SEPTEMBER 2024

ANIMAL KINGDOM HEALTH INSIGHTS

Is about how events that have a deleterious impact on other creatures can produce harmful health outcomes for humans. Read More

118TH CONGRESS WINDING DOWN

Describes actions on Capitol Hill that result in the introduction of bills, oversight of the executive branch, and the need to address challenges in major programs, such as Social Security and Medicare. Read More

HEALTH REFORM DEVELOPMENTS

Looks at geroscience, the cardiovascular disease workforce, projected health care costs, and Medicare payments for artificial intelligence. Read More

DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Discusses student debt relief, enforcement of Title IX, and faculty perceptions of student-facing roles. Read More

QUICK STAT (SHORT, TIMELY, AND TOPICAL) 

  • Ten Myths And Misunderstandings About The Cerebellum

  • Changes In Health Indicators Among Caregivers — United States, 2015–2016 To 2021–2022

  • Using Wearable Technologies to Monitor Physical Activity and Exercise in Patients

  • Deep Hair Phenomics: Implications For Endocrinology, Development, And Aging Read More

OBTAINABLE RESOURCES

  • Ending Unequal Treatment: Confronting Health Care Disparities

  • The Future Of Acute Hospital Care At Home 

  • Facts That Debunk Myths About The Opioid Crisis Read More

A STRATEGY FOR ADDRESSING HEALTH CARE INEQUITY

Pertains to how health care inequity is a persistent systemic problem and describes a way of exploring alternative approaches that target collective and structural causes to deal with it. Read More

REDEFINING CANCER CLASSIFICATION IN THE AGE OF AI

Refers to how how the traditional classification system for cancer is at odds with the principles of modern precision oncology. Read More

TRENDS is the official newsletter of the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (122 C St. NW, Suite 200, Washington, D.C., 20001. Tel: 202-237-6481) Trends is published 10 times each year and is available on the Association’s website at www.asahp.org. For more information, contact the editor, Thomas W. Elwood, Dr.PH.

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