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The Healthy(ist) blog is a platform to share, learn about, and debate topics related to public and social health, scientific research, health communications, and behavior change.
We invite and encourage anyone interested in current public health and health communication trends and issues to join MMG's contributing bloggers in adding their voice to the ongoing discussion about how we can advance health, together.
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Tiffany Groller
Sarah Clark
Sarah Breithaupt
Payal Patel
Nidhi Basu
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Margaret Kroen
Marco Zurita
Lisa Blubaugh
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John Pontius
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back-to-school
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bullying
Buy a Lady a Drink
buy-one-give-one
Caitlyn Jenner
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care disparities
caregiving
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cargiving
carpal tunnel
cause marketing
celiac disease
cervical health awareness month
Chagas
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child abuse
childhood hunger
childhood obesity
Children's National Health System
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chronic fatigue syndrome
clinical research
clinical trials
Clinical Trials Awareness Week
coloring books
communication
community
commuting
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Costa Rica
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doctor-patient communication
Dove
dry eye
Ebola
e-cigs
EHR
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empathy
epidemic
epilepsy
exercise
Eye strain
fall
FDA
FED UP
Feeding America
flu
flu shot
food desert
food deserts
food insecurity
food labels
gaming
Gates Foundation
giving
global health
gratitude
Great American Smokeout
GreatChallenges
Greater Good Science Center
hair donation
Halloween
hanger
HAWMC
health
Health
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health care
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health care costs
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Health Literacy Month
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health news roundup
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Healthcare Hashtag Project
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Healthy Weight Week
heart disease
heart health
heath
HeLa
Henrietta Lacks
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Hispanic community
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Hodgkin’s lymphoma
holiday eating
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homeless
HPV
Hunger Action Month
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IBS
IBS Awareness Month
Ice Bucket Challenge
Icing Smiles
infectious diseases
infertility
inflammatory disorder
infographic
informatics
informed consent
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
International LSG Awareness Day
International Women's Day
Irritable bowel syndrome
John Nash
Ketchum
Ketchum Social Responsibility
Kick Butts Day
kidney disease
KIND bars
KSR
language barriers
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
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Light It Up Blue
limited English proficiency
liver disease
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Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless
Movember
multitasking
NaBloPoMo
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National Blood Donor Month
National Conference on Health Communication
National Day of Service
National Infertility Awareness Week
National Nutrition Month
National Public Health Week
National Wear Red Day
National Yoga Awareness Month
New Year's resolution
News Roundup
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nutrition
nutrition labels
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Ogilvy
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omega-3s
organ donation
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Osteoporosis
osteosarcoma
ovarian cancer
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Peru
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pinkwashing
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Plain Talk in Complex Times
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priority review voucher program
problem solving
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prostate cancer
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
PRSA Health Academy
public health
pumpikn spice latte
Pura vida
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Relay for Life
RescueHealthcare
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ResearchKit
resolutions
responsive design
rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases
rheumatoid arthritis
Robert Emmons
running
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seasonal affective disorder
Site Solutions Summit
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sleep
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social media day
social sporting leagues
special needs
spinal cord injury
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suicide
summer
summer picnic
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Syke
Symplur
Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease
Teal Pumpkin Project
Teal Pumpkins
technology
TEDMED
teens
text neck
texting
tiny houses
tobacco control
TOMS
touch
translation
travel
uninsured
urban
usability
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Valentine's Day
vaporizers
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Walk & Ride Challenge
Wear Read Day
wearable technology
Web
web design
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winter
women in STEM
Women’s Health
women's history month
Workplace wellness
World Alzheimer's Day
World Arthritis Day
World Autism Awareness Day
World COPD Day
World Cup
World Diabetes Day
World Kidney Day
World Kindness Day
World No Tobacco Day
World Pediatric Project
World Stroke Day
World Vegan Day
Year in Review
yoga
youth
Zika virus
The Difference between Dying from Cancer and Living with Cancer
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15th March 2016
January is National Cervical Health Awareness Month
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14th January 2016
Hair Donations: Where Does All the Hair Really Go?
