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This July 2009 report considers different populations in need of care coordination, summarizes current evidence of effectiveness, describes the various entities that can serve as focal points for coordinating care, and details the possible financing and payment options that can support these approaches.

Understanding High Value Care and Reducing Unwarranted Variation in Health Care Delivery: A Collaborative Project of the Mayo Clinic, Intermountain Health Care and The Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences

Recent insights on chronic heart failure, cachexia and nutrition. Miján-de-la-Torre A.

Conservatively speaking, there are thousands of people with chronic illnesses who have educated themselves about their conditions via the internet. They quickly managed to become more familiar with their diseases than the physicians who treat them.

Clinical studies have reported that oral fish oil supplementation has beneficial effects in rheumatoid arthritis and among some patients with asthma, supporting the idea that the n-3 PUFA in fish oil are anti-inflammatory. There are indications that inclusion of n-3 PUFA in enteral and parenteral formulas might be beneficial to patients in intensive care or post-surgery.