People who receive health coaching from medical assistants have better control of major cardiovascular risk factors, such as high blood sugar and LDL cholesterol, according to researchers at the University of California, San Francisco Center for Excellence in Primary Care. The clinical trial, funded by the foundation's Betty Irene Moore Nursing Initiative and recently published in the Annals of Family Medicine, also found that patients who received coaching were more likely to reach one or more of their clinical goals.
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