Global Health
Salad spinning toward global health
For inspiration into a potentially life-saving device, students at Rice University looked to the humble salad spinner.
Should we try to end disease?
Polio has reappeared in Russia for the first time in years, igniting a debate over whether people should try to eradicate or simply manage diseases....
Changing the way the world goes mad
Americans are exporting Western concepts of mental illness. Unfortunately, the American way might not be the best....
Indonesia: Hooked on smoking cigarettes
Even among people making less than $1.00 each day, many Indonesians make room in their budgets for cigarettes. ...
Women’s soccer fights HIV stigma in Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe, where nearly one in seven people live with HIV, a group of women is using soccer to fight back against the disease....
Eradicating Guinea worm disease
Global efforts to eradicate Guinea worm disease close to success, but cases still exist in Southern Sudan....
Spain tackles eating disorders
Rise in eating disorders in young people in Spain prompts ban of TV advertising of beauty products and treatments....
Outbreak of rare disease in the Netherlands
Q-fever, a bacterial infection transmitted by goats, moves from farms to larger population in the Netherlands....
The globalization of mental illness
How American ideas of mental illness and treatment may be spreading more mental health problems around the world....
Global organ shortage
There's a worldwide shortage of organs for transplants, and some countries are offering controversial incentives to increase donations....
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Womfol (17 June, 2013 04:09:14)Sorry, but everyone knows that Steven Donziger and Amazon Defense Front faked the names of "Ecuadorians" and that Petroecuador has been responsible for over 200 ... -
Fina Robinson (15 June, 2013 08:05:11)Loved the fact of the biracial family on the cherrios commercial, it's 2013, & we definitely NEED to see more of this!!! Love, love, love!!
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becky (15 June, 2013 07:53:57)Whooping cough cases are majority reported in the vaccinated community.. So much for your effective vaccine.
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John-Michael (15 June, 2013 11:50:33)Ok one thing that just bugs me is you are miss representing the “Can’t innovate anymore? My ass!,” quote from Phil Schiller. He was in ...
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sinned34 (14 June, 2013 02:33:42)Hayden, And when a spill happens, the local and provincial governments will be the ones to suffer the consequences and foot the bill to clean it ...