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Neglected Tropical Diseases Neglected No More?

Matt Skenazy — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:50:20 +0000

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

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Something’s Fishy About That Red Snapper

Michael Scott Moore — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:00:11 +0000

Preventing seafood fraud won’t be easy, but a new law has potential to stop fish poaching and laundering, which involves mislabeling fish in restaurants.

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Where Have All the Doctors Gone?

Colleen Shaddox — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:00:44 +0000

Communities with more primary care doctors enjoy better health, yet those physicians are a dying breed. Here is what some schools are doing to combat the looming shortage.

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Do You Know Where Your Medicine Came From?

Paul Tullis — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:00:48 +0000

Here's look at where the stuff in your medicine cabinet was manufactured. Just don’t ask if these foreign-made drugs are safe, because in many cases, it’s impossible to say.

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‘Fair Trade’ Chocolate Perceived as Healthier

Tom Jacobs — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:36:09 +0000

For many consumers, the label “fair trade” promotes the inaccurate assumption that a chocolate bar is lower in calories than its competitors.

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Was Lou Gehrig’s ALS Caused by Tap Water?

Wendee Holtcamp — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:00:02 +0000

A toxic molecule found in pond scum may trigger neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS and Parkinson's. Could a group of scientists, led by a botanist, hold the key to a cure?

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Placebo Effect Stronger Than We Thought?

Beryl Lieff Benderly — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:00:44 +0000

Double-blind trials have long been considered the gold standard to determine drugs’ effectiveness. Do we need to rethink that assumption, given the power of the placebo effect?

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Feds Poke Hole in Needle Exchange Funding

Emily Badger — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:56:46 +0000

Despite evidence that needle exchange programs for drug users slow the spread of AIDS, the new U.S. government spending bill once again defunds such programs.

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FDA Cracks Whip on Lap-Band Marketing

Michael Todd — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:20:24 +0000

An industry that’s grown up around a promising way to help people caught in a web of obesity needs to make a few less promises, the FDA declares.

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Don’t Tax Soda, Tax Sweeteners

Emily Badger — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:08:00 +0000

Efforts to slow obesity by taxing sodas hit the wrong target, argue three economists who propose a better-aimed tax on sugar and syrup that even they admit still sidesteps the real problem.

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Dr. Placebo — Half Quack and Half Savant

Peter M. Nardi — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:25:28 +0000

The placebo effect’s ability to influence human healing and human behavior is well documented, but we must be careful to make sure this fakery does no harm.

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Employer Health Costs Rise Faster Than Medicare

Emily Badger — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:00:57 +0000

The upward spiral in U.S. health insurance costs is especially acute for employers that offer the benefit and employees shouldering more of their own costs.

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Improved Poverty Metrics Show Aid Does Help

Emily Badger — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:28:17 +0000

A better reading of American poverty by the Census Bureau shows more are poor than thought, but also that aid programs and tax credits can make a difference.

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Turning Cellphones Into Mobile Microscopes

Vince Beiser — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:00:05 +0000

Researchers across California are working to bring medical microscopes to our cellphones — and vastly improve field medicine.

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More Evidence That MDMA Could Ease PTSD

Michael Scott Moore — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:00:22 +0000

Researchers advance the idea that ecstasy and other controversial drugs could help treat traumatized combat vets.

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