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  • This Iraqi couple fled ISIS but face another enemy in the US — diabetes

    Sonia Narang

    May 08, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    Diabetes hits US immigrant communities especially hard, with genetics and higher-calorie diets explaining just part of it. Support groups help immigrants with diabetes to find a way to eat healthy in the American high-calorie system.

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  • The world is 4 million teachers short. Here's how to solve that.

    Marc Sollinger

    May 08, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Central African Republic

    The developing world lacks teachers, doctors, and mental health care workers. A professor in London suggests training capable civilians via online classes and chats to quickly and effectively fill these needs.

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  • Showing doctors the way to lower cost, improved care

    Rebecca Plevin

    May 06, 2015 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    The United States health care system is expensive and enables doctors to prescribe costly brand name medication instead of generic versions. Sutter Health assembles its doctors a few times a week to review with electronic records the prescribing of brand name drugs and the necessity of procedures as an effort to reduce health care costs and to reduce unnecessary tests. In two years, the initiative has saved $30 million.

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  • Music program helps boost dementia patients' moods, trigger memories

    Emily Dech

    May 05, 2015 |

    Richland Source |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    In Ohio, the Liberty Center of Nursing of Mansfield is using personal iPods and music to help senior residents dealing with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Evidence has shown that music can help patients recall memories, shift mood, help cognitive function, and more - and patients at the Center are already responsive to the program.

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  • Why Not Start Addiction Treatment Right In The ER?

    Scott Hensley

    April 29, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    For those addicted to opioids, getting treatment can take a long time because not all emergency rooms offer buprenorphine and counseling interventions. Yale-New Haven Hospital has shown that if patients receive buprenorphine at their initial emergency room evaluation, then the immediate action improves the person’s chances in receiving addiction treatment.

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  • Mozambique's life-saving surgeons aren't doctors at all

    Bridget Huber

    April 27, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Mozambique, Chokwe

    Mozambique has a shortage of practicing surgeons, so medical technicians are being trained to fill their roles in various situations, especially in rural locations. Although there are challenges to using this tactic, the technicians-turned-surgeons have similar complication rates as those who are practicing surgeons.

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  • Health & Medicine An American surgeon pioneers surgery for kids in Uganda that helps kids in the US

    Bridget Huber

    April 27, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Uganda

    The typical surgery for hydrocephalus, a brain swelling disease, often leads to infection. Medical constraints in Uganda inspired a neurosurgeon to create a safer and more effective surgery which is now used in Uganda and the U.S.

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  • The Navajo Nation Just Passed a Junk Food Tax. Too Bad Junk Food is All You Can Buy.

    Tristan Ahtone

    April 23, 2015 |

    Talking Points Memo |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Newcomb, New Mexico

    More than 80 percent of the food sold on the Navajo Nation qualifies as “junk food”— products high in salt, fat and sugar—and Navajo citizens struggle with disproportionately high rates of heart disease, obesity and diabetes. But on April 1, the Healthy Dine Nation Act, colloquially known as the “junk food tax,” took effect in the Navajo Nation, adding a two percent tax to unhealthy foods like chips, candy and soda while eliminating taxes on healthy items like fresh fruits and vegetables.

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  • Sex Ed That Turns Boys into Men

    Leslie Garrett

    April 21, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Calgary, Alberta

    A nonprofit based in Calgary, Canada, created a sex ed class for boys that includes critical discussion of human rights, sexual health, gender, and healthy relationships, as well as a safe space for boys to share their thoughts.

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  • In Detroit Hospital, black babies are latching on

    Molly Ginty

    April 20, 2015 |

    Women's eNews |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Many African American women are reluctant to breastfeed their babies. The Mother Nuture Project at Detroit’s St. John Hospital and Medical Center offers peer counseling to educate women (mostly African American) and encourage breastfeeding. Mother Nurture’s program has helped boost breastfeeding rates from 46 percent to 64 percent.

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