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…

New National Cancer Opinion Survey Tracks the U.S. Public’s Views on Cancer Research and Care

AUDIO: Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, FACS, FASCO, Chief of the Surgical Oncology Division at the Dana Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, and ASCO president
(Alexandria, VA, Wednesday, October 31, 2018) – The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), in collaboration with Harris Poll, will be releasing the second annual National Cancer Opinion Survey, which tracks the U.S. public’s views on...

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