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10th November 2015
Think [Past] Pink: The Not-So-Pretty Side of Pinkwashed Products
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20th October 2015
How the Right Words at the Right Time Can Make All the Difference
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20th August 2015
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Improve your Lifestyle, Improve your Rheumatoid Arthritis
Be Bold, Be Protected, Be in the Know: July is UV Safety Month
Engaging Patients for Infectious Disease Studies: A Q&A with MMG’s PACT Team
The Missing Women in Medicine
By
Jessica
on
How a Smile Can Make a Difference
By
Sarah Clark
on
Hotels Stepping in to Help Change Your Fitness Habits
By
Dorothy Parker
on
Looking to the Future of Tobacco Control: A Recap of 2013 SRNT Meeting
By
Sarah Unger
on
TEDMED Talks and I Listen
By
carol
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Blue Beanie Day: Supporting Web Standards, Those Who Fight for Them, and Those Who Rely on Them
2017
September
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
- 29th September 2017
August
Improve your Lifestyle, Improve your Rheumatoid Arthritis
- 3rd August 2017
July
Be Bold, Be Protected, Be in the Know: July is UV Safety Month
- 12th July 2017
2016
November
Engaging Patients for Infectious Disease Studies: A Q&A with MMG’s PACT Team
- 28th November 2016
March
The Missing Women in Medicine
- 31st March 2016
The Difference between Dying from Cancer and Living with Cancer
- 15th March 2016
How You Can Reap the Benefits of Stress
- 10th March 2016
Annual SCOPE Summit Spurs Enthusiasm for Clinical Research
- 8th March 2016
Views on Aging Can Vary Across Cultures
- 1st March 2016
February
Our Picks for Top Health Communications News Stories of February
- 25th February 2016
Living Longer and Prospering in Costa Rica (Pura Vida)
- 23rd February 2016
Challenging Buy-One-Give-One Charity
- 18th February 2016
Touch is Important. Do You Know Why?
- 10th February 2016
National Wear Red Day Urges Women to “Know their Power”
- 4th February 2016
Beyond the Buzz: Media and the Zika Virus
- 3rd February 2016
January
Our Picks for Top Health Communications News Stories of January
- 28th January 2016
January is National Cervical Health Awareness Month
- 14th January 2016
This Resolution Could Save a Life: Add Blood Donation to Your To-do List this Month
- 8th January 2016
When Health Communication Has a Conscience, We All Learn Something
- 5th January 2016
2015
December
Our Picks for Top Blog Posts and News Stories of 2015
- 28th December 2015
Chagas and Benznidazole: A Treatment that Started Out as a Donation
- 22nd December 2015
Antibiotic Resistance Is (Probably) Not What You Think It Is
- 17th December 2015
Happy Holidays – A Time for Mindful Indulgence versus Mindless Overindulgence
- 15th December 2015
Notes from BrainFutures 2015
- 10th December 2015
“Extra Virgin” Oil Label can be Misleading
- 8th December 2015
Why Treat Anyone with a Disability Differently?
- 3rd December 2015
November
Our Picks for Top Health Communications News Stories of November
- 24th November 2015
What Health News Can You Trust?
- 19th November 2015
Join Us in the “Rethink Research” Challenge
- 17th November 2015
What’s “Movember” Anyway?
- 12th November 2015
Hair Donations: Where Does All the Hair Really Go?
- 10th November 2015
October
Our Picks for Top Health Communications News Stories of October
- 29th October 2015
Treats are Tricky for Some: Teal Pumpkins for a Safer Halloween
- 27th October 2015
To Raise Awareness We Need to Level the Playing Field
- 22nd October 2015
Think [Past] Pink: The Not-So-Pretty Side of Pinkwashed Products
- 20th October 2015
Health Literacy Month Reminds Us to be Thoughtful about Our Communication
- 13th October 2015
World Arthritis Day: Raising Awareness and Sharing Facts about Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases
- 12th October 2015
Cleanliness is Next to Healthiness: Engage in a Little Fall Cleaning This Year
- 8th October 2015
Project Semicolon Starts a Conversation that is Helping Many People Cope with Mental Illness
- 1st October 2015
September
Our Picks for Top Health Communications News Stories of September
- 29th September 2015
Giving Back: How a Few Hands Can Help Many People
- 24th September 2015
Pumpkin Spice: Not So #Basic in Sugar
- 15th September 2015
Making Connections: The Heart of Health Communication
- 10th September 2015
Clearing the Air on Vaporizers
- 1st September 2015
August
Our Picks for Top Health Communications News Stories of the Summer
- 27th August 2015
Electronic Medical Records: They’re Not Just for Doctors!
