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…
Eighty Five Percent of Hospitals Will See Net Payment Increases from Recent Medicare Part B Outpatient Payment Changes Ted Okon, Executive Director, Community Oncology Alliance (Washington D.C., Thursday, February 15, 2018) – Eighty five percent…
ASCE’s 2017 Infrastructure Report Card Gave America’s Infrastructure An Overall Grade of “D+” Kristina Swallow, PE, President, American Society of Civil Engineers (Reston, VA, Thursday, February 15, 2018) – The American Society of Civil Engineers has…
World Cancer Day is This Sunday, February 4th John V. Heymach, MD, Co-Executive Editor of Clinical Cancer Advances 2018 (Alexandria, VA, Tuesday, January 30, 2018) – In the lead up to World Cancer Day, which takes…
Chronic Stress Can Lead to Long Term Health Consequences Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD, CEO, American Psychological Association (Washington D.C., Wednesday, January 24, 2018) – The American Psychological Association (APA) has released its “Stress in America Survey.” Two-thirds of…
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,…
Flooding Causes Annual Economic Losses of About $15 Billion Per Year in the U.S. Keith Wolfe, President of US Property & Casualty, Swiss Re (Armonk, New York, Wednesday, January 17, 2018) – Total economic losses…
Census Information Guides More than 7.6 Billion Dollars Annually in Federal Funds to Alabama Jim Carnes, Policy Director, Arise Citizens’ Policy Project (Montgomery, AL, Wednesday, December 20, 2017) – Alabama and the state’s almost 4.8…
If You Spot Unusual or Questionable Charges, Contact Your Health Care Provider Public Service Announcement – English Dear PSA Director, Medical identity theft is when someone steals or uses your personal information (like your name,…