Health & Safety

Maryland pharmacist Narender Dhallan often has to decide whether to fill a prescription and lose money or send a customer to another store.

Health & Safety

How Generic Drugs Can Cost Small Pharmacies Big Bucks

5:35pm October 22, 2015

by Alison Kodjak

Independent pharmacies are getting pinched by reimbursements for generic drugs that aren't keeping up with rising prices. Drugstores blame the middlemen who manage companies' drug benefits.

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Julia is described by the Sesame Workshop as "a preschool girl with autism who does things a little differently when playing with her friends."

'Sesame Street' Introduces A New Muppet Character With Autism

5:03pm October 22, 2015

by Elizabeth Blair

Little Julia stars in the digital storybook called "We're Amazing, 1,2,3."

Reducing Risk Of Assaults In Psychiatric Hospitals A Challenge

4:29pm October 22, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Joel Dvoskin, a clinical and forensic psychologist who is a consultant to psychiatric hospitals around the country, on how to reduce the risk of assaults. He says no hospitals have been able to completely eliminate the risks, but there have been successes in reducing the number of assaults. He explains the key elements for reducing risk.

Don't presume the doctor's going to bring up the HPV vaccine at a well-teen visit.

Doctors, Not Parents, Are The Biggest Obstacle To The HPV Vaccine

4:13pm October 22, 2015

by Tara Haelle

Though the HPV vaccine prevents cancer, doctors hesitate to suggest that preteens get vaccinated at routine visits, a study finds. Or they're offering it for teens they think are sexually active.

Sarah Silverman plays a profoundly depressed woman who has gone off her medication in the film I Smile Back.

Sarah Silverman Opens Up About Depression, Comedy And Troublemaking

2:38pm October 22, 2015

Throughout her life, comedian Sarah Silverman has experienced varying degrees of depression, which she likens to a "chemical change." She plays a profoundly depressed woman in the film I Smile Back.

Patrick Sitwayi, 57, lives in Upper Mcambalala and has silicosis from working in the gold mines for 22 years. Photographer Thom Pierce has been covering the miners.

Gold Miners Breathe The Dust, Fall Ill: 'They Did Not Give Me Nothing'

2:26pm October 22, 2015

by jennifer schmidt

Tens of thousands of South African miners are suffering from an incurable lung disease. Now they hope to file a class-action suit to gain compensation.

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Obama Shares Plans To Tackle Heroin Epidemic In West Virginia

6:31pm October 21, 2015

by Don Gonyea

President Obama traveled to West Virginia to talk about prescription drug abuse and heroin addiction Wednesday.

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Celia Chacon, a former host of Cooking Without Looking, in the kitchen at Lighthouse of Broward, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 2008. The television cooking show features chefs and guests who are blind or visually impaired.

Cooking With Disabilities: An Exercise In Creative Problem Solving

5:45pm October 21, 2015

by Tove Danovich

In a perfect world, everyone with a physical disability would have a kitchen fully adapted to their needs. But such remodels can be pricey. In many cases, small DIY-solutions help keep people cooking.

Her best friend disappeared on the streets of San Salvador. That's when Aby Salas stopped leaving her house except to go to school.

Being 15 Is Tough No Matter Where You Live: #15Girls

5:14pm October 21, 2015

by Malaka Gharib

Inspired by the brave teens profiled in our #15Girls series, our audience shares stories of the hardest thing about being 15.

As Valeant's Troubles Mount, Its Stock Price Takes Another Dive

5:03pm October 21, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

The drug company denies a report that it artificially-inflated revenue.