Health was founded in 1981 as a publication focusing on a healthy lifestyle for women. Since then, Health has expanded to cover health and wellness information for everyone and reaches over 120 million people annually.
Our mission is to inform and empower you with accurate, empathetic, and actionable health information so you can make the best choice for your health.
Our Medical Expert Board
Our Medical Expert Board is comprised of 70 board-certified physicians and healthcare professionals who work with Health’s editorial team to ensure our content is medically accurate, relevant, and up-to-date. These experts medically review content, and provide invaluable insights and perspectives.
Our Medical Expert Board includes healthcare professionals that span across multiple specialties.
Our Advocates
Our team of advocates is made up of people who live with or are in remission from a health condition. They share their insights, tips, and experiences with our editorial team and lend their expertise to Health articles to ensure our content reflects what it’s like to live with their respective conditions.
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Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Health’s mission is to bring fact-based health and wellness information to all people regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, culture, body type, and ability. We create content that reflects the variety of backgrounds and experiences of our audience, especially when it comes to groups that have historically been marginalized in the health space. We believe that the diversity of our writers, editors, medical experts, producers, and photographers makes our coverage more accessible and empathetic.
Our Editorial Process
Our editorial process is built to help you digest and easily understand health information. Our writers and editors are experienced journalists who are unpacking research studies, data, and medical jargon to ensure this information is clear, accurate, empathetic, and actionable to help you make the right health decisions.
Our editorial team oversees the creation and development of all our content and brings you breaking health news and everlasting health topics that you’re searching for. We prioritize the integrity of our content and are not influenced by sponsors.
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Meet Our Team
Our team is composed of passionate editors, designers, developers, marketers, SEO experts, and others who are committed to bringing you trusted, empathetic health information.