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U.S. National Innovation Strategy Keys on Investments, Entrepreneurs
Dan Johnson While early U.S. recovery efforts focused on bailing out banks, triage for the housing market, and other emergency measures, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act also includes...
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Coming Soon: Plain Language From the Federal Government
Dan Johnson The "Plain Writing Act of 2010" has finally passed both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate and is headed for President Obama's desk. What a great idea: to require that Federal...
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Policy—And Its Ever-Complex Role in Our Health
Sarah Byrnes Health Communications Associate II Sometimes, even the most flawlessly executed public awareness campaign is just not enough-after all, where does awareness get us if it is not also...
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Drug Facts Go Viral
Dana Payes Today marks the first day of the National Institute on Drug Abuse's (NIDA's) inaugural Health observance-National Drug Facts Week (NDFW). But that's not all. NDFW kicks off today with its...
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Healthy People Embrace Technology
Sarah Morris "Please turn on your phones, use the hashtag #HP2020, and start tweeting!" The man next to me diligently follows orders and tweets, "I'm at #HP2020 at GWU for Healthy People 2020 launch...
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Private and Public Sectors Look to Address Digital Literacy
Alexandra Bornkessel Emily Hand Interactive eHealth Manager Communications Associate II On January 18, 2011, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)...
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First Ladies for Health
Lauren Sirkey Health Communications Associate I On President's Day, we often reflect on all the contributions our Presidents have made to our country. From establishing civil rights to providing...
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A Nudge Toward Healthy Behavior
Sarah Byrnes Health Communications Associate II There is a new player on the behavioral Health scene — and its name is choice architecture.read more
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From Womb to Tomb . . . to the Caucus Room?
Stephanie Adams Vice President, Research and Marketing Analytics Not too long ago, “women’s health” was simply a euphemism for family planning and abortion. Over the past 20 years, there has been a...
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Legislative Progress on Eating Disorders
Paula Ferebee Senior Exhibit Outreach Specialist The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders estimates that nearly 24 million Americans have an eating disorder—and 95 percent...
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E-Cigarettes: A Public Health Conundrum
Sarah Byrnes Senior Health Communications Associate According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tobacco use is the number 1 preventable cause of death. Cigarette smoking causes...
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Technology: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Kim Callinan Senior Vice President of Health Communications As the mother of two children—an almost 13-year-old boy and a newly minted 11-year-old girl—I see on a first-hand basis the benefits of...
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What You Don't Know About Lung Cancer
Heather Edmonds Senior Exhibit Outreach Specialist Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women, yet it receives the least amount of Federal research funding. In honor of...
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Bullying: It's Not Just Kids Anymore
Ruth Ann Speir Vice President, Science and Research Bullying. Many of us have been through it, but it seems more and more common now. Is that because people just didn’t talk about bullying when we...
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To Save Antibiotics, We Must Stop Using Antibiotics
Everly Macario, ScD, MS, EdM Senior Evaluation Research Director Feature Photo Caption: Pictured: Simon Sol Sparrow Macario Guess when this was written:“The time may come when penicillin can be...
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How Your Zip Code Can Affect Your Weight
Omolade Alawode Health Communications Associate 2 Although it’s easy to blame fast food and sugary beverages for America’s growing obesity problem, merely scrutinizing poor eating habits gives us a...
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