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Time To Measure Public Health Effectiveness

Staff Writer | Government Health IT | August 25, 2014

It has historically been difficult for public health officials — especially at cash-strapped state and local departments — to actually gauge whether or not their outreach and initiatives really work. A new tool from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Health Partners aims to change that...

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Top Cardiologist Blasts Nutrition Guidelines

Larry Huston | MedPage Today | February 27, 2017

One of the world's top cardiologists says that many of the major nutrition guidelines have no good basis in science. "I'm not a nutrition scientist and that may be an advantage because every week in the newspaper we read something is good for you and the same thing the next week is bad for you," said Salim Yusuf, MD, DPhil, (McMaster University), at Cardiology Update 2017, a symposium presented by the European Society of Cardiology and the Zurich Heart House...

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USC’s Virtual Care Clinic is a Step in the Future of Technology-Driven Health Care

Press Release | University of Southern California | January 17, 2017

In 2026, going to the doctor might be as easy as opening an app on your smartphone. At least, that’s what cardiologist Leslie Saxon hopes. Saxon, the founder of the USC Center for Body Computing, is moving toward that reality with her newest endeavor — the Virtual Care Clinic. Scientists at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies recently created a virtual avatar of Saxon — who gestures, furrows her eyebrows and talks just like the doctor herself. 

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