When doctors and nurses do rounds in the hospital, we pore over charts of all of the patient's vitals during the past… — Leana S. Wen 24 hours Copy Share Image
Public health is hard. Nobody goes into it for the money or the acclaim. People work many long hours. — Leana S. Wen Hard Copy Share Image
As a public health official, paid sick leave is first and foremost an issue of health - of people's lives. — Leana S. Wen Health Copy Share Image
When hospitals close, ambulance times can increase dramatically, and the additional wait often means the difference between life and death. — Leana S. Wen Close Copy Share Image
In medicine, we refer to pregnancy as a physiological stress test. — Leana S. Wen Medicine Copy Share Image
We went through substantial periods of being dependent on some type of government service, whether food stamps, WIC, Medicaid, children's health insurance.… — Leana S. Wen Awareness Copy Share Image
When I was 16 and I wanted information about birth control, Planned Parenthood was the first and only place that I could… — Leana S. Wen Birth control Copy Share Image
Politicians should not be making personal medical decisions for other people. — Leana S. Wen Decisions Copy Share Image
People depend on Planned Parenthood for breast exams, cervical cancer screenings, H.I.V. testing and family planning. — Leana S. Wen Cervical cancer Copy Share Image
Let's focus on the real causes of violence, poverty and health disparities to heal Baltimore and transform it into a successful and… — Leana S. Wen Focus Copy Share Image
My mother was a proud and capable woman. She was among the first class of college graduates after China's Cultural Revolution, then… — Leana S. Wen College graduates Copy Share Image
My mother cleaned hotel rooms and worked in a video store. My father delivered newspapers and washed dishes in restaurants. — Leana S. Wen Father Copy Share Image
No one should die of cervical cancer because they can't access quality, affordable reproductive health care. — Leana S. Wen Care Copy Share Image
Without access to quality, affordable reproductive health services - which are standard medical care - women will die because they are forced… — Leana S. Wen Cervical cancer Copy Share Image
Mental health is just as important as physical health, but why is it that we can't find the same access to mental… — Leana S. Wen Find Copy Share Image
Because cervical cancer generally progresses slowly, early diagnosis is often crucial to detecting the disease when there are curative treatment options available. — Leana S. Wen Cervical cancer Copy Share Image
In my life as an immigrant living in low-income communities, as an emergency physician and as a public health advocate, I have… — Leana S. Wen Health Copy Share Image
Addiction is a disease, just like diabetes and heart disease. — Leana S. Wen Addiction Copy Share Image
We need to stop treating those whose views differ from our own with scorn and suspicion, and instead work together to safeguard… — Leana S. Wen Future Copy Share Image
Inaction will always have a disproportionate impact on those who are the most disadvantaged. — Leana S. Wen Always Copy Share Image
Driving is an activity that carries risk, which can be reduced by following the speed limit and wearing a seat belt. — Leana S. Wen Belt Copy Share Image
In many patients, covid-19 causes a bilateral pneumonia affecting both lungs. Air sacs in the lungs become inflamed and filled with fluid,… — Leana S. Wen Air Copy Share Image
For covid-19, we can think of risk through three key variables: proximity, activity and time. The highest-risk scenario is if you are… — Leana S. Wen Close Copy Share Image
