Imperial Valley News Center
Using consumer health data?
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- Written by Cora Han - FTC
Washington, DC - With the help of innovative businesses, consumers are taking a more active role in managing their health information. How? Maybe it’s an app that monitors their exercise habits, a device that lets diabetics track glucose levels, or a site where patients with the same condition share information. In addition, people are starting to download their information into personal health records, partially because of regulatory initiatives promoting secure online access to medical data.
Governor Brown Announces Appointments
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- Written by IVN
Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. Friday announced the following appointments.
New initiative to get heart, stroke treatment guidelines to patients faster
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Dallas, Texas - The American Heart Association is a leader in developing science-based treatment guidelines known to improve outcomes for heart disease and stroke patients. But getting those guidelines consistently used in patient care can often take years. That’s why the association is launching a new initiative that will not only speed up the process for developing guidelines, but also help doctors know about and use them sooner and more often.
Middle-aged congenital heart disease survivors may need special care
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Dallas, Texas - For the first time, the American Heart Association has issued recommendations for healthcare providers treating people older than 40 with congenital heart disease.
Anthem Foundation Joins Forces with More Than 200 Local and National Organizations To Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates across the Country
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Atlanta, Georgia - The American Cancer Society announced today that the Anthem Foundation has made the pledge to help increase colorectal cancer screening rates by supporting the “80 by 2018” initiative led by the American Cancer Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable.
Tim McGraw, Merck and the American Diabetes Association Challenge Americans with Type 2 Diabetes to Get to Their A1C Goal
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Alexandria, Virginia - Merck and the American Diabetes Association, today announced that award-winning artist Tim McGraw, who has loved ones affected by type 2 diabetes, will travel the country to urge people with the disease to get their blood glucose under control. Together, they are launching America’s Diabetes Challenge:
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