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Attaining and maintaining a healthy weight is a major health issue, not only in the United States but in many countries throughout the world. Governments are looking to identify the…

KEY POINTS Primary care–based social interventions offer an important means to mitigate threats to individual and community health posed by adverse social conditions. Effective interventions include those that target individual-level…

Enoch Oti Agyekum, health economist1, Katherine Kalaris, doctoral candidate2, Blerta Maliqi, lead policies, strategy, and planning3, Allisyn C Moran, maternal health team lead3, Andrews Ayim, public health physician4, Sanam Roder-DeWan,…

Introduction Falls among older people are a major public health problem.1 Approximately, 30% of people aged ≥65 years and 42% of people aged ≥75 years fall at least once a…

Claire D Madigan, senior research associate1, Henrietta E Graham, doctoral candidate1, Elizabeth Sturgiss, NHMRC investigator2, Victoria E Kettle, research associate1, Kajal Gokal, senior research associate1, Greg Biddle, research associate1, Gemma…

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable and treatable lung disease. COPD makes it harder for a person to get air in and out of the lungs. Symptoms…

GBD 2017 Risk Factor Collaborators. Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories,…

Share on PinterestA new study underscores the importance of positive interactions between transgender people and their doctors. Nolwen Cifuentes/Getty Images A new study that took place in New Zealand has…

If you’ve ever had trouble finding a primary care doctor, or getting an appointment with one when you’re sick, you’re not alone. And some of Vermont’s top medical experts say…

ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for, and barriers to, a comprehensive plan to implement advance care planning (ACP) in the United States. The overwhelming of health care…