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  • A Better Path to Universal Health Care

    As the United States looks to reform health care, Germany offers many lessons as being the world's "first social health insurance system." The country's model, which has been copied across other nations, dictates mandatory health insurance, limited out-of-pocket fees, and sickness funds, which work to promote competition and innovation in the health care sector.

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  • The Medical Tech That Helps You When Your Doctor Can't

    Technology is being used in the medical industry to bridge gaps often created by health insurance companies' reliance on reactive rather than proactive care. From hearing loss to family planning, entrepreneurs are finding success in "walking the line between medical firm and tech start-up."

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  • In Los Angeles, a Novel Plan to End Congenital Syphilis

    Reported cases of congenital syphilis have significantly increased in Los Angeles County, but the solution may be in more thorough intake assessments. Similar to the role drug industry representatives play in operation rooms, these reps "encourage doctors to take thorough sexual histories of patients, screen all women of childbearing age for syphilis and retest periodically throughout a pregnancy."

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  • This origami-like strip of paper helped diagnose malaria in Uganda

    Cases of malaria in Uganda are increasing, and early diagnoses are key to managing the situation. Piggybacking off of the idea of using paper sensors, doctors have successfully been able to use this financially savvy way of testing with 98 percent accuracy and are now looking at implementing the process in rural areas where diagnoses are most difficult.

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  • EMT will make house calls to help NH drug users find recovery

    In New Hampshire, fire departments are implementing a new approach to address the state’s drug crisis that turns stations into “mobile Safe Stations.” While this allows anyone to walk into a fire station to seek help, NH Project FIRST (First Responders Initiating Recovery, Support & Training) also sends teams back to a person's house after the individual has already been treated for an overdose situation in order to offer further resources.

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  • For a Warming World, A New Strategy for Protecting Watersheds

    As climate change alters environments across the United States, it has become increasingly important to manage watersheds as a preventative measure to wildfires. Amid responses across the country, one private-public partnership, the Rio Grande Water Fund, is leading the way, demonstrating enough success that the model has become federal policy. The Fund brings together government agencies, NGOs, businesses, and residents to fund watershed restoration which, in turn, creates jobs and build more resilient ecosystems.

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  • Creative Cures for Hospital Days

    At Enrique Baltodano Hospital healthcare providers are working on improving patient experiences by implementing patient-centered care. From making surgery preparations more enjoyable for children to offering an array of services to expectant mothers, the doctors and nurses are aiming to reduce anxiety while making the patient's hospital stay more memorable.

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  • Record and Respond: How one Zaria Hospital is Tackling Maternal Deaths 

    In Nigeria where maternal deaths are not uncommon, a hospital in Zaria has implemented the Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) System to analyze and better understand the causes associated with this problem. Already, the country is seeing results as less new mothers are dying due to medical facilities being able to assess what went wrong in a more efficient and proactive manner.

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  • How science can help prevent slips and falls

    A pilot program in Niagara, Ontario, dispatches first responders to help seniors get up after a fall. The program also works with researchers around the city to test how and when seniors are likely to fall, what can be done to prevent injury, and how they can recover physically and emotionally after a traumatic fall.

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  • Scientific Duo Gets Back To Basics To Make Childbirth Safer

    Despite many medical advances in obstetrics, there is still little understanding around what causes pre-mature labor and how to successfully stop it. Doctors and researchers in New York City are working to change this, however, by examining women earlier in their pregnancies to better understand the complexities of this issue.

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