Four years ago, Taylor Brown received a bone marrow transplant at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta as treatment for severe aplastic anemia.
A recent JAMA study found that half of adults in the U.S. have diabetes or pre-diabetes. But what many people may not realize is that their everyday behaviors could lead to diabetes. Sodexo, as the nation’s largest employer of Registered Dietitians (RDs), is passionate about working with our clients to help prevent diabetes. There are several habits that people are engaging in right now that could lead to diabetes. A few of these habits include:
This report investigates the obstacles that block entrepreneurs who are designing innovative technologies for people living in poverty in developing countries and identifies a variety of actors, from foundations to corporates, who are in unique positions to support these pioneers. These actors can leverage their unique resources to strategically support the journeys of these pioneers, from the initial inspiration to ultimate impact at scale.
Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) and the Baxter International Foundation, the company’s philanthropic arm, continued to advance access to healthcare through a recent collaboration with World Vision India to develop a mobile health application. In addition, Baxter and its foundation made financial and in-kind donations valued at nearly $25 million in 2015 to create lasting social, environmental and economic value for all stakeholders, including the communities in which its employees live and work.
Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life Services and student nutrition and facilities management provider to more than 400 K-12 school districts nationwide, is always looking for new ways to get students to eat more vegetables with their school lunch.
Highly trained scientists are working very hard to find treatment and technology advances to help our society better manage the needs of aging populations and chronic diseases. The demands from an aging global population and emerging societies that are spending more on healthcare means that this is a growth area.
In this video filmed at Benevity's Goodness Matters User Conference, Cora McNeil, Senior Program Manager in the Office of Social Responsibility at UnitedHealth Group, describes how giving and volunteering can enhance overall employee health.
Systems change is hard. It’s especially hard when the current system seemingly works. It takes a lot of dedicated people who share a vision to make it happen.Pennsylvania and the rest of the United States are currently in the midst of moving from a system of day programs and sheltered workshops to a system promoting employment within a person’s community. It’s a movement from segregated settings to inclusive settings.
Increased urbanisation has fuelled the consumption of processed food and beverage, rich in sugar, fat and sodium.[3] Simultaneously, city dwellers have experienced a decrease in the time available for food preparation and physical exercise, which drives the rapid increase in levels of overweight, obesity and related diseases in Mexico City.
When Jeri Mulder was just 20 years old, she went through an experience with cancer that she hoped nobody would ever have to face again. 28 years later, she and her husband Jeff will donate $1 million to the LIVESTRONG Foundation through their family’s Shine Foundation to ensure that cancer patients and survivors get the support and access to care she didn’t have.
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In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...
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