Disease Management Digest, July 11, 2013 Disease Management Digest
July 11, 2013  Volume IX, Issue 49


  1. Leaders from Cities, States with Declining Childhood Obesity Rates Share Strategies for Success

  2. Urologists Have Infrastructure to Serve as Medical Homes for Patients with Certain Cancers

  3. New Chart: Top 5 Health Coaching Promotion Tools

  4. Controlling Blood Pressure, Cholesterol May Cut Heart Disease Risk

  5. Surgeons Report Melanoma Recurs After 10 Years in More than 6 Percent of Patients

  6. Q&A: What Percentage of People Move from Healthy to At-Risk?

  7. Pregnant Women with Diabetes More Than Three Times as Likely to Become Infected with MRSA

  8. HealthSounds Podcast: Healthcare Performance Benchmarks — Diabetes Management

  9. Research Suggests Reading Books and Writing at Any Age May Preserve Memory

  10. HINfographic: Medical Home Paves Way for Patient Satisfaction

  11. Study Finds PTSD is Risk Factor for Heart Disease Among Vietnam Vets

  12. Meet Health Coach Tiffini Holmes: Corporate Wellness Programs Key to Healthy Workforce

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