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epigenetic disturbances

Epigenetic Disturbances: Genes Load the Gun, Environment Pulls the Trigger

Epigenetic Disturbances Epigenetic disturbances… spell check doesn’t like this already but like the many healthcare experts, spell check will have adapt to knowledge that Environment has a major say in our health. Genes Load the Gun, Environment Pulls the Trigger Pharmaceuticals, however, are not the only agents that can induce epigenetic disturbances. Whether you were

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healing inflammation

17 Signs You’ve Finally Healed Your Inflammation

Healing Inflammation Inflammation has it’s own yin – yang relationship going. Inflammation can be good and healing when protecting but can also be dangerous when it destroys what should be protected. Healing inflammation is not simply turning inflammation off because we lose the necessary benefits. This is another demonstration of learning balance in Lifestyle instead

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care coordination tech helps sdoh

How care coordination tech helped one health network address social determinants

Care Coordination Tech Helps SDOH Social Determinants Of Health (SDOH) have been part of our health since the beginning. However, we have lost track of the value of SDOH in the past few decades as “health care” became synonymous with medical care which has left housing, education, loneliness, nutrition and much more out of the

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Social Determinants of Health Data

Putting Social Determinants of Health Data into Action

Social Determinants of Health Data As healthcare organization increase focus on social determinants of health like housing, education, nutrition, lifestyle, etc. there is growing need for social determinants of health data. While interoperability among Electronic Healthcare Record systems (EHRs) remains largely a mess, now is the time to reimagine Health Information Management. Rather than working

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Social Determinants Impede Care

Nearly 90% Of Doctors Say Social Determinants Impede Care Of Patients

Social Determinants Impede Care Social determinants in healthcare are those things like employment, education, housing, nutrition, etc. that impact health. We have known for years that social determinants impede care. Unfortunately, to paraphrase author Charles Dudley Warner, everybody knows that social determinants impact health, but nobody does anything about it. However, that may be changing. Nearly 90% of

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True Happiness: Why Wealth + Health | Transamerica

True Happiness At HealthCare Too we have always considered financial health as part of the holistic approach to health. After all, finances are a leading cause of stress among all generations. We thought we may well be the only ones who thought this way… until a Transamerica commercial about True Happiness caught our eyes. https://youtu.be/JcOmOSuGZOA

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air pollution increases diabetes

Air pollution could be responsible for 1 in 7 new cases of diabetes | World Economic Forum

Air Pollution Increases Diabetes When we think of diabetes we often think of lifestyle issues like obesity and poor nutrition. There seem to be little conversation about how air pollution increases diabetes… until now. Outdoor air pollution – already a major cause of disease and death globally – contributed to 3.2 million new cases of

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