Health Care

April 14, 2010

Since this month's publication of my paper " The Burden of Suboptimal Breastfeeding in the United States " in Pediatrics with Arnold Reinhold, I'm often asked by reporters what the US can do better to improve our breastfeeding rates. I've also gotten quite a few comments asking if this research...

Melissa Bartick

Paid Sick Days Health Care Open Flexible Work

April 9, 2010

For six years, I "balanced" a demanding job, a commute, and raising young children. All things considered, I thought I was managing really well until just before my last child turned one year old. Then, the stress and exhaustion I'd been holding at bay engulfed me. I could barely get out of bed, or eat, or think.

Katrina Alcorn

Health Care

April 6, 2010

I’m Linda Blount, mother of two and National Vice President of Health Disparities for the American Cancer Society. Health equity is my passion. We live in a country that spends more on healthcare than any other country. Yet, despite the $2 trillion spent on healthcare last year, there are many...

Linda Blount

Health Care

April 6, 2010

Since breastfeeding is a hot-button issue around these parts, I thought I would share with you the latest study to appear in the Journal of Pediatrics. Basically, it just put a number and dollar amount on the lives that would be saved if 90 percent of mothers in the United States breastfed their...

Elisa Batista

Health Care

April 2, 2010

With the entire nation buzzing over President Obama's historic health care victory, many Americans are trying to understand how this new law will affect their everyday lives. For some of our nation's most vulnerable children with special health care needs, President Obama has announced that,...

Bruce Lesley

Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Health Care Family Economic Security Open Flexible Work

April 2, 2010

"Many folks don't have access to any kind of family leave policies whatsoever, no flexible working arrangements, many people don't even have a paid sick day. So they are struggling…scrambling to make things work…As we all know, here today, it just doesn't have to be that way. It doesn't have to be...

Katie Bethell

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

March 25, 2010

By Michael F. Jacobson, Executive Director Center for Science in the Public Interest A lot of parents notice that the foods our kids eat affect their behavior. Some of those effects are subtle, some less so. Most dads and moms know that sugar and caffeine can have a dramatic impact on behavior, but...

Mike Jacobson

Health Care

March 24, 2010

New America Media, Q&A with Ellen Wu, Aaron Glantz, Posted: Mar 24, 2010 // Editor’s Note: The health reform legislation signed yesterday by President Obama is a “really big win for communities of color,” according to Ellen Wu, MPH, executive director of the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network...

Ellen Wu

Health Care

March 24, 2010

My friend Jane has a problem. She works full-time for a government agency in California and has two little girls in preschool. Jane is really good at her job. Jane is losing her mind.

Katrina Alcorn

Health Care Food!

March 23, 2010

On February 24, I attended California Governor Schwarzenegger's Summit on Health, Nutrition, and Obesity: Actions for a Healthy Living, with special guest President Bill Clinton. At the Summit the Governor described his platform for fighting obesity and promoting a healthier California: Restricting...

Ellen Wu