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Filling a need | Some want to expand role of dental hygienists
By Ashok Selvam | August 31, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
For the past six years, a University of Washington program has trained indigenous tribal members across Alaska as dental hygienists to combat the epidemic of tooth decay suffered by native Alaskans and others living in Alaska's rural areas.
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Penn Staters protest wellness program's steep fines
By Reuters | August 16, 2013
An open letter opposing Penn State's 2014 wellness requirements has sparked a protest by more than 2,000 faculty and staff employees who argue that it is coercive and ask that it be halted.
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Vital Signs
Lab results do little to change older adults' behavior, research finds
By Melanie Evans | August 15, 2013
Here's discouraging news: New research has found poor results from blood sugar and blood pressure tests did not appear to prompt healthy changes to diet and exercise among older adults.
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Vital Signs
UnitedHealth's patient engagement program sees health improvements, study says
By Joseph Conn | August 06, 2013
A patient engagement and reporting program linked to financial incentives yielded multiple improvements in health measures for employees of UnitedHealth Group, according to a study published in the August issue of Health Affairs.
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On the warpath against wellness | Authors say companies should focus on outliers, not corporate programs
By Modern Healthcare | July 27, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The authors of Cracking Health Costs say more companies should re-evaluate their approach to wellness programs.
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NYC doctors are now prescribing fruits and veggies
By NPR | July 25, 2013
Doctors typically give patients prescriptions for medications. But a new program in New York City has doctors prescribing fruits and vegetables to obese or overweight patients.
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Apple is suddenly really interested in health tech
By GigaOm | July 19, 2013
We know Apple CEO Tim Cook loves his Nike FuelBand. And the fitness-tracking wristband seems to be inspiring how the company is thinking about its own wearable device: it’s begun hiring several experts in health tech.
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Racial disparities in life spans narrow, but persist
By New York Times | July 18, 2013
The gap in life expectancy between black and white Americans is at its narrowest since the federal government started systematically tracking it in the 1930s, but a difference of nearly four years remains, and federal researchers have detailed why in a new report.
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Americans are living longer, but not necessarily healthier, study shows
By Wall Street Journal | July 11, 2013
Americans are living longer than they did two decades ago, but they are losing ground on key measures of health to people in other developed nations, a new study shows.
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Vital Signs
ACA snafu may mean lower premiums for some smokers
By Ashok Selvam | July 09, 2013
Here's a health reform snafu that many Americans will benefit from.Older smokers are likely to pay less for health insurance in 2014 because of a computer system glitch that the Obama administration said would limit the penalties insurers could charge tobacco users under the ACA.
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