What Are Eating Disorders?
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This JAMA Patient Page describes the most common types of eating disorders, risk factors for eating disorders, and treatment options.
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What Is Interstitial Lung Disease?
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This JAMA Patient Page describes types and causes of interstitial lung disease as well as its diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
What Is Atrial Fibrillation?
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Atrial fibrillation is an abnormal heart rhythm that can cause stroke, heart failure, heart attack, chronic kidney disease, dementia, and death.
Atrial fibrillation is classified as paroxysmal (intermittent episodes lasting 7 days or less), persistent (lasting more than 7 days), long-standing persistent (lasting more than 1 year), or permanent.1
In the US, atrial fibrillation affects about 10.55 million people and is more common among men than women. Other risk factors include older age, smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, high alcohol consumption, sleep apnea, an overactive thyroid gland, and possibly genetic factors.
Strategies to Help Patients Afford Their Medicines in the US
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Many patients in the US struggle to afford their prescription drugs. The inability to take medications as prescribed can lead to worse health outcomes.
Below are 7 strategies that patients can use to respond to high prescription drug costs in the US.