- 25th August 2015
How the Right Words at the Right Time Can Make All the Difference
- 20th August 2015
National Yoga Awareness Month: More Than Just Positive Vibes
- 18th August 2015
Color Me Calm: Art as Stress Therapy
- 6th August 2015
Use the Healthcare Hashtag Project in Your Next Communications Plan
- 4th August 2015
July
Social Causes: How to Best Join the Conversation
- 22nd July 2015
Leveraging Industry Conferences to Give Back to the Community
- 10th July 2015
Using “Intimate Words” to Battle Cervical Cancer in Rural Mexico
- 7th July 2015
Becoming Patient #1, Part 2: Advocating for Enhanced Education about Clinical Trials
- 2nd July 2015
June
Our Picks for Top Health Communications News Stories in June
- 30th June 2015
The Underrepresentation of the LGBT Community in Health Care and Clinical Trials
- 25th June 2015
Becoming Patient #1 Part 1: The Healthyist Talks with T.J. Sharpe of philly.com
- 23rd June 2015
Takeaways from DIA 2015
- 18th June 2015
MMG Breakthrough Patient Recruitment at DIA
- 15th June 2015
The Tricky Business of Raising (and Measuring) Awareness
- 9th June 2015
The Organic Panic: Learning When to Splurge and When to Save
- 4th June 2015
Our Picks for Top Health Communications News Stories in May
- 1st June 2015
May
Remembering John and Alicia Nash: Brilliance, Sacrifice, Undeniable Courage, and the Devotion Caregivers Have for their Loved Ones with Mental Illness
- 29th May 2015
Gratitude: How It Affects Your Brain and Heart
- 26th May 2015
Dove’s New Campaign Challenges Women to #ChooseBeautiful
- 12th May 2015
What It Means to Be Healthy: The Curious Case of KIND Bars
- 7th May 2015
First Ever Clinical Trials Awareness Week Sheds Light on Importance of Clinical Trial Participation
- 5th May 2015
April
Our Picks for Top Health Communications News Stories in April
- 30th April 2015
Running is About More Than the Race
- 28th April 2015
National Infertility Awareness Week Seeks to Educate, Inform about Devastating Disease
- 21st April 2015
Stella Artois Wants You to Buy a Lady a Drink and It Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does
- 14th April 2015
Alcohol Awareness Month Seeks to Address Problems of Alcoholism before It’s too Late
- 9th April 2015
National Public Health Week Highlights Need for Continued Health Improvement
- 7th April 2015
Light It Up Blue for World Autism Awareness Day
- 2nd April 2015
March
Our Picks for Top Health Communications News Stories in March
- 31st March 2015
Health Literacy Initiative Focuses on Provider Education
- 24th March 2015
ResearchKit Enrolls Thousands in Clinical Trials: What Next?
- 19th March 2015
Understanding Depression as a Medical Diagnosis
- 15th March 2015
Relay for Life Makes a Difference for Cancer Research, Cancer Survivors, and Volunteers
- 12th March 2015
#DearMe Campaign Shines on International Women’s Day
- 10th March 2015
Don’t Make Your Computer Mouse Your Work Enemy
- 3rd March 2015
February
Our Picks for Top Health Communications News Stories in February
- 27th February 2015
What’s in a Name? IOM Report Suggests Name Change for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- 24th February 2015
Part 2: To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate: How Increased Awareness Can Make a Difference
- 19th February 2015
Part 1: To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate: Why that Should Not be a Question
- 17th February 2015
Warming Up for SCOPE 2015!
- 12th February 2015
Caring for the Caregiver: A Volunteer’s Experience with Alzheimer’s Disease
- 10th February 2015
Wear Red Campaign Continues to Make Strides Against Heart Disease in Women
- 5th February 2015
Are Tablet Apps Revolutionizing Augmentative and Alternative Communication?
