TOPIC: HEALTH (70)

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States government’s principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.

The Weightless Project

The Weightless Project was launched to fight two parallel causes - obesity on one hand and hunger and malnutrition on the other. By converting calories burned into usable funds using cutting-edge technologies to track activity, the proceeds generated by those losing weight will be used to help those who need the extra pounds to survive. Currently the initiative is partnering with three devices – Jawbone, Fitbit and Basis, and looking to collaborate with other international health and fitness brands. Officially supported by Deepak Chopra, The Deepak Chopra Foundation and Health 2.0, this initiative is on its way to making the world a healthier place.

Water For People

Water For People brings together local entrepreneurs, civil society, governments, and communities to establish creative, collaborative solutions that allow people to build and maintain their own reliable safe water systems. Empowering everyone transforms people’s lives by improving health and economic productivity to end the cycle of poverty.

Daily Table

Daily Table is a not-for-profit retail store that offers our community a variety of tasty, convenient and affordable foods that will help you feel and be your best; food that will keep you moving forward, not hold you back.  We provide both “grab-n-go” ready to eat meals, and a selection of produce, bread, dairy and grocery items all at prices that will put a smile on your face, and designed to fit within every budget.  Many of our items are prepared fresh daily in our own kitchen onsite.

Help Remedies

Everybody in the drug aisle likes to talk about more, bigger, extra, super, and maximum. But we’re not going to talk about that. We think people get enough drugs, dyes, and nonsense from other kinds of drug companies. Help® is a new type of drug company—a drug company that promises you less.

MyTherapy

MyTherapy uniquely combines medication reminders and health tracking. The app reliably reminds you to take your meds, to get active and to track your vitals. How does it work? MyTherapy translates your therapy into a simple to-do list. Your daily goal: checking off your tasks – for peace of mind. At the same time MyTherapy’s built-in health journal summarizes your medication intake and other health-related information.

Body and Soul

Body & Soul® is a nonprofit international fitness organization. We love exercise and we take it very seriously. We understand that developing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle is part of being a good steward of this “physical body” we’ve been given.

Global Health Media Project

Global Health Media Project was founded to put practical, life-saving knowledge into the hands of healers at the point of care. Our mission is to produce and distribute high-quality clinical videos that are tailored to the learning needs and low-resource realities of health providers in poor countries.  The videos will be free and disseminated broadly.

Innovation.org

Innovation.org, a project of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, is a place to discuss and learn about pharmaceutical innovation. 
We seek to: provide space for an exchange of ideas about pharmaceutical innovation; raise awareness of the critical issues facing pharmaceutical innovation; communicate essential information about the nature of pharmaceutical discovery, the challenges it faces, the value it provides, and the future promise it holds.

RehabNet.com - Help for Seniors with Addiction

RehabNet is a non-profit organization with a mission to educate and provide assistance to seniors struggling addiction as well as caregivers and family members with concerns. Its primary objective is to effectively halt the growing silent epidemic of senior addiction.

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Global Health Corps

Global Health Corps mobilizes a global community of emerging leaders to build the movement for health equity. We place recent college graduates and young professionals from diverse professional backgrounds in health non-profits and government offices in the US, East Africa and Southern Africa for a year of service in order to strengthen and learn from the organization. 

Tabtics

Tabtics is a Chrome extension that helps you improve on health & productivity by raising awareness through brief contextual tips. We’re using the Web a lot nowadays and for a lot of people, opening up new tabs is one of the things they do quite often. We should also acknowledge that more and more people have desk jobs and have a difficulty to stay healthy. With Tabtics we want you to get a little heads-up on your health and productivity everytime you open up a new tab. We help you with some tailored health & productivity tips or motivational quotes every time you open up a new tab.

MindBodyGreen

Our aim is to make wellness inclusive and fun through original articles, tips, news, and interviews. Through MindBodyGreen we hope to give you the tools to make your life better and healthier or inspire you to keep doing the awesome things that you are already doing.
We write about things that we think are great. You cannot pay to write for MindBodyGreen or pay to be featured on MindBodyGreen.

Women's and Children's Health Network (WCHN)

The Women's and Children's Health Network (WCHN) promotes the health, well-being and development of children, young people and families across South Australia by providing: support to parents in areas of parenting, health services for infants, children and young people, support for families and children with additional needs, up-to-date health information for parents, children and young people.

At WCHN, we are committed to providing health and parenting information based on the latest research and best practice.

7 Cups of Tea

7 Cups of Tea is an on-demand emotional health and well-being service. Our bridging technology anonymously & securely connects real people to real listeners in one-on-one chat. Anyone who wants to talk about whatever is on their mind can quickly reach out to a trained, compassionate listener through our network. We have hundreds of listeners who come from all walks of life and have diverse experiences.