According to the American Red Cross someone in the U.S. is in need of blood every two seconds. January marks Blood Donor Month and we’ve dedicated this week’s Friday Five to rallying our readers to roll up their sleeves, give blood, and maybe even save a life or two.
This holiday season, Nordstrom sold out of an unusual product: a leather-wrapped rock priced at $85. That news inspired a doctor at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin to start a unique fundraising campaign – Rocks for a Reason – which has been gaining support since it began Dec. 9.
December is a time of gift giving for most Americans so it only makes sense to use this time of year to promote toy safety. In honor of National Toy and Gift Safety month this week’s Friday Five provides some tips and advice for choosing not only a great gift, but a safe one as well.
CDC established National Influenza Vaccination Week to highlight the importance of continuing flu vaccination through the holiday season and beyond. This week’s Friday Five provides you with all you need to know when it comes to the illness, protecting against it, and what to do if you happen to come down with it.
WEDI, the nation’s leading authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announces the winners of its annual awards program.
Started in 1988, World Aids Day was the first ever global health day. Today WAD is observed each year on December 1 and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV, and remember those who have died.
From all of us at Answers Media Company we wish you a safe and happy holiday. Thanksgiving is National Family Health History Day. Over the holiday the Surgeon General encourages Americans to talk about, and to write down, the health problems that seem to run in their family.
In an effort to improve patient care, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) Information Services team is using data and advanced analytics to screen patients for venous thromboembolism (VTE).
Thanksgiving is National Family Health History Day. This week’s Friday Five offers tips and resources to help you prepare for these important conversations and get started on recording all that you need to know about your family’s past that may help you in the future.
If only for one day, make a commitment to stop smoking. Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the US, including an estimated 41,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure. #GreatAmericanSmokeout
One in eleven Americans has diabetes and every 23 seconds someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with the disease. Diabetes causes more deaths than AIDS and breast cancer combined, and eighty-six million Americans are at risk for diabetes.
This week’s Friday Five takes a look at some of the organizations that represent home care and hospice, using technology to support home healthcare, a film focused on treating home-bound patients, and a special program for Vets on hospice.
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