- 4th February 2015
January
How Smart Phones are Affecting the Way We Touch and Feel Touch
- 29th January 2015
When a Health Communicator Goes on Vacation: Examining Health Care in Central America
- 27th January 2015
Resolve to Get More Sleep in 2015
- 15th January 2015
What “Hanger” Does to Your Brain and Behavior
- 13th January 2015
Pain in the Neck? Blame Your Smartphone
- 8th January 2015
To Get the Flu Shot or Not: Make Sure Your Choice is an Educated One
- 6th January 2015
2014
December
Don’t Let High Altitude Sickness Ruin the View of Your Next Trip
- 23rd December 2014
How the Medical Community Can Help Increase Clinical Trial Participation Among Hispanics
- 16th December 2014
‘Tis the Season to Take Care of Your Health
- 11th December 2014
Winter: What is it Good For? Absolutely … Something
- 9th December 2014
Seasonal Affective Disorder: When Feeling Sad is More than Just Sad
- 4th December 2014
Three Ways of Cultivating Gratitude
- 2nd December 2014
November
ASIA Impairment Scale: A Quick Communications Tool
- 20th November 2014
Move Over Movember: November is also National Diabetes Month
- 18th November 2014
Movember Proves to be Epitome of Successful Health Communications Campaign
- 13th November 2014
Help Your Eyes With the 20-20-20 Rule
- 11th November 2014
Site Summit Solutions 2014 Provides in Inside Look at What Works and What Doesn’t
- 6th November 2014
Can the Ebola Outbreak Improve the PVR Law?
- 4th November 2014
October
Examining the Link Between Daylight Saving Time and Public Health
- 30th October 2014
Smoking Cessation: One of the Many Pulls on a Primary Care Provider’s Time
- 28th October 2014
What We Don’t Want To Know About Childhood Abuse
- 23rd October 2014
What’s Behind the Ebola Mania? Could it be We Like the Panic?
- 21st October 2014
Be a Kid for Halloween this Year: It’s Good for Your Health
- 16th October 2014
How Our Journey to Work May Be Hurting Our Journey to Health
- 14th October 2014
Save the Ta-tas! (and the Ones Who Love Them, too!)
- 10th October 2014
Health Literacy Month Sheds Light on Continued Need for Improvement
- 7th October 2014
CVS Health Demonstrates Unique Commitment to Tobacco Cessation
- 2nd October 2014
September
Housing and Public Health: Tiny Homes May Have a Big Impact
- 30th September 2014
Is the iOS 8 Health App Good for Your Health?
- 25th September 2014
Year-long Education, Support Needed to End Hunger in America
- 23rd September 2014
Sick and tired—the importance of paid sick leave
- 18th September 2014
MMG Competes at Clinical Trial Conference in Boston
- 16th September 2014
9/11 Anniversary Brings to Light Changes in Communication, Response
- 11th September 2014
Going Gluten-free is Just Another Fad Diet (Unless You Have Celiac Disease)
- 9th September 2014
Discrepancy Between Donations and Risk Sheds Light on Challenge of Raising Awareness
- 4th September 2014
Prostate Cancer Awareness Doesn’t Have to Wait Until “Movember”
- 2nd September 2014
August
Why Practicing What You Preach is Harder than You’d Like it to be
- 28th August 2014
Dinner Doesn’t Have to Be Hard and Healthy or Convenient and Compromising
- 26th August 2014
Pets! Woof! Meow! What are They Good for? A Whole Lot, it Turns Out
- 21st August 2014
Ice Bucket Challenge: When Public Health Awareness Campaigns Work
- 19th August 2014
Tips to End the Summer without the Stress
- 15th August 2014
Why Running for Exercise Doesn’t Seem Like Such a Crazy Idea Anymore
- 12th August 2014
What Does It Mean To Be Creative?
