Healthcare

Daylight saving time is upon us, and we are all suffering from that lost hour after “springing forward” last night. Daylight saving time is big news, typically garnering stories on reminders to adjust your clocks, the history of the bi-annual activity and how best to prep your internal clock for the time shift.  For the past few years, the American

Our health care PR team attended a great Publicity Club of Chicago luncheon on Wednesday. “Taking the Pulse of National Health Care Media” featured an esteemed panel consisting of Charlie Brooks, producer for CBS Evening News, K. Aleisha Fetters, a freelance contributor to leading health and fitness publications, and Lori Rackel, editor of the Chicago Tribune’s health and family section. The session was moderated by Suzanne McBride,

LCWA recently helped AASM and the National Healthy Sleep Awareness Project with a successful Twitter chat to raise awareness about the dangers of obstructive sleep apnea on heart health. Left untreated, this common and severe sleep disorder can be devastating to heart health – more than doubling the risk of dying from heart disease, according to recent research. With this staggering disease

Convenient hours, affordable visits, quality access, short wait times – there are many reasons why urgent care centers are popular with patients. But while urgent care is appropriate in a lot of situations, specifically injuries and illnesses that need immediate care but are not life- or limb-threatening, it’s not always the best option. To educate patients about the differences between