Health and Wellness

CVS/pharmacy kicks off its annual in store fundraiser for the sixth year to support the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Thanks and Giving campaign, beginning this Sunday and running through December 12. CVS/pharmacy store colleagues will encourage customers to add $1 t...

This holiday season, Organic Valley, a farmer-owned cooperative of more than 1,300 organic family farmers nationwide, is giving customers a charitable way to spread the cheer. Through the end of the year, shoppers can visit their local grocers or food co-ops and participate ...

PeaceTags, a Seattle-based company creating necklaces engraved with quotes from famous peacemakers, announces its 2009 holiday PeaceBaby tag featuring a peace quote from Dr. Riane Eisler, internationally renowned author and humanitarian. Eis...

MediSend International has joined The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) with an initial Commitment to Action, a unique feature of CGI membership that translates practical goals into meaningful and measurable results. Through its Afghanistan Health and Human Resource Initiative...

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and the AAFP Foundation announce that they have been awarded a $150,000 grant from MetLife Foundation, designed to counter the national epidemic of childhood obesity by empowering family physicians with new ways to promote phy...

CARE is pleased to announce that Dr. Helene Gayle, CARE President and CEO, is the keynote speaker at the inaugural event of the new Chicago Council on Global Affair's leadership series "The Women and Global Development Forum."

The forum was deve...

Canadian babies no longer have to bathe in chemical-heavy infant products. Introduced in Canada by ZOLD Eco-Sales Agency, Nature’s Baby Organics Bubble Bath is making its debut as one of the top sustainable lifestyle products for babies and toddlers in North America.

AmeriCares has awarded its annual Power of Partnership Award to Cardinal Health, one of the largest health care products and services companies in the world. AmeriCares President & CEO Curt Welling presented the award today at the Healthcare Distribution Management Assoc...

New research from Sodexo School Services shows that buying school lunch provides excellent nutrition and saves parents money and time. Parents with three children can save up to $1,000 per school year and about two 40-hour work weeks of time by purchasing school lunch at one...

Stericycle, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRCL) launched its Carbon Footprint Estimator, designed to encourage hospitals to assess their current carbon impact and to determine ways to lessen their CO2 footprint.

As hospitals explore environmental practices, "...