That makes climate change a bigger public health problem than AIDS, than malaria, than pandemic flu.

Pregnant women are more likely to die from homicide by domestic violence than any other cause of death.

Unfortunately, we are still in an age where individuals may be discriminated against because of health conditions.

In America today, the percentage of children and adolescents who are defined as overweight is more than double what it was in the early 1970s.

My experience as a school nurse taught me that we need to make a concerted effort, all of us, to increase physical fitness activity among our children and to encourage all Americans to adopt a healthier diet that includes fruits and vegetables, but there is more.

As we may know, osteoporosis affects around 10 million Americans, most of whom are over 55, and it is the cause of an estimated 1.5 million fractures annually.

Nurses serve their patients in the most important capacities. We know that they serve as our first lines of communication when something goes wrong or when we are concerned about health.