Health & Medicine
These stories range from personal to public health, from medical research to the practices and business of health care
Health & Medicine
Science Friday
August 27, 2017
For the first time in the US, researchers have genetically edited human embryos. The technique could save lives, but faces an ethical and regulatory quagmire.
Health & Medicine
GlobalPost
August 25, 2017
India has more cases of tuberculosis than anywhere else in the world. And despite government efforts to halt the spread of the disease, there were more than 2 million cases in 2015. While progress is being made, it's slow and uneven.
Health & Medicine
PRI's The World
August 18, 2017
Our Across Women's Lives' team is back from South Africa, and they brought with them some ideas for how you can help fight HIV/AIDS, if you're so inclined.
Health & Medicine
Agence France-Presse
August 17, 2017
A 10-year-old rape victim, whose plea for an abortion was rejected by India's Supreme Court, has given birth to a baby girl, a doctor said Thursday.
Health & Medicine
GlobalPost
August 15, 2017
Updated
08/16/2017 - 9:00am
Women’s rights groups are furious at what they see as a regressive judgment that prioritizes keeping children in families over the rights of the woman.
Health & Medicine
Science Friday
August 12, 2017
The specialized care program recognizes that people with moderately severe Alzheimer’s can still learn, but need to do so at their developmental level.
RTR1GMPI.jpg
Health & Medicine
Vancouver combats heroin by giving its addicts the best smack in the world
PRI's The World
February 04, 2015
Updated
Heroin has been a major problem in Vancouver for decades. To battle it, the city has launched a new program that provides serious addicts pure heroin three times a day. Is that actually a good idea?
ebolaCU.jpg
Health & Medicine
Here's everything you wish you didn't need to know about Ebola
PRI's The World
October 15, 2014
Updated
How easily can you catch Ebola? What does it do to your body? Emmanuel d'Harcourt, senior health director of the International Rescue Committee, which is helping fight the Ebola crisis in West Africa, offers some answers.
Burkitts Lymphoma1_Jacqueline Koch.JPG
Health & Medicine
Part IV: The Infectious Connection
PRI's The World
December 06, 2012
Cancer can be triggered by infectious diseases, especially in impoverished parts of the world. Scientists in the US and Africa are working to unravel how viruses and bacteria cause malignancies.
Thailand_treatment.jpg
Health & Medicine
Controlling AIDS by treating AIDS
PRI's The World
December 01, 2014
Can we treat our way out of the AIDS epidemic? On World AIDS Day we're partnering up with The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health for a discussion about the "treatment as prevention" strategy for eradicating AIDS.
VACCINES_003.JPG
Health & Medicine
No matter where in the world you are, opting out of childhood vaccines can be a catastrophic choice
PRI's The World
September 10, 2014
The new NOVA special, "Vaccines: Calling the Shots," explores the lingering global resistance to vaccination campaigns. Case studies from around the world explain just how bad the impact can be when groups opt out of childhood shots.
Medical marijuana.jpg
Health & Medicine
Is marijuana really an effective drug? Surprisingly, scientists have no solid answer
Science Friday
July 19, 2015
The movement to legalize marijuana for medical use continues to gain momentum in the US. Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have approved marijuana for medical use and a handful of states allow recreational use of the drug. As the debate continues, one surprising fact emerges: There is no strong scientific evidence to support the arguments of either side.
on Vimeo
Health & Medicine
An ointment could save up to half a million newborns a year – and it costs 20 cents
PRI's The World
March 17, 2014
In Nepal, as many as a quarter of newborn deaths could be prevented with the use of an inexpensive antiseptic ointment, routinely used after childbirth in the US. The challenge is getting it to the women who need it in time.
RTX23G7R.jpg
Health & Medicine
This country doesn't want women to get pregnant until 2018
PRI's The World
January 25, 2016
El Salvador has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the hemisphere. And advocates hope that El Salvador's recommendation that women hold off getting pregnant until 2018 will spur a conversation about the country's laws around reproduction in general.
policescene.jpg
Health & Medicine
Who is the doctor who paved the way to prison for Purvi Patel?
PRI's The World
April 03, 2015
Updated
The doctor who initially called police to report his child abuse suspicions of Purvi Patel is listed as a member of a pro-life medical association. Patel was charged with child neglect and later with killing her fetus, and she was sentenced to 20 consecutive years in prison. This makes her the first woman in the US to be convicted and sentenced fon "feticide" charges for ending her own pregnancy.
doctors-Optimized.jpg
Health & Medicine
Foreign-trained doctors kept out of practice in US
PRI's The World
April 14, 2011
Demand for medical care will grow. One possible solution would be to allow more foreign-trained doctors to work in the US. Many are ready to practice but the US system for residency keeps them out of the running. Marina Giovannelli of WLRN-Miami has more.