Health Magazine
2 Embarcadero Center, #600
San Francisco, CA 94111
Getting ink in Health Magazine, one of the most highly read consumer health publications, is not as difficult as you may think. The magazine's editors are refreshingly approachable. They are always on the look out for recent health studies and surveys. The key to building rapport with this magazine is familiarizing yourself with its focus on women's health and being mindful that patience is a virtue as editors hold on to information from two months to a year before using it.
The magazine targets health-conscious women with editorial that covers a wide range of nutrition, diet, exercise and preventive health. A Web site that will feature original content is in the works and should debut soon.
The magazine is a welcome venue for key health experts in women's health, particularly in areas of OB-GYN, cancer and alternative health. Other key areas of coverage include family health, vitamins and supplements and product news.
Recent features include:
- "Good-Bye Middle Age, Hello New Age;"
- "What's Up With Your Bones;"
- "The Top 10 Anticancer Foods;" and
- "My Mother, My Daughter, My Risk."
Topics
The magazine averages at least five features per issue and at least nine departments. Pitchable departments with a health/medical focus include:
- Vital Signs (Health and Medical News andVital Statistics);
- Body Work;
- Fitness;
- Alternatives;
- Mind; and
- Remedies.
Editors/Lead Time
PR Pitches:
Bruce Kelley, executive editor.
Allow lead time of 2 months to a year.
Methods
The best methods are fax and mail.
Fax: 415/248-2779
Mailing address: 2 Embarcadero Center, #600 San Francisco, CA 94111
Comments
Magazine editors are always looking for recent women's health studies and
surveys particularly in the key coverage areas of:
- nutrition;
- fitness;
- skin care;
- chronic conditions;
- key disease areas like breast cancer and heart disease; and
- depression.
The magazine will expand its coverage of OB-GYN concerns in the coming months.