Infantile Spasms is a Neurological Condition that can Cause Catastrophic and Permanent Damage to a Child’s Brain

AUDIO: Dr. Shaun Hussain, Director, UCLA Infantile Spasms Program
(Silver Spring, MD, Thursday, November 29, 2018) – Every 12 minutes, a baby is diagnosed with infantile spasms. Infantile spasms (IS) are seizures, usually occurring in children under age one, which are often overlooked but constitute...

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New Report Shows the Number of Uninsured Children Increased Last Year for the First Time in Nearly a Decade

AUDIO: Joan Alker, Executive Director, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families
(Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 29, 2018) – The nation’s steady progress on children’s health care came to a halt as the number of uninsured children increased last year for the first time in nearly a decade....

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Congress Failing to Pass a Final Farm Bill Would Affect More than 2 Million People on Poverty-Reduction Programs

AUDIO: Amelia Kegan, Domestic Policy Legislative Director, Friends Committee on National Legislation
(Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 20, 2018) – If partisans in the House of Representatives succeed in pushing their agenda during this lame duck session of Congress, more than 2 million people would no longer be eligible...

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New Survey Shows Republicans and Democrats Consider Birth Control to be a Basic Part of Women’s Health Care

AUDIO: Ginny Ehrlich, CEO, Power to Decide
(Washington D.C., Tuesday, November 13, 2018) – Nearly 8 in 10 (78%) adults in the United States—including 66% of Republicans and 93% of Democrats—consider birth control to be a basic part of women’s health care, according...

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Online Resource Provides Localized Information on Safe Disposal of Used Needles and Sharps in Washington

AUDIO: Larry Ellingson, a member of the National Diabetes Volunteer Leadership Council and former National Chairman of the Board of the American Diabetes Association
(Seattle, WA, Tuesday, November 13, 2018) – Nationally, one-fifth of people who use sharps outside of a medical facility don’t dispose of them properly, a new survey finds. If you’re a resident of Washington State...

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Survey Reveals Majority of Patients with Chronic Pulmonary Disorders are Unaware of a Rehabilitation Treatment for Their Deadly Diseases

AUDIO: Dr. Linda Nici of Providence VA Medical Center and Brown University Medical School
(New York, NY, Monday, November 12, 2018) – Most people diagnosed with chronic pulmonary disorders (62 percent) have never heard of pulmonary rehabilitation – an effective non-medicine treatment option covered by Medicare and private insurance....

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Diabetes Greatly Increases Chances of Developing Heart Disease: November is American Diabetes Month

VIDEO: Kenneth E. Thorpe, Chairman of the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease and Professor of Health Policy at Emory University

(Washington D.C., Friday, November 9, 2018) – One in 10 Americans lives with type 2 diabetes, and an estimated 1.5 million more are diagnosed each year. Among many communities, diabetes is downplayed as “having a…