Healthcare is a huge issue for people in jail and prison. There are currently 2.4 million people in American prisons. This number has grown by 500 percent…
“a child is deemed to be living in relative poverty if he or she is growing up in a household where disposable income, when adjusted for family size and…
September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month. First officially recognized by the federal government in 1983, National Sickle Cell Awareness Month calls attention to sickle cell disease (SCD), a genetic…
Your child spends more time at school than anywhere else except home. One of the many things that you now must consider as back-to-school preparations begin: state laws that require…
In light of the recent news on the passing of Muhammad Ali, I thought it would be appropriate to take the opportunity to focus on the realities of Parkinson’s disease…
According to the Office of Research at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the U.S. has one of the highest rates of child poverty in the developed world. Of the…
The problem of access to life-saving medicines is proving more deadly than many of the most deadly diseases themselves. Millions of people in developing countries will die within 3 years…
“Many men can draft many laws. But few have the piercing and humane eye, which can see beyond the words to the people that they touch. Few can see past…
The United States’ economy, recently on the brink of collapse, appears to be making a recovery. The poorest families haven’t yet seen the benefits of the recovery. The result is…
When you become a patient at a hospital you and your family enter a partnership with your healthcare team. Chances are, you’ll be in what is known as a “Teaching…
