health & medicine
Training monkeys to assist people with severe disabilities
Through the Helping Hands program, capuchin monkeys are trained and placed in homes where they help those with disabilities.
Breakthrough discovery for cystic fibrosis treatment
Discovery of antitoxin provides promising new treatment for cystic fibrosis.
Raising survival rates for children with cancer
How organizations around the world are working to bring treatment to children with cancer in developing countries.
Alcoholism in Russia
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called alcoholism a "national disaster" -- the challenges to staying sober in Russia.
How to find whole grains
Whole grains can reduce the risk of diseases, but separating real from fake can be confusing.
Japan's psychology after the earthquake
The recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan is taking a psychological toll, but it could also help bring the country together.
Prescribing nature for children
Doctors have found a way to get kids outside and exercising more: Write a prescription for a walk in the woods.
How to live longer
Scientists have unlocked some surprising secrets about why some people live longer than others.
China's far-from universal health care
By 2020, the Chinese government wants to extend health care to all of its 1.3 billion citizens. The job won't be easy.
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