New Campaign for LGBTQ+ Community Wants Those Living With Depression To Know They Are Seen, Heard and Not Alone

VIDEO: Amir Ahuja, MD, Psychiatrist, Director of Psychiatry, Los Angeles LGBT Center

(Titusville, NJ, Thursday, June 23, 2022) – Living with depression is challenging, but when you’re also facing disparities and hurdles associated with being LGBTQ+ − such as stigma, rejection, discrimination, and violence − it can…

Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/Aids Policy Launches National Campaign Urging People With HIV To Seek Care

AUDIO: Kaye Hayes, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Infectious Disease and Director of the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy
(Washington, D.C., Thursday, June 16, 2022) – The Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) plans to launch a national HIV viral suppression campaign this summer 2022 entitled “I am a Work of ART”...

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Latest News in Cancer Research Highlighted at Largest Global Clinical Cancer Research Meeting

AUDIO: Dr. Julie R. Gralow, Chief Medical Officer & Executive Vice President, American Society of Clinical Oncology
(Alexandria, VA, Friday, June 10, 2022) – Oncology professionals from around the world are gathering in Chicago to discuss the latest clinical cancer research impacting patient care at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology...

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Women With Chronic Pain After Mastectomy Have a New, Minimally Invasive Option – Freezing the Affected Nerve

AUDIO: J. David Prologo, MD, FSIR, Associate Professor in the Division of Interventional Radiology, Emory University, School of Medicine
(Fairfax, VA, Wednesday, June 8, 2022) – Up to 80 percent of women experience persistent pain after a mastectomy or lumpectomy for breast cancer treatment. For these women, new evidence is pointing to a new...

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National Stroke Awareness Month – Know Stroke. Know the Signs. Act in Time.

AUDIO: Dr. Clinton Wright, Director, Division of Clinical Research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
(Bethesda, MD, Tuesday, May 10, 2022) – May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and experts are urging people to know the signs of a stroke and the importance of acting in time. The National Institutes...

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World Asthma Day – Understanding One of the U.S.’s More Common and Costly Diseases

AUDIO: Michelle Freemer, M.D., M.PH., Program Director of the Asthma Program in the Division of Lung Diseases at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
(Bethesda, MD, Tuesday, May 3, 2022) – Asthma is a chronic airway disease characterized by periodic worsening of inflammation that can make it harder to breathe. This potentially life-threatening condition affects more than 25 million...

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Bill Gates Releases New Book “How To Prevent The Next Pandemic”

AUDIO: Bill Gates, Technologist, Philanthropist and Global Health Advocate
(Seattle, WA, May 3, 2022) – In his urgent, authoritative new book HOW TO PREVENT THE NEXT PANDEMIC (Alfred A. Knopf, May 3, 2022), Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan on how to prevent...

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Black Maternity Health Week : Discussing the Disparities Many Pregnant Black Women Face

AUDIO: Patrice Desvigne-Nickens, M.D., Medical Officer within DCVS’ Heart Failure and Arrhythmias Branch at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
(Bethesda, MD, Tuesday, April 12, 2022) – Optimal cardiovascular health is important at every stage of life, but especially leading up to and during pregnancy. People experiencing high blood pressure, or hypertension, during pregnancy have...

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