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October 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article examines 53 diseases over 19 years to better understand how disease advocacy has impacted funding distributions, changed the perceived beneficiaries of policies, promoted metrics for commensuration, and made culture categories of worth more relevant to policy-making.
April 11, 2011 | Journal Article
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects 1.5 million Americans every year. Early, aggressive treatment of RA incurs high costs this study modeled the costs and benefits of using MRI to supplement standard risk stratification strategies.
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This essay explores how social dynamics shape the experience of illness. The authors recount the development of the cultural meaning of illness and provide a critique of the foundations of medical knowledge.
July 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This study shows that approximately 1 in 11 Americans are affected by urinary stone disease. Overall prevalence of stone disease has increased since it was last measured in 1994.
April 2, 2012 | Journal Article
As several studies have shown, an association between periodontal disease and chronic kidney disease (CKD), regular dental care may be an important strategy for reducing the burden of CKD.