In advance of the Fourth of July holiday weekend, Widmeyer planned and conducted a media outreach event in Phoenix, AZ, during which the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s Pool Safely campaign released its 2011 snapshot of the summer swimming season. Widmeyer helped secure a piece in The Arizona Republic highlighting the state’s drowning prevention efforts [...]
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) announced its support of a multi-year initiative that creates new pathways to employment for disconnected young adults, specifically out-of-school 16- to 24-year-olds who are motivated to succeed but are unable to access meaningful work. The Foundation’s $28 million investment will help fund the New Options Project, a philanthropic and entrepreneurial [...]
Dr. Julian Bailes, chairman of West Virginia University’s neurosurgery department, contributed a thoughtful piece in the ongoing debate in the NFL around high velocity/sub-concussive hits that lead to chronic brain damage. Widmeyer is proud of the work it has been doing for more than three years with Dr. Bailes around chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Read his Op-Ed
Scientists started the Human Genome project more than two decades ago to understand what makes each of us different. Thanks to this project we now know a lot about our genes.
As seen on the PRWeekus.com “Insider” blog on April 2, 2010.
The recent health care reform legislation puts a new emphasis on health and wellness programs that are intended to improve our well-being. Plug “well-being” into a Google search and you will see the top 10 results are about as varied as could be: from ancient philosophical definitions and Wikipedia posts to medical student organizations [...]
As seen on the PRWeekus.com “Insider” blog on April 1, 2010.
If we can get past privacy concerns, there could be a lot to be gained from open sharing of patient data, reported by patients.
The fallout from the release of new guidelines for breast cancer screening has been swift. “White House backs off cancer test guidelines” is a sample headline with cable outlets providing much juicier verbiage.
Aristotle is known to have said: “Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” If only the essence of happiness was easy to bottle! Unfortunately, the idea of happiness and how it relates to well-being is not easily defined, instead riddled with multiple components and connections, to [...]
