FW: IOM's Informing the Future of Public Health

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Make for a good read if you have time Izquierdo-Porrera MD PhDExecutive Director & Co-founderCare for Your Health, IncPhone " Don't ever let injustice go by unchallenged. " From: National Academies Press Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 3:01 PMTo: aizquierdo@...Subject: IOM's Informing the Future of Public Health To view this email as a web page, go here. Dear Subscriber, The new edition of Informing the Future: Critical Issues in Health highlights recent and influential reports of the Institute of Medicine.Download these titles for free or purchase printed books at a 25% discount. Use discount code EAPHA1.The National Academies Press Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research 382 pages | Hardcover | Price: $53.95 Chronic pain affects at least 116 million American adults--more than the total affected by heart disease, cancer, and diabetes combined. It costs the nation up to $635 billion each year in medical treatment and lost productivity. Pain is a uniquely individual...[more]Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Policies 202 pages | Paperback | Price: $44.10 Childhood obesity is a serious health problem that has adverse and long-lasting consequences for individuals, families, and communities. The magnitude of the problem has increased dramatically during the last three decades and, despite some indications of a...[more]Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality Prepublication Available888 pages | Hardcover | Price: $72.85 In 1900, for every 1,000 babies born in the United States, 100 would die before their first birthday, often due to infectious diseases. Today, vaccines exist for many viral and bacterial diseases. The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, passed in 1986, was...[more]Prepositioning Antibiotics for Anthrax 358 pages | Paperback | Price: $37.80 If terrorists released Bacillus anthracis over a large city, hundreds of thousands of people could be at risk of the deadly disease anthrax--caused by the B. anthracis spores--unless they had rapid access to antibiotic medical countermeasures (MCM). Although...[more]Essential Health Benefits: Balancing Coverage and Cost 256 pages | Paperback | Price: $48.60 In 2010, an estimated 50 million people were uninsured in the United States. A portion of the uninsured reflects unemployment rates; however, this rate is primarily a reflection of the fact that when most health plans meet an individual's needs, most times,...[more]The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: Building a Foundation for Better Understanding 368 pages | Hardcover | Price: $53.95 At a time when lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals--often referred to under the umbrella acronym LGBT--are becoming more visible in society and more socially acknowledged, clinicians and researchers are faced with incomplete information about...[more]Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care Prepublication Available234 pages | Paperback | Price: $32.40 The Institute of Medicine's 1999 landmark study To Err Is Human estimated that between 44,000 and 98,000 lives are lost every year due to medical errors. This call to action led to a number of efforts to reduce errors and provide safe and effective health care....[more]Breast Cancer and the Environment: A Life Course Approach Prepublication Available 468 pages | Paperback | Price: $81.90 Breast cancer remains the most common invasive cancer among women. The primary patients of breast cancer are adult women who are approaching or have reached menopause; 90 percent of new cases in U.S. women in 2009 were diagnosed at age 45 or older. Growing...[more]Advancing Oral Health in America 268 pages | Paperback | Price: $56.70 Though it is highly preventable, tooth decay is a common chronic disease both in the United States and worldwide. Evidence shows that decay and other oral diseases may be associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease,...[more]For the Public's Health: Revitalizing Law and Policy to Meet New Challenges 140 pages | Paperback | Price: $35.10 The Wood Foundation asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to examine three topics in relation to public health: measurement, the law, and funding. IOM prepared a three-book series--one book on each topic--that contain actionable recommendations...[more]Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health 286 pages | Paperback | Price: $44.55 The indoor environment affects occupants' health and comfort. Poor environmental conditions and indoor contaminants are estimated to cost the U.S. economy tens of billions of dollars a year in exacerbation of illnesses like asthma, allergic symptoms, and...[more]Geographic Adjustment in Medicare Payment: Phase I: Improving AccuracyPrepublication Available236 pages | Paperback | Price: $37.80 Medicare is the largest health insurer in the United States, providing coverage for 39 million people aged 65 and older and 8 million people with disabilities, and reaching more than an estimated $500 billion in payments in 2010. Although Medicare is a...[more]Learning What Works: Infrastructure Required for Comparative Effectiveness Research: Workshop Summary 588 pages | Paperback | Price: $56.70 It is essential for patients and clinicians to have the resources needed to make informed, collaborative care decisions. Despite this need, only a small fraction of health-related expenditures in the United States have been devoted to comparative...[more] Unsubscribe