End-of-Life Decisions: How Americans Cope
While most Americans approve of laws that say treatment can be stopped if that’s what a terminally ill patient desires, they are split on what they would do personally in that situation.
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Coping With End-of-Life Decisions
While most Americans approve of laws that say treatment can be stopped if that’s what a terminally ill patient desires, they are split on what they would do personally in that situation. Only 27% have put into writing their own wishes regarding end-of-life care.
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Uncle Sam and Social Media
Federal agencies can, and should, be the first responders to health questions. Social media can help.
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Go West, Old Man
If a latter-day Ponce de Leon were to search for a modern fountain of youth, he’d do well to explore America’s West. There he’d find the highest concentration of older adults in the United States who don’t think of themselves as old.
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Nap Time
On a typical day, a third of the adults in the United States take a nap. Napping thrives among all demographic groups, but it’s more widespread among some than others.
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Confidence in Obama Lifts U.S. Image Around the World
The image of the United States has improved markedly in most parts of the world reflecting global confidence in Barack Obama. In many countries, opinions of the U.S. are now about as positive as they were at the beginning of the decade before George W. Bush took office.
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Consumer Perspective on Health Information Technology
This webinar will focus on a key question: What will patient-centered care look like if information technology is successfully woven into the health system?
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Growing Old in America: Expectations vs. Reality
There is a sizable gap between the expectations that young and middle-aged adults have about old age and the actual experiences reported by older adults themselves.
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Bar Tab Recession
Four-in-ten young adults say they have cut back spending on alcohol or cigarettes as a result of the recession.
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The Social Life of Health Information
Americans’ pursuit of health takes place within a widening network of both online and offline sources.