AMA：美国医学会公布心血管疾病和糖尿病预防任务

　　4月22日，美国医学会（AMA）公布“改善健康结局倡议”第一期任务，即控制心血管疾病和2型糖尿病危险因素，主要目标是促使血压、血糖和血脂水平达标。

　　AMA指出，美国1/3死因为心血管疾病，超过1/3的成年人患糖尿病或处于糖尿病前期。这两大类疾病每年需消耗5000亿美元以上。因此，AMA发起“改善健康结局倡议”，联合政府、医生和患者来预防和控制心血管疾病和糖尿病，促使所有成年人的血压、血糖和胆固醇水平达标。AMA强调，预防心血管疾病的核心任务是治疗高血压。1/3的美国成年人患高血压，高血压是美国致残和致死的首位原因。AMA将与美国基督教青年会合作，尽力促使糖尿病前期人群参与有循证证据的糖尿病预防项目。

　　此外，AMA还将与约翰霍普金斯大学医学院阿姆斯特朗研究所合作，帮助医生、护理团队、患者和社区分析血压未控制住的原因，并找出对临床实践有意义的解决方案。

AMA Unveils First Phase of Improving Health Outcomes Initiative: Preventing Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes
WASHINGTON – To bolster ongoing efforts to address the leading causes of suffering and death in our nation and to engage the physician community in improving national health outcomes, the American Medical Association (AMA) today announced the first phase of its new multi-year, multi-million dollar improving health outcomes (IHO) initiative: preventing cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes and improving health outcomes for those with these conditions.
“Cardiovascular disease accounts for one-third of all deaths in our nation, and one-in-three adults could have diabetes by 2050 if current trends continue,” said AMA President Jeremy Lazarus, M.D. “The toll of these diseases on our nation is staggering – in terms of human suffering and health care costs. The direct and indirect cost of cardiovascular disease and diabetes is more than $535 billion a year...