In the United States and globally, we are in the golden age of rapid advances in scientific innovation and technology for a wide variety of health challenges. However, health outcomes continue to decline across populations in the US, as...

Now more than ever, we are experiencing a heightened recognition of the growing need for high-quality health care and finding it increasingly more challenging to obtain. For instance, rural areas have few or limited options. Health-care...

Poor nutrition is estimated to kill 10,000 Americans every week and cause 21,000 new cases of diabetes per week, cutting lives short, increasing suffering, and reducing quality of life. Pharmacies are uniquely positioned to bring scalable...

About one in three of us is lonely. Health-care leaders, take note. In achieving the elusive “Triple Aim” of health care: improved care outcomes, lower per capita costs, and outstanding patient experiences, addressing loneliness offers a...

In 2012, I called a suicide hotline, not because I had nothing to live for, but because I lost sight of the value of waiting for the tomorrows of my life. In our ever-evolving world, the pursuit of better health for all is an endeavor that...

Retailers can, and should, play a major role in our health-care system, especially as it relates to the Food as Medicine movement. We are in the best position to provide access to the nutritious food people need to better manage their...

Food insecurity is one of the greatest health challenges in this country. The US Department of Agriculture reports that nearly 13.5 million households were food insecure in 2021—including 2.3 million with food insecure children. Food...

Globally, simultaneous health crises have prompted a heightened focus on improving population health. Yet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledges that medical care and genetics are not the largest contributors to health...

The cost of American health care is often presented on a macro level: as a percentage of GDP or total spending on the order of many billions of dollars for hospital services, pharmaceuticals, or anything in between. But affordability for...

In the United States, there is an epidemic that is as lethal as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. It’s been linked to heart disease, strokes, dementia, and other ills. In a report this year, the US surgeon general declared loneliness and...