In 2021, racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare are a top patient safety issue, according to ECRI’s annual list of major concerns facing healthcare consumers’ risks to adverse events that can harm them. ECRI has published their annual Top 10 list since 2018, when the list featured diagnostic errors, o behavioral health needs in acute… Read More »
This story also ran on The BMJ. This story can be republished for free (details). At the top of Dr. Hiral Tipirneni’s to-do list if she wins her congressional race: work with other elected officials to encourage mask mandates and to beef up COVID-19 testing and contact tracing. Those choices are backed up by science,… Read More »
Here at Women’s Health we love a birthday fiesta — we’re all about celebrating those good times. This December it happens to be our 100th issue and we’re raising our glasses (or should we say super smoothies) in celebration. So, here are five major reasons why you and your fit squad should get your hands… Read More »
Our December issue and inaugural Tech Issue is here! Upgrade your life this month By Men’s Health Posted on November 1, 2018 Technology too often gets a bad rap. You know how it goes. Our iPhones are making us anxious. Netflix is stealing our sleep. Instagram is turning us into a nation of narcissists. It’s… Read More »
WHO and UNICEF today issued new ten-step guidance to increase support for breastfeeding in health facilities that provide maternity and newborn services. Breastfeeding all babies for the first two years would save the lives of more than 820 000 children under age 5 annually. The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding underpin the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative, which both… Read More »