Women's Health Issues Launches Special Collection on Women’s Heart Health
The collection focuses on improving healthcare services to women at risk for cardiovascular disease, the number one killer of women.
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Archive
Study Monitors Progress of Nursing Reforms in Healthcare Facilities
The study found healthcare organizations made the most progress in 3 areas & suggests that they're working to put in place key nursing reforms highlighted in IOM report.
Americans Love for Pizza May Help Fuel Childhood Obesity, New Study Says
Researchers found that on any given day 20 percent of children and 23 percent of teenagers consumed pizza.
EOH Hosts Clean Cookstoves Discussion and Demonstration
Improved cookstoves may help reduce premature deaths in the developing world linked to exposure to smoke from cooking with solid fuels.
Alan Greenberg Recognized with National Award from the American College of Physicians
Greenberg will be awarded the Alvan R. Feinstein Award for Patient Care in the Field of Clinical Epidemiology at the ACP's 2015 meeting in April.
White-Newsome Briefs U.S. Representatives on Environmental Justice
Professorial Lecturer Jalonne White-Newsome spoke about the disproportionate amount of pollution to which communities of color are exposed.
The report is issued by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative & the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health, based at GWSPH.
EOHers Help Test Construction Safety Equipment at NIH
DrPH student Derek Newcomer and recent MPH Alumna Kelly Bruvik are testing construction blowers at NIH to ensure they work as required.
A public reporting website has injected a dose of competition into negotiations on the hospital prices for common procedures, according to a new study.