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Ukraine bank offers 21% interest rate for doing 10,000 steps a day

Joe Wallen

November 23, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Ukraine

Ukraine’s Monobank gives the best interest rates to savings account holders who walk 10,000 steps a day. Ukraine has the second highest death rate from heart disease in the world, but savers who exercise can see health and economic benefit. So far the bank is offering the rates to 1,500 people and is working to expand to the United Kingdom.

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These Performers Literally Play for Their Lives

Phillip Pantuso

November 23, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Kingston, New York

For musicians and artists who don’t have traditional access to healthcare, one music festival has them covered. O+ (“O Positive”) is a music festival in Kingston, NY that invites musicians and artists from around the United States to perform, and in exchange they get free access to health care services. Doctors, dentists, and other providers are recruited as volunteers. At the 2018 festival, over 173 musicians and artists made 465 clinic visits.

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Cellphones made it harder for Denver's 911 call takers to track people down. Finally, that's starting to change.

Jesse Paul

November 23, 2018 |

The Colorado Sun |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

The same technology that helps companies like Uber find their customers is now available to public safety agencies to ensure accurate location detection from cell phone calls. Denver is among the first cities to implement the updated technology and since the city launched it in mid-2018, it has delivered an accuracy percentage in the 90s, which means first responders don't waste precious time trying to find someone in crisis. The key is for cell phone users to have updated operating systems.

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Denver Becomes the Latest City to Take Mental Healthcare Into Its Own Hands

Jason Plautz

November 21, 2018 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

Colorado has recently adopted a new .25 percent sales tax to create a pool of funding for mental health and addiction services. The initial funds are earmarked to create a new mental health center, while the overall vision for the funds is to create services to move addiction to a public health rather than a criminal issue.

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The Gym Fighting Drug and Alcohol Addiction with Exercise

Daliah Singer

November 20, 2018 |

Outside |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

A Phoenix gym uses CrossFit classes as an effective way to keep people in subustance use disorder recovery. The class provides non-judgmental support, community, and exercise all of which can have a beneficial effect reversing the impact of substance use on the brain.

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Denver city councilman, state lawmaker revive plans for safe injection site, in spite of federal law

Jennifer Brown

November 19, 2018 |

The Colorado Sun |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Denver lawmakers and activists are working to curb drug addiction and prevent overdose deaths with legislation and services. Despite federal illegality, local legislators want to legalize safe injection sites in the state. In the meantime, the Harm Reduction Action Center is a needle exchange group which has saved nearly 1,000 lives with naloxone.

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GPs could prescribe bingo and dancing after English trial's success

Robert Booth

November 18, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, London

Allowing doctors to refer patients to social activities and community programs eases workloads by reducing hospital admissions for non-medical issues. The practice of “community prescribing,” pioneered by a group of general practitioners in the London borough of Croydon, allows doctors to direct their patients to various programs and activities, ranging from financial planning and housing services, to volunteer-led dance sessions and fitness classes.

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Dress Rehearsal For Death: Using Virtual Reality To Foster Empathy For Dying Patients

Kathleen Burge

November 16, 2018 |

WBUR |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Maine

Virtual reality is being used as part of medical education providing a way for nurses and other medical workers to better understand how a patient may experiencing their surroundings. Virtual reality modules have been created for blind, colorblind, dementia, and dying patients.

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Providing Holistic Care to Moms In Recovery

Katelyn Newman

November 16, 2018 |

U.S. News & World Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

Moms In Recovery is a New Hampshire-based program providing team-based comprehensive care for pregnant women in recovery from substance use disorder. Women in the program receive therapy, obstetric services, and primary care all in the same place providing exceptionally coordinated care as well as easy access to services.

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The big sleep: how the world's most troubled country is beating a deadly disease

Sarah Boseley

November 16, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

By deploying mobile screening units and educating people about the dangers of Tse Tse flies that carry sleeping sickness, doctors are working to eradicate the disease in the Congo. Education is a big part of the success of the operation—if people don't know what the symptoms mean, they can't seek treatment.

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