- 7th August 2014
A Different Kind of Commute: How Biking to Work Benefits the Body and Mind
- 5th August 2014
July
The World’s Most Popular Sport is Also Good for Your Health
- 31st July 2014
“Eye” Love Seeing the Sights of Summer
- 29th July 2014
Medscape Survey Sheds Light on Physician Use (and Frustration) with EHRs
- 24th July 2014
MMG Delivers Donation to Children’s National Health System
- 22nd July 2014
Predictions for Health IT Include More Connected, Involved Patients
- 17th July 2014
Fish For Your Health
- 15th July 2014
Marketers, Public Health Experts See Potential in World Cup 2014
- 8th July 2014
Picking a Healthier Picnic: Tips for Eating Healthy at those Summer Gatherings
- 1st July 2014
June
DIA Annual Meeting Recap
- 26th June 2014
Another Reason to Join that Adult Softball Team…
- 24th June 2014
Don’t Let Smoking be Part of Your Scene
- 19th June 2014
Migraine Awareness Month Seeks to Educate, Inform
- 17th June 2014
Finally a Productive Use for the Ubiquitous SMS Message
- 12th June 2014
Taking on Childhood Obesity Starts with Health Education
- 10th June 2014
To Drink Diet Soda or Not to Drink: The Debate Continues
- 5th June 2014
Discussing Osteoporosis: How Changes in the Body can be More than Just Physical
- 3rd June 2014
May
Let’s Create a Smokefree Generation
- 29th May 2014
The Misused Homepage Carousel
- 27th May 2014
The Challenge of Thinking Differently: A Case Study from the PRSA Health Academy
- 22nd May 2014
International Clinical Trials’ Day Sheds Light on Impact and Importance of Clinical Research
- 20th May 2014
“Talk Like a Human” and Other Communication Tips from PRSA Health Academy
- 15th May 2014
MAGI Conference Takes Unique Approach to Clinical Research Conference
- 13th May 2014
Does Your Office Ball? A Look Into Diffusion of Innovation
- 8th May 2014
Addressing the Underrepresentation of Asian Americans in Clinical Trials
- 6th May 2014
Addressing the Underrepresentation of Latinos in Clinical Trials
- 1st May 2014
April
Addressing the Underrepresentation of African Americans in Clinical Trials
- 29th April 2014
Redefining Barriers to Minority Participation in Clinical Trials
- 24th April 2014
Responsibility for Good Doctor-Patient Communication Lies with Both Doctors and Patients
- 22nd April 2014
Raising Awareness of IBS Starts with a Change in Attitude
- 17th April 2014
Drinking Water: Reaping the Benefits and Building Good Habits
- 15th April 2014
“Eating Well” During National Public Health Week
- 10th April 2014
Get Out Ahead…of Preventable Diseases
- 8th April 2014
Can Mobile Health Fill a Gap in Concussion Diagnosis and Treatment?
- 3rd April 2014
Get Ready: National Public Health Week Kicks Off Next Week
- 1st April 2014
March
Spring is in the Air: What You Can do About Seasonal Allergies
- 27th March 2014
Understanding Depression as a Medical Diagnosis
- 25th March 2014
Kick Butts Day—A Chance to Stand Up to Big Tobacco
- 18th March 2014
On World Kidney Day, a Look at Some Lesser-known Kidney Conditions
- 13th March 2014
Partner With Patients for the Good of Clinical Research
- 11th March 2014
Countdown is on for Health Insurance Coverage
- 6th March 2014
Homelessness and Health Care are Interwoven—Let’s Take a Closer Look
- 4th March 2014
February
Discussion of Rare Diseases Shouldn’t be so Rare
- 27th February 2014
10 Tips for Pitching Health-related Stories to the Media
- 25th February 2014
This is Nuts! Research Shows Evidence of Expanding Health Benefits of Nuts
- 20th February 2014
Celebrating the Past And Planning For the Future of Tobacco Control
- 18th February 2014
Valentine’s Day: A Good Time to Think about Your Heart and Your Health
- 13th February 2014
SCOPE Summit 2014 Reminds Us Why Clinical Research is Important
- 11th February 2014
American Heart Month 2014: A Testament to Progress and Research
- 4th February 2014
January
What Wearable Technology is Literally Telling You About Your Health
- 30th January 2014
We’ll be at SCOPE. Will You?
- 28th January 2014
Finding Your Healthy Weight: Why it Doesn’t Have to be a Mystery
- 23rd January 2014
“That Diet is a Fad Idea”…And Other Important Information about Diet Trends
- 21st January 2014
How Health Care Providers Can Help Patients Manage Fear
- 16th January 2014
Blood Donations Dip During the Winter. Here’s How You Can Help.
