White House: With Obamacare, Women Stay Healthy & Save Money
How the Affordable Care Act Improves the Lives of American Women Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius spent some time explaining how the Affordable Care Act protects women’s access...
View ArticleDraft Research Plan on screening for breast cancer posted by USPSTF
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force posted yesterday for public comment a draft Research Plan on screening for breast cancer. The draft Research Plan is available for review and public comment from...
View ArticleZero Breast Cancer Celebrates Breast Cancer Heroes
15th Annual Honor Thy Healer Awardees Announced Awards Ceremony: May 8, 2014 at Mill Valley Community Center Zero Breast Cancer, a community based non-profit organization in Marin County, CA, will...
View ArticlePreventing Tobacco Use During Pregnancy
CDC has created a new fact sheet for health professionals on tobacco use during pregnancy—”Information for Health Care Providers and Public Health Professionals: Preventing Tobacco Use During...
View ArticleMillions of Children Not Getting Recommended Preventive Care
Millions of infants, children and adolescents in the United States did not receive key clinical preventive services, according to a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
View ArticleBreast Cancer and the Environment Research Program Conference in SF in November
The Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program Conference will be held in San Francisco at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero on November 20-21, 2014. This is an opportunity for scientists...
View ArticleCervical Cancer Screening Tests Continue to Evolve
Between 1955 and 1992, it is estimated that the rate of cervical cancer mortality decreased by about 70%, due largely to the widespread adoption of the Pap smear as part of the annual Ob/Gyn or...
View ArticleEight million women ages 21 to 65 have not been screened for cervical cancer...
Despite evidence that cervical cancer screening saves lives, about eight million women ages 21 to 65 years have not been screened for cervical cancer in the past five years, according to a new Vital...
View ArticleDisparities and Cervical Cancer
While cervical cancer does not fall within the top ten most commonly diagnosed cancers among all women in California combined during 2008 to 2012, it does fall within the top ten most commonly...
View ArticleMental Health among Women of Reproductive Age
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Reproductive Health works to improve the mental health of women of reproductive age (aged 15-44) through surveillance and research. For...
View Article$13 million gift launches new MCH Center at UCB
Dr. Helen Wallace, a world-renowned professor, mentor and advocate known for her passion for improving the lives of women and children, has left a bequest valued at more than $13 million to UC...
View ArticleInstitute of Medicine’s Top 10 Most Read Reports for September
IOM reports provide objective and straightforward advice to decision makers and the public. This site includes IOM reports published after 1998. A complete list of IOM’s publications, from its...
View ArticleWellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest / Feb 19
Today’s News (2/19/16) Reports and Announcements The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its action plan for the next four months of the Zika response – Zika: Strategic Response...
View ArticleWellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest / Mar 10
Today’s News (3/10/16) Reports and Announcements Nemours has produced a short video highlighting the National Early Child Care Collaboratives program, “which promotes healthy eating and physical...
View ArticleWellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest / May 10
Today’s News (5/10/16) Last week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration “finalized a rule extending its authority to all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, cigars, hookah tobacco and pipe...
View ArticleWellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest / Aug 3
Today’s News (8/3/16) Reports and Announcements At the same time local mosquito infections are being reported in a neighborhood of Miami, FL (see CDC travel advisory) the CDC will be...
View ArticleWellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest / Sept 7
Today’s News (9/7/16) Back with a vengeance, post Labor Day! Lots to report below. Reports and Announcements Last week, Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation...
View ArticleWellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest / Sept 9
Today’s News (9/9/16) Every four years, Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) releases a Blueprint for a Healthier America, which makes the case that improving health should be a top priority for the...
View ArticleWellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest / Sept 14
Today’s News (9/14/16) Reports and Announcements Boise State University and Healthy Eating Research have released a new report on school fundraising policies and practices. “Following the...
View ArticlePreparing Californians for Community Based Participatory Research on Breast...
Invitation to apply for QuickStart: Preparing Californians for Community Based Participatory Research on Breast Cancer Deadlines to apply: Individual community members or scientists: January 31, 2017...
View ArticleWellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest / Jan 18
Today’s News (1/18/17) Affordable Care Act Trust for America’s Health has released a special analysis (including state by state fact sheets) finding that the Centers for Disease Control and...
View ArticleWellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest / Mar 21
The House of Representatives is currently scheduled to begin consideration of the American Health Care Act on Thursday, March 23rd (Rules Committee on Wednesday). A manager’s amendment reflecting a...
View ArticleWellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest / Apr 21
Reports and Materials STAT published an op-ed by TFAH President and CEO John Auerbach, Prevention Efforts Can Ward Off Many Chronic and Expensive Condition: So Why Aren’t We Investing in Them? “It’s a...
View ArticleWellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest / Apr 28
Federal Action By now, you have likely seen the most recent amendment (thanks Politico) to the American Health Care Act, offered by Rep. Tom MacArthur, which would allow states to waive preexisting...
View ArticleWellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest / May 9
Federal Action As you know, the House of Representatives voted this past Thursday, 217-213, to approve the American Health Care Act, which would repeal and replace key provisions in the Affordable Care...
View ArticleWellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest / May 16
Today’s News (5/16/17) Federal Action On final chance to join Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) on a sign-on letter to the Senate in support of the Prevention and Public Health Fund. In light of...
View ArticleWellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest / June 21
Today’s News (6/21/17) Rumors abound about the timing of Senate consideration of health care legislation. The American Public Health Association, Prevention Institute, Public Health Institute...
View ArticleWellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest / July 25
Today’s News (7/25/17) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has indicated that the Senate is still scheduled to hold a vote today to consider some version of the budget reconciliation...
View ArticleWellness and Prevention Health Reform Digest / Sept 28
Today’s News (9/28/17) As you all have likely heard by now, the Graham-Cassidy Amendment to the American Health Care Act was not brought to a vote this week, lacking sufficient support for passage....
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