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 News & EventsUpcoming Webinar: Adolescent & Young Adult Health in the Post Reform EraNIHCM will host a webinar, "Adolescent & Young Adult Health in the Post Reform Era," on August 17, 2010 at 1:00... New Issue Brief on Perinatal Oral HealthNIHCM Foundation and the Children's Dental Health Project are pleased to announce the release of a new Issue Brief, "... Creating Healthy Opportunities: Conversations with Adolescent Health ExpertsNIHCM Foundation, in collaboration with the Partners in Program Planning for Adolescent Health (PIPPAH) initiative, is please... New Issue Brief on Maternal DepressionNIHCM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of a new Issue Brief, "Identifying & Treating Maternal Depressio... New Expert Voices: Our Unsustainable Budget SituationNIHCM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of a new article in our Expert Voices series, "Our Unsustainable Bud... 2010 WINNERS NAMED IN HEALTH CARE JOURNALISM AND RESEARCH AWARDSThe National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the Sixteenth Annu... |
NIHCM NewsPrevention of Adult Cardiovascular Disease among AdolescentsAugust 25th 2008NIHCM Foundation has released a new paper, Prevention of Adult Cardiovascular Disease among Adolescents: Focusing on Risk Factor Reduction. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most prevalent cause of mortality in the United States, contributing to more than half of all deaths – or more than 1.2 million deaths annually. Many of the modifiable risk factors for CVD – lipid abnormalities, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, and tobacco use – can and should be addressed during adolescence in order to limit the adverse consequences of CVD in adulthood. This paper examines the prevalence of risk factors for CVD and then explores promising strategies that providers and health plans can take to reduce adolescent risk factors for future CVD. |
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