after surgery.
May 25, 2016
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 1, 2016
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.
Apr 29, 2016
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 28, 2016
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.
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.
