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Role Change: When Journalists Turn Into Patients

How one journalist learned to sit back and simply be a patient when she needed cataract surgery.

Daily Briefing: Amid Greek Debt Crisis, Lifesaving Drug Shortages Causing "Chaos"

Drug shortages in Greece cause chaos, what's ahead for homeless man attacked by face-eating "zombie," and waiting for a tobacco tax vote in Calif., plus more from our Daily Briefing.

Researchers at Annual Science Fest Hail Universal Vaccines

In the world of public health, no scenario involving infectious disease is too far-fetched. How often can scientists predict what virus is going to emerge and survive long enough to take hold around the world? How rapidly can governments gear up and prepare to deal with a pandemic? And should we worry about such things at all, or is the era of fast-spreading infectious diseases behind us?

Complete Health Reporting: Steer Clear of Disease-Mongering Quicksand

You don't want to be a disease mongerer, do you? Here's how to avoid it in your work.

Daily Briefing: California Tobacco Tax Proposition Pits Lance Armstrong Against Big Tobacco

Big money in Calif. tobacco tax battle, big growth in palliative care, and big turf battles between dentists and "dental therapists," plus more from our Daily Briefing.

Q&A with Maia Szalavitz, Part 2: Understanding Addiction Through Science — and Personal Experience

Maia Szalavitz offers blunt advice for folks covering addiction and drug use: "Think critically. Don't be the readers' nanny. You aren't there to send 'the right message.'"

Illegal trash dumping impacts Eastern Coachella Valley residents

About 150 miles east of Los Angeles, the the Lawson Dump is home to 40 acres of garbage that rises two stories high — a toxic collection of electronic waste, household chemicals and construction debris.

Health on the Horizon: My Brother's Keeper- Billy Koehler's Story

While walking down the street in the spring of late 1980’s Billy found a senior citizen crying on her porch.  When he approached her to find out why she was so upset, she explained, “my television is broken and it will cost $25 to fix.”  To many people this may not be a cause of such great sadness, but to a senior living alone on a fixed income, her only source of companionship was now gone.  

Death-by-ICU: End-of-Life Care in America

Maybe all our angst about dying is simply wrong-headed - and counter-productive for those we're concerned about.

Pound Punchers: 1 year, 555 pounds, 555 balloons

 

In the Mud River Volunteer Fire Department, 26 adults and children were sending balloons up in the air to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Mud River Pound Punchers, one balloon for every pound they have lost.

 

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