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…
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…
February Is American Heart Month Mandi Knowles, RDN, LDN, South Beach Diet Dietitian (Fort Washington, PA, Thursday, February 15, 2018) – February is American Heart Month, and cardiovascular disease, including heart disease and stroke, remains…
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,…
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…