Seventy-five percent of women who smoke would like to quit, and yet only two to three percent quit every year... It's significant because we can help women quit smoking.

People tend to think of overweight and obesity as strictly a personal matter, but there is much that communities can and should do to address these problems.

Otis Brawley is one of America's truly outstanding physician scientists. In How We Do Harm, he challenges all of us-- physicians, patients, and communities-- to recommit ourselves to the pledge to 'do no harm.'

Our nation's blood supply is safer than it's ever been, and it's getting safer as we speak.

Many people believe that dealing with overweight and obesity is a personal responsibility. To some degree they are right, but it is also a community responsibility. When there are no safe, accessible places for children to play or adults to walk, jog, or ride a bike, that is a community responsibility.

The people of this country desperately need to engage in an open and honest debate about mental health.

There is no health without mental health.