May 5, 2023 · Building on the World Health Organization’s efforts to redefine what it means to be healthy and national calls for more people-centered care, 1,2 the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been a leader to rethink health and how people achieve it, launching its Whole Health System (WHS) of care. 3,4 The WHS empowers and equips people to ...

Oct 11, 2024 · The primary outcome of the present analyses was determined from International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes as the combined cardiac (ICD-10 codes I00-I09, I11, I13, and I20-I51) and cerebrovascular (ICD-10 codes I60-I69) mortality, hereafter referred to as CVD mortality. It is ...

Jul 6, 2005 · The Women’s Health Study (WHS) was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 2 × 2 factorial trial evaluating the balance of benefits and risks of 100 mg of aspirin every other day and 600 IU of vitamin E every other day (see accompanying article on page 56), in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease 13 and cancer in a cohort ...

Jan 8, 2025 · Secondary outcomes were health status (12-Item Short Form Health Survey [SF-12]), residual angina, and impairment in activities of daily living. Results A total of 400 participants (median age, 71.0 years [range, 65.0-91.0 years]; 291 [72.8%] male) were randomized to mHealth-CR (n = 298) or usual care (n = 102) and included in the intention-to ...

Jan 3, 2025 · The JAMA Network responded to this shift in our understanding of the production of health when, 5 years ago, it launched JAMA Health Forum as a journal “that addresses health policy and strategies affecting medicine, health, and health care.” 1 This journal was an essential complement to the JAMA Network’s 12 other journals, all of which focus on publishing the best science that can ...

Jan 6, 2025 · In 2015, the US Public Health Service lowered the recommended concentration of fluoride in drinking water, from a range of 0.7 to 1.2 mg/L to 0.7 mg/L, to reduce the risk of dental fluorosis while conserving its protective effect against dental caries. 1 In that same year, the US National Toxicology Program (NTP), a federal program established ...

Dec 27, 2024 · The channel was initially a venue for rapid publication of timely commentaries, many of which addressed the pandemic and the challenges it posed to health care systems and public health. 5 In May 2021, JAMA Health Forum expanded from a health policy channel to become an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal addressing health ...

Dec 13, 2024 · Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Drs Rome and Kesselheim reported receiving grants from The National Academy for State Health Policy and from Elevance Health Public Policy Institute outside the submitted work. Dr Kesselheim reported serving as an expert witness for the Federal Trade Commission in a case involving pharmacy benefit managers.

Dec 27, 2024 · The Veterans Affairs (VA) health system is the only national health care system in the US, with hospitals and other care facilities in every state, the District of Columbia, and the US territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Marianas Islands, and US Virgin Islands. The 9.6 million...

May 28, 2024 · Growing evidence suggests that air pollution exposure may be associated with the onset of psychiatric problems, including mood, affective, and psychotic disorders. 2-6 Air pollution comprises toxic gases and particulate matter (ie, organic and inorganic solid and liquid aerosols) of mostly anthropogenic origin. 7 Understanding the potential ...