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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Pharmacist-Led Medication Therapy Management Program: Hypertension Management
Uncontrolled hypertension is a common cause of cardiovascular disease, which is the deadliest and costliest chronic disease in the United States. Pharmacists are an accessible community healthcare resource and are equipped with clinical skills to improve the management of hypertension through medication therapy management (MTM). Nevertheless, current reimbursement models do not incentivize pharmacists to provide clinical services. We aim to investigate the cost-effectiveness of a pharmacist-led comprehensive MTM clinic compared with no clinic for 10-year primary prevention of stroke and cardiovascular disease events in pat...
Source: Value in Health - January 24, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bob G. Schultz, Jessica Tilton, Julie Jun, Tiffany Scott-Horton, Danny Quach, Daniel R. Touchette Source Type: research

High blood pressure during pregnancy associated with more bothersome menopause symptoms
(The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)) Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy are at an increased risk for chronic hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery disease, stroke, and early cardiovascular death. A new study suggests that they may also be at risk for more bothersome menopause symptoms, including hot flashes. Study results are published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS).
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 19, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Co-morbidities in a Retrospective Cohort of Prostate Cancer Patients.
Conclusion: Better chronic disease management is needed among prostate cancer survivors through more effective survivorship care planning and interventions that promote health behaviors. PMID: 32269460 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Ethnicity and Disease - April 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ethn Dis Source Type: research

Explaining Chronic Illness and Self-Rated Health Among Immigrants of Five Hispanic Ethnicities
AbstractThe largest racial/ethnic minority group in the United States, Hispanics, especially Hispanic immigrants, have been considered healthier than groups of other ethnicity (including Whites, the majority). However, chronic illnesses such as cancer and diabetes are often seen in this culturally, ethnically diverse group. The present study had two aims. First was to explain two  health outcomes, which were presence of chronic illness (any of the five common conditionscardiovascular disease,stroke,hypertension,cancer, and/ordiabetes/prediabetes) and self-rated health, in terms of links to certain factors in acculturation...
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - October 24, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

‘Salty’ Concern: Tackling High Salt Consumption in China
Veena S. Kulkarni, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, Sociology and Geography, Arkansas State University, USA; and Raghav Gaiha, (Hon.) Professorial Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, England.By Veena S. Kulkarni and Raghav GaihaNEW DELHI, India and JONESBORO, US, Oct 7 2019 (IPS) China’s almost meteoric transition from a being a low income to a middle income country within a span of four decades is often perceived as a miracle analogous to the post Second World War Japanese economic development experience. China’s GDP rose from $200 current United States dollars (US$ ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Veena Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha Tags: Asia-Pacific Development & Aid Economy & Trade Food & Agriculture Food Sustainability Globalisation Headlines Health Labour TerraViva United Nations Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition Foundation (BCFN) Source Type: news

Uniting the Vision for Health Equity through Partnerships: The 2nd Annual Dr. Elijah Saunders & Dr. Levi Watkins Memorial Lecture.
Uniting the Vision for Health Equity through Partnerships: The 2nd Annual Dr. Elijah Saunders & Dr. Levi Watkins Memorial Lecture. Ethn Dis. 2019;29(Suppl 1):193-200 Authors: Pérez-Stable EJ, Rodriquez EJ Abstract Minority health research focuses on outcomes by race and ethnicity categories used in the United States census. Overall mortality has decreased significantly for African Americans, Latinos, and Asians over the past 20 years even though it has stopped improving for poor Whites and continues to increase for American Indians/Alaska Natives. Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease...
Source: Ethnicity and Disease - March 26, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ethn Dis Source Type: research

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