New Information is Available to the 9 million Americans Who Use More than 3 Billion Medical Sharps, or Needles, Outside of Healthcare Facilities Each Year Dr. Richard J. Sagall, President, NeedyMeds (Gloucester, MA, Tuesday, March…
The President’s Cancer Panel Identifies Critical Need to Minimize Financial Toxicity and Increase Affordable Access to Effective Cancer Drugs Gary Gilliland, MD, PhD, Series Co-Chair, President and Director, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Washington D.C.,…
A California Judge Ruled in Favor of a Wife’s Legal Right to End Treatment to Artificially Prolong Her Late Husband’s Life After He Suffered Severe Brain Damage That Left Him in a Permanent Vegetative State…
Representatives From all 50 States in DC to Speak on Behalf of the 1.25 million Americans Living with T1D Melinda Rose, Chair JDRF Grassroots Leadership Team (Washington D.C., Monday, March 12, 2018) – We are currently…
There Will Be Over 140,000 New Diagnoses of Colorectal Cancer in 2018 in the United States Irving Pike, MD, FACG, President, American College of Gastroenterology, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, John Muir Health,…
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) is promoting the National Kidney Month theme, Preventing Kidney Disease: Healthy Women, Healthy Families. Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers, Director, National Institute of Diabetes and…
According to the U.S. Census, African-Americans Have a Poverty Rate of More Than 22 Percent Eric Mitchell, Director of Government Relations, Bread for the World (Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 27, 2018) – Bread for the World has…
The Latest Documentary from Stanley Nelson Explores the Rich History of America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities Stanley Nelson, Filmmaker, Tell Them We Are Rising (San Francisco, CA, Thursday, February 15, 2018) – Tell Them We…
More Than 635,000 People Die of Heart Disease Every Year – That’s 1 in Every 4 Deaths David C. Goff, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (Bethesda, MD, Wednesday, January 24,…
57 Percent of American Adults Have Not Received Treatment Paul Gionfriddo, President and CEO, Mental Health America (Alexandria, VA, Tuesday, January 23, 2018) – 43 million Americans have a mental health condition, yet 57% of American…