- 14th January 2014
Cervical Health Awareness: Women Should Stop Putting their Health on the Back Burner
- 9th January 2014
Embrace the Pale: Messages About Sun Damage Need to be More than Skin Deep
- 7th January 2014
Grateful for a Toilet: A Call for Sustainable Sanitation Awareness
- 2nd January 2014
2013
December
The Necessity of Partnerships in mHealth (as in Most Things)
- 23rd December 2013
Rare Diseases Rarely Receive the Attention They Should—Let’s Change That
- 18th December 2013
Fishing for Your Health: There’s More to it Than You Might Think
- 17th December 2013
Sweet Confusion: When Some Sweeteners Aren’t So “Sweet” After All
- 11th December 2013
6 Things to Keep in Mind When Communicating with Clients
- 10th December 2013
Breaking Through the Noise with Great Messaging and Superior Content
- 6th December 2013
How a Weight Loss and Exercise Journey Changed More than Just My Health
- 5th December 2013
Searching for health information? 12 tips to Google search effectively
- 3rd December 2013
November
APHA Encourages Health Communicators to “Think Big” and Start at “Home”
- 26th November 2013
Sharing Innovations to Advance Public Health
- 25th November 2013
Alcohol Use Disorders: What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us
- 22nd November 2013
Great American Smokeout Marks 38th Year of Smokers Kicking the Habit
- 21st November 2013
World COPD Day: It’s Not Too Late to Make a Change
- 20th November 2013
Choose Your Friends—and Your Words—Wisely. Say “No” to Bullying
- 19th November 2013
Standing Up for My Health: How a New Work Station is Changing My Work Habits
- 18th November 2013
World Diabetes Day: How Clinical Research is Making a Difference
- 14th November 2013
World Kindness Day 2013: Always Be Kind, for Everyone is Fighting a Hard Battle
- 13th November 2013
Are Your Work Habits Healthy?
- 11th November 2013
To Get the Mammogram or Not: 40th Birthday Prompts Important Health-related Questions
- 7th November 2013
Too Much of a Good Thing? Managing Stress Today and All Days
- 6th November 2013
Blame Your Office Computer for Your Eye Strain. Also Blame Your Phone, Your TV, Your Tablet…
- 5th November 2013
You Should Be Blogging to Celebrate National Blog Posting Month
- 4th November 2013
Celebrate National Vegan Day and Celebrate Good Health Too!
- 1st November 2013
October
Clinical Research Sites Discuss Social Media, Metrics at Annual Summit
- 31st October 2013
What You can do Now to Prevent Strokes
- 29th October 2013
Tapping Into the Power of Mobile
- 28th October 2013
Teaching My Kids About Healthy Food … and Getting Them to Eat it Too
- 24th October 2013
Communicating in a Changing Health Care Landscape
- 22nd October 2013
The Heart of Health Literacy: Motivating People to Act
- 18th October 2013
Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus: Differences in Conversational Styles Between the Sexes and What it Means for Health Communications
- 16th October 2013
Are We Thinking Clearly About Health Literacy?
- 10th October 2013
Let’s Be Health Literacy Heroes, This Month and Always
- 8th October 2013
Speak Up: It’s Good for Your Health!
- 4th October 2013
Walk & Ride Challenge Encourages Us to Move More, Drive Less
- 2nd October 2013
September
One Blanket and Sandwich at a Time … Helping the Community
- 30th September 2013
World Alzheimer’s Day Seeks to Educate and Illuminate
- 20th September 2013
Food Insecurity: In a Country Ripe With Overabundance Far too Many Have too Little
- 18th September 2013
The (Always) Changing World of Health Communication: Highlights from the National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media
- 11th September 2013
Are You Ready for Some Football? How to Stay Healthy and Enjoy the Season too!
- 6th September 2013
August
Trimming the Fat? The Weighty Issue of Obesity in the United States
- 28th August 2013
Nutrition Label Confusion and Why My Mom Believes “All Natural” Actually Means All Natural
- 23rd August 2013
The Legacy of Henrietta Lacks and the Evolution of Informed Consent
- 22nd August 2013
Sex, Drugs, and…Advertising
- 13th August 2013
Sitting is the New Smoking: 3 Tips to Get Moving
- 7th August 2013
Hashtags, Shares, and Retweets: Navigating Social Media to Reach Teens Where They Are
- 1st August 2013
July
The ACA Puts a Spotlight on the Need for Better Health Communication
- 25th July 2013
Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace Begins October 1. Are You Ready?
- 23rd July 2013
Health Literacy: Reading Between the Lines of the Affordable Care Act
- 18th July 2013
Will a Little-known ACA Provision Give Clinical Trials a Much-needed Boost?
- 17th July 2013
Digital Health Features Prominent in Health Reform Changes
- 12th July 2013
Health Reform: You Think You Know but You (Probably) Have No Idea
- 9th July 2013
June
How Social Media Has Changed the Way We Talk About Health
- 28th June 2013
National Men’s Health Month Prompts Discussion
- 25th June 2013
A Different Kind of Mobile Health—Portable Education Kits in Rural Nicaragua
- 21st June 2013
Let’s celebrate National Men’s Health Month the right way. This starts with you fellas!
