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The United Health Foundation believes that innovative solutions often come from those with fresh perspectives. That’s why we’re excited to host the 6th Annual Diverse Scholars Forum in Washington, D.C., this month. Building on the success of past years, this special event brings together more than 100 bright minds, including undergraduate, as well as graduate-level scholarship recipients from across the nation.

I’ve been thinking often about men’s health this month. For one thing, June 15 was Father’s Day, as every other commercial seemed to remind me as the holiday approached. Even though I’ve yet to see a Hallmark card for it, June is also Men’s Health Month. Maybe the underlying message in all the cards and calls we men got on Father’s Day from the women and children in our lives is that we are loved, and they want us to love and take better care of ourselves!

It’s time to re-think how we approach aging in the U.S. As more and more Baby Boomers pass their 65th birthday, our country is undergoing a tremendous demographic change. In the next 25 years, America’s senior population will double, and as America’s population ages, we know we must be attentive not just to how long we’re living, but also to how well.

Rural multicultural and multiracial disparities in health care

It’s time for a wake-up call in America when it comes to diabetes. It is a major cause of heart disease and stroke, as well as kidney failure, adult blindness and non-traumatic lower-limb amputations.

Learn about how when it comes to health, education makes a difference.

Learn about how different states measure New Year’s Resolutions.

Americans are healthier! See the Positive signs in this year’s America’s Health Rankings®.

How can you prevent and fight Diabetes?