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Barbara Hesselgrave

Barbara Hesselgrave is a freelance writer in Virginia specializing in issues of community medicine, science and international health.

Quality Health Care Still Lacking For Some

All those nagging issues from a year or so of Miller-McCune health coverage show up in the nation’s health report card.

Under the Glass Ceiling? Throw Stones!

As Black History Month segues into Women’s History Month, it’s a fit time to review the challenges still facing African-American women climbing the corporate ladder in the Age of Obama.

New Species Jump in Ebola-Reston Outbreak

There’s a new, and potentially serious feature to the recent Miller-Mccune story on Ebola virus.

Beware of Falling Oil Prices

Tribal land offerings break one record — but not the one for sales.

Indian Oil: A Very Different After-Thanksgiving Sale

A long-awaited oil land lease will bring a windfall to heirs of the Trail of Tears.

Health Care After You Leave the Doctor’s Office

Community-based outreach to address diabetic health care disparities offers broader lessons.

Pushback on Obesity: An African-American View

A study from Shaw University reveals the attitudes of young African-American women toward food, body image and physical activity and the factors that influence their related decisions.

‘Read It Today and Use It Today’ News for Doctors

A new electronic newsletter strives to make evidence-based health care a little more likely with real-time research straight from the federal government.

Not All Can Stomach Raw Milk

While raw milk coming directly from the udder of the cow does have beneficial microbes, the chance of contamination once it leaves the bovine body is very high.

A Safer, Kinder, Hamburger this Labor Day

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is no longer down with downer cows.

The OSS Passed Its Own Intelligence Tests

The predecessor to today’s CIA thrived by emphasizing merit.

Once Eradicated, Measles Cases Spike Upward

The 131 reported measles cases occurring in unvaccinated children in 2008 is the highest year-to-date figure since 1996.

Forecasting the Unknowable Future of Business

Corruption and terrorism pockmark the road ahead for international business, according to a respected global survey.

Higher HIV Rates No Shock to Advocates

Newly released figures concerning the number of HIV infections in the U.S. has brought outrage and a flood of reaction. However, the findings do not surprise the HIV/AIDS advocate community.

A New Therapy for America’s Aging Hospitals

What can good hospital design achieve? How about healthier patients?

Take Two Aspirin and Call Your Architect in the Morning

Safety by design is a guiding ethos as a new and smarter style of health care building looks at error prevention and stress reduction.

A/V Heritage In the Country But Not Out to Pasture

The Library of Congress’ country home provides a nuclear blast-proof refuge for America’s celluloid and audio treasures.

Will Someone Get the Lights? Preserving Home Movies

While watching home movies may be one definition of tedium, all those birthday parties and graduations are the history the books left out.

Films: Preserving ‘Everyday People’ History

Celluloid archaeologists are striving to preserve a fast-decaying historical resource and, at the same time, show the world what they’ve got.

The Over-50 Crowd Relearns the Facts of Life

HIV infection is a growing fact of life for America’s baby boomer population. But it’s a fact both the aging and their caregivers are spectacularly unprepared to address.

Challenges of a New Frontier: Aging with HIV

People living with HIV are living longer, but a new study stresses that few preparations have been made to address the future health and social services needs of the aging group.


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The wage gap between the sexes in America has been closing much faster than anyone realized, but that’s tempered by learning it’s been much wider than measurements had shown.

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The Perceived Delicacy of the Female Conductor

New research finds listeners judge symphonic music differently when they’re told the conductor is a woman.

House Puts Transportation in Partisan Crossfire

Transportation used to be one of the few guaranteed areas of agreement when ideology trumped pragmatism in D.C. But that’s no longer the case.

Pressure to Conform Can Inspire Creativity

New research suggests less-creative people do more innovative thinking when they are told individualism is the norm, and instructed to conform.

Better Super Bowl Makes for Better Ads

A lot of people say they watch the Super Bowl mostly for the ads. But it turns out a good game surrounding those ads makes them seem better.

Overseas Troops Finally Get Fair Shot at Voting

After decades of obstacles hindering the voting process, new laws will allow overseas and military voters to submit their votes in time for the 2012 election.

Neglected Tropical Diseases Neglected No More?

World health leaders announce coordinated push to eradicate or control neglected tropical diseases.

Children’s Books Increasingly Ignore Natural World

A survey of award-winning children’s picture books from 1938 to 2008 suggests our increasing estrangement from the natural environment.

Traffic Solution: Make Drivers Less Lonely

Rather than moaning about too many cars on the road, the Ridesharing Institute says the real key to battling traffic congestion and pollution is filling empty passenger seats.