- 19th June 2013
Catapult Yourself into a Good Cause
- 13th June 2013
How to Make Others Care About Your Data, and Why They Might Not!
- 11th June 2013
How a Smile Can Make a Difference
- 7th June 2013
#ASCO13: How Hashtags and Social Media Make Conference Information Accessible
- 5th June 2013
May
A Woman’s Right to Choose…to Talk Publically About Her Health
- 24th May 2013
What is Wellness?
- 22nd May 2013
First-ever Release of U.S. Hospital Prices Begs Some Obvious Questions
- 20th May 2013
Web Accessibility: A No User Left Behind Approach to the Web
- 15th May 2013
Responding to the Needs of Women Smokers
- 9th May 2013
Why Charity Races are About More Than Just Running
- 3rd May 2013
April
What You Hear When You Remember to Listen: HAWMC Day 30--The Recap
- 30th April 2013
Hotels Stepping in to Help Change Your Fitness Habits
- 25th April 2013
HAWMC Day 21 Asks When Do You Bloom Best?
- 21st April 2013
Getting the “Gist” of a Medical Conversation is NOT Enough!
- 17th April 2013
Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge: Day 12: Hindsight
- 12th April 2013
Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge: Day 1 Why HAWMC?
- 1st April 2013
March
Choosing Profits Over Health: Maryland Senate Votes Down Tanning Bed Bill
- 26th March 2013
Looking to the Future of Tobacco Control: A Recap of 2013 SRNT Meeting
- 22nd March 2013
ESCAPE FIRE Documentary Sparks Conversation About How to Rescue Health Care
- 14th March 2013
Kick off National Nutrition Month Like a Third Grader. Pack Your Lunch
- 7th March 2013
A System Crying Out for Help: Mental Health Care in the United States
- 4th March 2013
February
TEDMED Talks and I Listen
- 28th February 2013
Digital Health Communication Extravaganza Recap – If You Missed it, You Missed it
- 27th February 2013
How a Vacation to Kenya Shed New Light on Health Care Disparities
- 6th February 2013
January
Smartphone Apps Put the Doctor’s Office at Your Fingertips
- 29th January 2013
My New Year’s Resolution: Sleep Like I Mean It
- 28th January 2013
Why Nuance and Tradition Matter
- 10th January 2013
2012
December
International Conference on Stigma Aims to Change the Attitude that Spreads HIV
- 20th December 2012
Tis the Season to be Giving
- 14th December 2012
Moving From Potential to Promise for Mobile Health
- 4th December 2012
November
Blue Beanie Day: Supporting Web Standards, Those Who Fight for Them, and Those Who Rely on Them
- 30th November 2012
Writing and Translating Patient Recruitment Materials: It’s Not Always Easy, but It’s Always Worth It.
- 15th November 2012
Using Digital Health Communications to Change Behavior
- 13th November 2012
Did You Know It’s Lung Cancer Awareness Month? Neither did I.
- 9th November 2012
Build it and They Still Might Not Come: Are Health Literacy Issues to Blame for Low Clinical Trial Enrollment?
- 1st November 2012
October
Site Solutions Summit Aims to Find Solutions to Tough—and Common—Problems
- 30th October 2012
Awareness Accelerates Patient Recruitment
- 26th October 2012
Health Literacy Tweet Chat
- 25th October 2012
How Poor Health Literacy Affects the Ability to Understand and to be Understood
- 19th October 2012
MMG puts the Social in Ketchum Social Responsibility
- 10th October 2012
When Every Word Counts: Language Barriers in Health Care and the High Cost to Patients
- 3rd October 2012
September
Global Expectations: USAID Global Health Mini-U Presents Best Practices in Global Health
- 25th September 2012
How We Talk to Our Audience and Why They Aren’t Always Listening
- 19th September 2012
Principled Patient Recruitment: 7 Rules for Recruiting for Clinical Trials
- 13th September 2012
Can I get This to Go? Three Quick Steps for a Healthy(ier) Diet
- 4th September 2012
August
Stemming the Tides: Fighting the Burden of Cancer in the 21st Century
- 29th August 2012
Sexting: Defining a Public Health Problem
- 21st August 2012
A Step Forward for Women’s Health
- 11th August 2012
Working Toward an AIDS-Free Generation
- 6th August 2012
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