Written by Dr. David Geier, The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
With the heat and humidity on the rise this summer, many people turn to water skiing and wake boarding for recreation. These activities provide both fun and physical activity.
As participants travel at high speeds during these water activities, the risk for injuries is certainly an issue.…
Written by Alexandra Black MPH, RD, LDN, Health Promotion Manager, IHRSA
There is a saying that goes something like “if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing itself stupid.” It resonates with so many because we know every person has different talents, experiences, preferences, and abilities, and not all can be judged by the same measure.…
By Don Wright, MD, MPH, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
On July 27 – 28, 2015, the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) is co-hosting the 2015 Healthy Aging Summit in Washington, D.C with the American College of Preventive Medicine.…
At the 2015 Health Datapalooza conference in June, Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH) and National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), introduced a collaboration between HHS and CVS Health to increase access to information about preventive services through ODPHP’s myhealthfinder tool:
To make myhealthfinder more readily available to more people, we recently developed a free, publically available application programming interface (API) to integrate the tool into any website.…
