Author: Institute of Medicine

Every patient is unique, and the evolving field of precision medicine aims to ensure the delivery of the right treatment to the right patient at th...

Approximately 80 million adults in the United States have low health literacy - an individual's ability to obtain, process, and understand basic he...

Physical inactivity is a key determinant of health across the lifespan. A lack of activity increases the risk of heart disease, colon and breast ca...

The childhood obesity epidemic and related health consequences are urgent public health problems. Approximately one-third of America's young people...

In September 2010, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy commissioned an Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee to respond to a two-part st...

Obesity poses one of the greatest public health challenges of the 21st century, creating serious health, economic, and social consequences for indi...

One-third of adults are now obese, and children's obesity rates have climbed from 5 to 17 percent in the past 30 years. The causes of the nation's ...

The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides benefits to disabled adults and children, offering vital financial support to more than 19 m...

Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death in the world today, with 4,500 people dying from the disease every day. Many cases of TB can be ...

H1N1 (swine flu), SARS, mad cow disease, and HIV/AIDS are a few examples of zoonotic diseases-diseases transmitted between humans and animals. Zoon...

As women of childbearing age have become heavier, the trade-off between maternal and child health created by variation in gestational weight gain h...

Data suggest that exposure to secondhand smoke can result in heart disease in nonsmoking adults. Recently, progress has been made in reducing invol...

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Quality Measures for the Healthy People Leading Health Indicators was charged by the Office of the Ass...

Engaging the Public in Critical Disaster Planning and Decision Making is the summary of a workshop held in March 2013 to discuss the key principles...

Nurses make up the largest segment of the health care profession, with 3 million registered nurses in the United States. Nurses work in a wide vari...

Review of NASA's Evidence Reports on Human Health Risks 2014 Letter Report is the second in a series of five reports from the Institute of Medicine...

The U.S. population of older adults is predicted to grow rapidly as baby boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964) begin to reach 65 years of age....