From Cardiovascular Disease to Cardiovascular Health
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The American Heart Association Impact Goal 2020 signals an important shift in focus.
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Working Together to Improve Health: Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Q&A
October 28, 2012
A conversation with RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey on working across sectors to improve people's health.
Working Together to Improve Health: Brian Gallagher Q&A
October 26, 2012
A conversation with Brian Gallagher, President and CEO of United Way Worldwide about working together across sectors to create lasting change.
Prevention or Treatment: Why Is Heart Disease Mortality Dropping?
October 24, 2012 | Story
Forty years of debate has failed to identify the most effective method of reducing coronary artery disease.
American Women Continue to Lose Ground on Life Expectancy
October 2, 2012 | Story
A scholar charts the growing gap in longevity among women and looks for clues and preventive measures to reverse a dangerous trend.
Making Health a Part of the School Day
May 9, 2012 | New Public Health Post
A group of professionally-attired policy-makers, influencers and public health professionals in Washington started their day this morning the way students at Namaste Charter School in Chicago do every day—doing upper and lower body exercises and str ...
New IOM Report Identifies Key Strategies to Prevent Obesity
May 8, 2012 | New Public Health Post
A new report from the Institute of Medicine, Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention, released today in conjunction with the Weight of the Nation Conference, finds that progress in stemming the obesity epidemic has been too slow, and that obesit ...
Federal Trade Commission: Advertising Practices to Promote Public Health
April 30, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy is about to celebrate its first anniversary. The Strategy offers a comprehensive plan aimed at increasing the number of Americans who are healthy at every stage of life. A cornerstone of the Nati ...
Happiness is Hot
April 30, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Happiness is gaining currency today, particularly in relationship to health and medicine. That’s what we’ve been hearing ever since Harvard School of Public Health researchers Julia K. Boehm and Laura Kubzansky published their report “The Heart’s Co ...
National Prevention Strategy Series: Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
April 24, 2012 | New Public Health Post
>>Follow the full National Prevention Strategy series on NewPublicHealth.org. NewPublicHealth:What is the scope of the problem of drug abuse in the United States and who does it affect? Gil Kerlikowske: Well, we know that it affects everyone. I’ve s ...