Personal stories

Some 20% of people diagnosed with the disease haven’t touched a cigarette. For Healthy Lung Month, scientists who’ve dedicated their research to defeating lung cancer discuss why early detection is so key—and what you can do to protect yourself.

It’s one hard-working organ, pumping 1.5 gallons of blood every minute and beating around 100,000 times a day. In honor of Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month, we sat down with a ticker expert to learn about things most people may not know about their hearts—and advances that could change cardiac care.

Frederick Shelton has spent 21 years engineering cutting-edge innovations to help propel medicine forward. On what would have been Thomas Edison’s 172nd birthday, this latter-day great American inventor shares the life-changing medical devices he’s most proud of designing.

The largest healthcare company in the world began as a simple partnership among three forward-thinking siblings. We explore the lasting impact James, Edward Mead and Robert Johnson, the company’s first president, had on Johnson & Johnson.

Born in 1845, Robert Wood Johnson I is best known for his pioneering innovations in sterile surgery and sanitary wound care. The company’s future-oriented focus, acceptance of women in professional roles and management for the long-term also have their origins with Johnson, whose founding ideals would later find expression in Our Credo, written by his son Robert Wood Johnson II.

Learn more about this Johnson & Johnson cofounder.

The brother of Johnson & Johnson cofounders Robert Wood Johnson and James Wood Johnson, Edward Mead Johnson led the company’s sales and marketing division in the 19^th century. In 1898, Edward Mead left Johnson & Johnson, taking with him the company’s digestive products line, a business that would eventually become a leading global company in the field of infant and child nutrition.

From contact lenses to cancer treatments, Johnson & Johnson has a robust portfolio of healthcare products—and Rich Kaeser is tasked with ensuring the safety and quality of all of the company’s brands.

The company has been honored with a spot on the prestigious list for the 17th year in a row for its innovative spirit and commitment to social responsibility, among other respected attributes.