There is an urgent need to recognize the economic benefits of investing in children, because their dramatically scarce numbers threaten the well-being of older Americans and place a strain on the economy.
Longtime AMA member Niva Lubin-Johnson, MD, talks about how to manage patients with prediabetes and diabetes to improve health outcomes for minority patients.
A pathway is being developed to encourage the use of digital health tools that will be needed as the nation gets older and its pool of caregivers shrinks.
This Viewpoint discusses the Philip Morris International–funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, whose stated mission is to end cigarette smoking within a generation, and explains why the effort is likely a distraction from true evidence-based tobacco control.
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