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Helping New Drugs Out of Research's ‘Valley of Death'

David Bornstein

May 02, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Saratoga, California

Despite significant increases in funding and advances in biomedical research, the rates of new treatments and drugs for illnesses that reach the market every year have plummeted. A group called the Myelin Repair Foundation, along with several other foundations, uses an intensely goal-directed and collaborative method to tackle the bottleneck.

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A Better Way to Teach Math

David Bornstein

April 18, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

Can we improve the methods we use to teach math in schools — so that everyone develops proficiency? A grade-school math program is changing how children learn based on the assumption that all children can achieve a high level of understanding.

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The Health Coach You Know

Tina Rosenberg

March 04, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

It's unusual for health programs to find it financially beneficial to send a home visitor regularly to help patients. But medical programs in various parts of the United States are experimenting with using peer groups to help people stick to their treatment plans, and it is working.

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For Ex-Prisoners, a Haven Away From the Streets

Tina Rosenberg

January 17, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Newly released prisoners often return to crime from lack of effective re-introduction programs. The Fortune Society in New York is a group home which offers resources and positive peer pressure to the ex-prisoners as they start over.

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Foreclosure Is Not an Option

David Bornstein

December 06, 2010 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Foreclosure affects millions of homeowners and millions more owe more on their mortgages than what their homes are worth, but Empowering and Strengthening Ohio’s People (ESOP), offers assistance. As a free service to borrowers, ESOP holds lenders accountable with fair lending agreements, creates constructive communication, and ultimately saves homes.

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How Iran Derailed a Health Crisis

Tina Rosenberg

December 03, 2010 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Iran, Tehran

Two columns on how Iran is treating its massive epidemic of injecting drug use by tackling it as a health problem, effectively lowering H.I.V. rates among drug users using an approach to drugs known as harm reduction.

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A Safe Haven in Cartoon Confidants

David Bornstein

November 22, 2010 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal

Children coming from abusive households are often reluctant to discuss their past experiences. A Mexican foundation is using animated characters to help abused and ill children speak about their lives.

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Reaching into a void: For mayor's team of street crusaders, getting the chronically homeless into housing requires patience as they battle their addictions -- and persistence if they relapse

Kevin Fagan

December 06, 2004 |

SFGate |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

San Francisco's Care Not Cash program began in 2004 in response to the city's homelessness crisis. One facet of the program is an outreach team, whose members regularly visit homeless people on the street to connect them to resources such as housing and drug rehabilitation.

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The Baby Brain Connection / Armed with new research on developing brain structure, social workers can help fix troubled baby/parent relationships

Rob Waters

November 14, 2004 |

SFGate |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Research has shown the importance of infant-primary caregiver attachment for the future of the child's cognitive ability, emotional health, and parent relationship. Infant Mental Health Specialists and other practitioners have emphasized programs and techniques to improve this relationship, for example infant massage classes, and specifically tailored interventions.

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