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Rosita Canboh and community members in Barrio Las Vegas, Cayey, make mosquito nets for their neighborhood. Photo by Fernando Silva
The Pulse

In Puerto Rico, residents band together to defend against mosquitos

In Puerto Rico's mountain towns, grassroots community groups are finding purpose and protection by making homemade mosquito nets.

8 years ago

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Rinsing your produce is a good idea, but it won't give you 100 percent protection from bacteria that cause foodborne illness unless you cook it thoroughly. Because we eat lettuce raw, a lot of people got sick in a recent outbreak. (StockFood/Getty Images/Foodcollection)
NPR
Food & Drink

To rinse or not to rinse: How washing some foods can help you avoid illness

As summer and outdoor eating events beckon, here are some tips on what foods to rinse, how to rinse, and why.

8 years ago

Drexel University researcher Felice Le-Scherban looked at the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACES), which are being found in the children of those who suffered traumatic events during childhood.
NewsWorks Tonight
Behavioral Health
Higher Education
Income Inequality
Public Health

Parents’ scars from childhood trauma can affect their kids’ health, researchers find

The research showed that with each additional ACE that a parent experienced, a child had 17 percent higher odds of having been diagnosed with asthma.

8 years ago

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Radio Times
Health Care
K-12
Politics

ACA under fire…again

Guest: Robert Field The Trump administration announced that it would not defend the Affordable Care Act against a ...

Air Date: June 13, 2018 10:20 am

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If you're at low risk for heart disease, an electrocardiogram shouldn't be a routine test for you, a panel of medical experts says. (Bruno Boissonnet/Science Source)
NPR
Health Care

Doctors told not to order electrocardiograms for low-risk patients

Doctors shouldn't routinely perform electrocardiograms on patients at low risk for heart disease, an influential federal panel is recommending.

8 years ago

A girl stands with her mother during a Rally For Our Children event to protest a new
Immigration
Mental Health
Politics

Philly mental health experts call for end to separating kids, parents at Mexican border

Separating young children from parents can lead to "disruptive attachment" and increase their risk of developing PTSD, anxiety, depression, and behavioral problems.

8 years ago

Black women's exercise rates drop significantly after high school, a new study finds. (Getty Images)
NPR
Aging
Gender

After high school, young women’s exercise rates plunge

While most young men are meeting recommended exercise guidelines, young women aren't.

8 years ago

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Alyson Hurt/NPR)
NPR
Mental Health
National

CDC: U.S. suicide rates have climbed dramatically

Suicide rates have increased in nearly every state over the last two decades, and half of the states have seen suicide rates go up more than 30 percent.

8 years ago

The headquarters of Gilead Sciences in Foster City, California. Confronting the consequences of high-priced drugs, the Obama administration in 2015 reminded states they cannot legally restrict access by low-income people to revolutionary cures for liver-wasting hepatitis C infection. Among the companies getting federal letters was Gilead Sciences, maker of market-leading Harvoni.  (Eric Risberg/AP file)
Medicine

Private insurers deny drug coverage for half of hepatitis C patients

The high price tag has led many insurers — public and private — to cover the drugs only for the sickest patients and those who aren’t using drugs or alcohol.

8 years ago

Joe Quinn (left), executive director of Headstrong, announces that the program that brings free mental health care to veterans and their families is coming to Philadelphia. He is joined by (from left) Deb D'Arcangelo, chief executive officer of Council for Relationships, Gerard Ilaria, clinical director of Headstrong, and former U.S. Army Secretary Patrick Murphy.
Mental Health
Military
Philadelphia

Headstrong offers Philadelphia-area vets another option for free mental health care

In the Philadelphia region, Headstrong is referring vets to therapists at the Council for Relationships in West Philadelphia.

8 years ago

Cooper University Hospital in Camden
Health Care
New Jersey
Technology

Five South Jersey hospitals will pool info to better keep patients, docs in treatment loop

Under the new program, when a patient is admitted, a tailored care plan will pop up next to his name in the system — describing previous treatment and any preferences.

8 years ago

Baking soda could offer a cheap and accessible aid to cancer therapies. (Photo courtesy of Kaboompics)
Health Care
Higher Education

Baking soda could improve cancer treatment, study finds

It's not the first time that baking soda has been investigated as a potential aid to cancer therapy, but it’s the first study to reveal how and why it’s able to help.

8 years ago

In this Thursday, May 24, 2018 photo, Adine Usher, 78, meets with breast cancer study leader Dr. Joseph Sparano at the Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx borough of New York. Usher was one of about 10,000 participants in the study which shows women at low or intermediate risk for breast cancer recurrence may safely skip chemotherapy without hurting their chances of survival. (AP Photo/Kathy Young)
Medicine

Many breast cancer patients can skip chemo, big study finds

The study is the largest ever done of breast cancer treatment, and the results are expected to spare up to 70,000 patients a year in the United States and many more elsewhere.

8 years ago

ALS patient Frank Mongiello communicates with his wife, Marilyn, and his son during a news conference following the passage of the
NewsWorks Tonight
Health Care
Law
Medicine

‘Right to Try’ may not meaningfully change access to drugs for dying patients

Yardley woman waits to see if new law allows her husband to get experimental medication for ALS.

8 years ago

At Holy Smokes, a Philadelphia vape shop, kratom is sold in multiple forms, including as a powder. (Courtesy of Holy Smokes)
The Pulse
Addiction

Fears and evidence clash in the battle over kratom

The government is reviewing the status of an herbal supplement touted to ease opioid addiction.

8 years ago

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