How One Woman With Crohn's Disease is Destigmatizing IBD Within the South Asian Community
A Wall Street compliance officer turned Crohn’s disease advocate, Tina Aswani Omprakash is chipping away at cultural stigmas on chronic illness.
This Nurse Practitioner Served on the Frontlines of the AIDS Epidemic, and Now She's a Pioneer in Gender-Affirming Health Care
Mimi Rivard started her career at the height of the AIDS epidemic. Today she’s the inaugural director of gender-affirming care at a regional health care system based in Ohio.
How This Michigan-Based Grocery Store is Bringing Healthy Food to Vulnerable Communities
Alita Kelly opened the South East Market during the pandemic to provide her community with healthy food choices.
This 44-Year-Old Mother of Two Never Smoked—And Now She Has Stage 4 Lung Cancer
Since Amanda Nerstad's lung cancer diagnosis five years ago she's helped raised over $350,000 for research. And she wants others to know that "anyone with lungs can get lung cancer."
Google's Chief Health Officer Explains How Technology Is Making Health Care Accessible to Everyone
Karen DeSalvo—the doctor-turned–policy leader, and now chief health officer at Google—is overseeing the tools and technology that could help make health care accessible to all.
How This Tattoo Artist Is Helping Breast Cancer Survivors Heal
Tattoo artist, Amy Black, from Richmond, Virginia, is empowering breast cancer patients through mastectomy tattooing (including decorative designs on the breasts and 3-D nipple or areola work, to create a realistic image of those body parts). After a session with Black, clients have told her they can move forward.
