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Professor Receives $29M NIH Grant to Study Dementia Risk Factors, Prevention, and Treatment

BU School of Public Health Blog

September 27, 2024 0 Jillian McKoy Twitter Facebook Up to 45 percent of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) cases could be prevented by modifiable risk factors, but current research is limited to observational studies that make it difficult to establish definitive causes.

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5 Ways Big Data Is Being Used To Understand COVID-19

Smart Data Collective

Now, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, big data has become a life-saving ally for the health care community. Predicting an individual’s risk of infection — and better understanding the risk factors involved — is vital in a situation like this. Big data can be a tool, a weapon or a currency. Social and hygiene habits.

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Sherri Shepherd On Diabetes and Pneumococcal Pneumonia

Black Health Matters

When she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes , she decided to take her health seriously. Sherri changed her eating habits and started working out, and she wanted to understand her risk factors for other diseases. 1:59 So, I see how you stepped up your health and fitness regimen, right? Full Transcript] 0:00 Hi, everybody.

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Hospital Systems: A Framework for Maximizing Social Benefit

The Health Care Blog

Hospital consolidation has risen to the top of the health policy stack. As a consequence, the Biden administration has targeted the health care industry for enhanced and more vigilant anti-trust enforcement. By JEFF GOLDSMITH and IAN MORRISON. Forty years later, there were 700 fewer facilities generating about $1.2