The trick is to spread all your peanut butter evenly without tearing the bread. It’s the same when you budget. Think about this in the context of the Federal budget. The peanut butter is funding or resources, and the bread are the programs funded. Too little funding in one spot, and something suffers. The federal budget and related Congressional debates can feel far removed for most of us, but putting it in a different context hopefully helps people engage.

New podcast, Driving Research hosted by Ted Giovanis, features conversations with the scientists/clinicians partnering with the JKTG Foundation to change the way we discover, diagnose, and treat cancer.

This year’s event, titled Improving Breast Cancer Outcomes: Revealing and Targeting Tumor-Immune Interactions, will take place October 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

In public policy conversations the terms beneficiary and recipient are used interchangeably but they shouldn’t be.

Two simple and free tests -- how fast we walk and how fast we talk -- allow us to monitor our health, but the best way to live long and live well is to begin a physical and mental fitness program as early as possible.

Ted Giovanis was invited to speak at Johns Hopkins University as part of the 2025 Leading Change: Perspectives from Outside of Medicine Conversation Series, hosted by Dr. Elliot K. Fishman. In his talk, titled “Data, Risk, Adaptation, Resilience – What Real Life Experiences Can Tell Us About Health Care Today,” 

The Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis Foundation for Health and Policy (JKTG Foundation) today announced funding to better understand how and why some breast cancer spreads, or metastasizes, to the lungs, resulting in possible new treatments for breast cancer patients. The four-year project, receiving just under $1M, will be led by Charles Perou, Ph.D., professor of Genetics and Pathology at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chapel Hill.

Let’s face it: philanthropists or large contributors get asked for money virtually in every conversation. Successful development teams

The wars being fought globally are all over the news (or any war for that matter). Aside from the fighting force, one thing that stands out

Let’s face it, there will always be problems in our lives and our country that need to be addressed. When they arise, we need to look at the

When you go to buy a car, there’s often a difference between what a car dealership charges – the sticker on the car window – versus what you

As we talk and plan for improvements in virtually anything, it’s important that we examine what our role in that process is and should be.

Around every national election, the phrase Medicare for All comes up. My reaction is simple: HUH? Here’s why?

New JKTG Foundation-funded research identifies potential new immune system target to head off the spread of breast cancer cells. The work is

We need more leaders; Government, businesses, consulting firms, fortune 500 companies, associations, you name it. The problem is there is a

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage now. There are all numbers of folks developing AI technology and applications that range from

We hear tons of conversation around the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). We also hear that the application of AI might be the solution

Spinach is the best source of iron. I’ve understood this for decades now. As I ate more and more healthy foods, I’d choose spinach salads

They stay an ounce of the prevention is worth a pound of cure. Isn’t it the truth? In my early years, I lived in the City of Baltimore.

Despite a growing need for general practitioners, the Medicare system is not helping with this shortage given the maldistribution of