Roseann Langlois

Digital Content Editor/Managing Editor, Bestmedicinenews.org

Roseann Langlois is an award-winning writer and editor who specializes in health reporting, child and family issues and philanthropy. Since 1995, the California native and California State University, Chico, graduate has covered education, health and city government for the Los Angeles Times, the Reno Gazette-Journal, the Napa Valley Register, the Chico Enterprise-Record and the Tahoe Daily Tribune.

Her work has been honored by the Associated Press, the California Newspaper Publishers Association, the Nevada Press Association and the Ventura County Press Club.

She is also a former marketing manager for a Fortune 200 company, where she wrote articles about the company's rebuilding efforts in the South following the devastating hurricane season of 2005.

She is now the digital content editor and managing editor of Bestmedicinenews.org for Renown Health in Reno, Nevada.

Articles

Fumes with a View: Radon regulation varies widely from state to state

Fumes with a View: Radon regulation varies widely from state to state

<p>Californians are required to disclose the radon level in their home, if known, before transferring it to a new owner. Nevadans are not. In both states, renters are particularly vulnerable. "There are no regulations to protect renters from radon in Nevada," said Susan Howe, radon education program

Children in crisis: Nevada below national standard for monitoring child abuse cases

<div class="articleparagraph"><p>Reporter's note:</p><p>One year ago from yesterday, 11-year-old Chandler Nash Elliott hung himself while his father was at work. We received a press release about the suicide over the fax. Like most news agencies, we do not report on suicides unless they are in a public place or the deceased is a public figure.</p><p>I told my colleagues -- and we all agreed -- that this would not make the news unless the family approached us, wanting to tell the boy's story.</p><p>The next morning, that's exactly what happened.</p></div>

Waiting to exhale: Radon cancer rates in the Sierra Nevada

<p>Exposure to radon in the home is responsible for an estimated 20,000 lung cancer deaths each year, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In South Lake Tahoe, more than half of the homes contain toxic levels of the colorless, odorless and tasteless gas.</p> <p>The dangers and causes of radon in our region are well known. Radon is the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the United States. It is also naturally occurring throughout our area due to the granite that dominates our landscape.</p>