News and Updates for the Patient and Family

March is National Nutrition Month, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is shining a spotlight on the importance of good nutrition and the big impact it has on improving people’s lives and lowering the enormous costs of diet-related chronic diseases. Each year, more than a million Americans die from…

The Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care is pleased to share the newly released ENGAGING AND SUPPORTING FAMILY CAREGIVERS IN CARE DELIVERY issue brief in this Winter 2022 Lipitz Quarterly Newsletter. Explore how faculty are leading initiatives to better understand the needs and strengthen support afforded to individuals with complex…

Prediabetes is a serious health condition affecting 88 million Americans—more than 1 in 3 people—and most are unaware they have it. People with prediabetes have higher-than-normal blood sugar levels that aren’t yet high enough to be considered diabetes, and data shows that people with prediabetes have a 50% chance of…

ODPHP has launched our updated toolkit for health professionals, with consumer-friendly fact sheets based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020–2025.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – “Kidney transplant patients, based on the lifetime immunosuppressive medications they must take to stay alive, remain at severe risk of catastrophic illness and death due to COVID-19. The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) thanks the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for incorporating the unique insights…

Learn about heart disease and women and what you can do to keep a healthy heart.