I’m Risa Kerslake, a registered nurse and healthcare content freelance writer who has worked with major brands such as Reuters Events, McKesson Medical Surgical, CVS Health, National Council on Aging, UnitedHealthCare, TIME Magazine’s e-commerce venture Time Stamped, Boston Globe’s content arm Studio/B, HealthTech Magazine, Healthgrades, Breastcancer.org, ConsumerAffairs, Saatva, and Sleep Review.
I specialize in topics such as women’s health, fertility, oncology, mental health, neurology, vision, sleep, parenting, education, aging in place, health care technology, product review, and health e-commerce. I work with major health and wellness companies, small businesses, publications, non-profits, and individuals.
My journalism work has appeared in U.S. News & World Report, Discover, Parents, Medscape, Healthline, PBS’s Next Avenue, What to Expect, Sleep Foundation, Vice, and Shondaland, among many others.
For over a decade, I have produced numerous types of content marketing projects, both B2B and B2C. Here is a small selection of projects below. You can also view my Contently portfolio of all my articles and projects.
Consumer Health Articles
Best Weight Loss Medications – ConsumerAffairs
Lung Cancer Screening 101 – Healthy Women
Sleep and Blood Pressure: Lower Your Risk and Get Quality Sleep – National Council on Aging
Best Full-Size Mattresses in 2024, According to Experts – MarketWatch
Fighting Heart Health Inequities – Boston Globe Media
B2B Healthcare
The Sex Gap in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Diagnosis – Sleep Review
Review: Elo 2403LM Touch-Screen Medical-Grade Monitor Combines Precision, Efficiency – HealthTech Magazine
How to prepare for a CLIA certification inspection – McKesson Medical-Surgical
Nursing Schools Offer Loan Forgiveness Programs to Offset Nurse Shortage – Medscape
Reaching Gen Z – Reuters Events
Editing and Fact-checking
I provide copyediting, line editing, fact-checking, medical review, making sure the article includes inclusive language, and is scannable and mobile-friendly.
Willow 360 Review: The Wearable Breast Pump That Takes Pumping to the Next Level – TIME’s e-commerce venture, Time Stamped
Pros and Cons of Sleeping With a Fan On – Saatva
Profiles
Photojournalist-Turned-Nurse Documents Realities of COVID – Medscape
Pride Feature: One Couple’s Journey Through IUI – Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine
What It’s Like To Be Responsible For The Scariest Moment Of A Birth – Romper
Magazine Features
Women Power – Hemophilia Federation of America’s Dateline Magazine Winter 2021 issue
Pregnancy Prep – Hemophilia Federation of America’s Dateline Magazine Summer 2022 issue
Infertility Presents Unique Challenges for Military Families – Military Families April 2021 issue
Journalism
Is It Safe to Use Stevia? – Next Avenue
Recurring Stomach Pain? It Could Be Abdominal Migraines – DiscoverMagazine.com
It’s Time We Start Better Supporting Pregnancy Loss in the Emergency Room – Parents