Improving Disparities in Health Care - According to the National Healthcare Disparities Report, developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), "…racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities are national problems that affect health care at all points in the process, at all

(04-14-2008)

American Diabetes Alert Day - Tuesday, March 25 - Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death in the United States and is associated with long-term complications that can lead to blindness, heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, and amputations. Direct medical costs (e.g., hospitalizations, treatment)

(03-04-2008)

VA's Quality Enhancement Research Initiative - VA's Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) was designed to facilitate the implementation of research findings into routine clinical practice. Administered through HSR&D, the QUERI program was started in 1998 and has become a central part of VA'

(01-15-2008)

HIV and Hepatitis C: Common Co-Infection -
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is the virus that causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), which progressively destroys the body's ability to fight infections and certain cancers by destroying the immune

(12-01-2007)

Surviving Cancer - Each year, more people diagnosed with cancer are surviving—an estimated 10.5 million Americans are living with a previous diagnosis of cancer. A new report from the nation's leading cancer organizations shows that death rates from cancer decreased on aver

(11-01-2007)