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Amanda Angelotti (left) and Connie Chen, both graduates of University of California, San Francisco's medical school, opted for careers in digital health.

Siren Song Of Tech Lures New Doctors Away From Medicine

4:53pm July 23, 2015

by Christina Farr

Medical school graduates around San Francisco Bay are far less likely to pursue medical residencies than those in other parts of the country. Instead, many are heading to health technology ventures.

Chart: Most Residents Carry Lots Of Medical School Debt

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Medical Residents Are Indebted But Reasonably Happy

4:43pm July 23, 2015

by Scott Hensley

Talking to medical residents is one way to get a bead on where medicine is headed. A recent survey of more than 1,700 residents asked a slew of questions about their hopes, daily work and finances.

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For Kids With Tourette's, At-Home Training Could Help

4:42pm July 23, 2015

by Jessie Rack

Psychologists are working on an online training program that draws on principles of in-person behavioral therapy to help patients with Tourette syndrome manage their tics.

Giedre (left) and Tal Cohen in March 2013, while Giedre was still healthy. Since then, she's begun having symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. In Giedre's case, the illness is tied to a rare genetic mutation she inherited.

Younger Adults With Alzheimer's Are Key To Drug Search

4:42pm July 23, 2015

by Jon Hamilton

A very rare genetic mutation causes some people to develop Alzheimer's in their 30s. It also makes these people the ideal candidates for tests of potential Alzheimer's drugs.

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Cottage cheese peaked in the early 1970s, when the average American ate about 5 pounds of it per year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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The Fall Of A Dairy Darling: How Cottage Cheese Got Eclipsed By Yogurt

1:52pm July 23, 2015

by Dan Charles

Cottage cheese was the yogurt of the mid-20th century: a dairy product for the health-conscious. But it has fallen out of favor, while marketing of — and demand for — yogurt has soared.

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Teacher Kim Song Bo lectures at a new school that is training students to make prosthetic limbs. Classes are held at the Center for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

An Artificial Limb Can Bring Hope — But Who's Going To Make It?

8:50am July 23, 2015

by Amy Yee

That's the question in Bangladesh, where there aren't enough clinicians to make prosthetic devices for accident victims and others in need. Now there's a school to fill the gap.

Women with mild cognitive impairment, which can be a precursor to Alzheimer's, tend to decline faster than men.

Women's Brains Appear More Vulnerable To Alzheimer's Than Men's

6:05am July 23, 2015

by Jon Hamilton

Researchers at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference say there's growing evidence that women are more likely than men of the same age to develop Alzheimer's disease.

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'New Yorker' Article Sparks Upsurge In Earthquake Survival Kit Sales

6:33pm July 22, 2015

After a frightening article a few weeks ago in The New Yorker magazine about a potentially devastating earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, there's been a run on survival supplies there. NPR talks to the maker of survival kits about his business.

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Steve Heller has worked for Minnesota's John Henry Foster company for 15 years. He says he likes the greater choice of health plans he now has because of the private exchange.

More Health Plan Choices At Work: What's The Catch?

6:28pm July 22, 2015

by Mark Zdechlik

An Obamacare tax that starts in 2018 may prompt more employers to establish private health insurance exchanges. They'll give their workers cash to choose from a greater variety of plans.

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'Quantum Leap' In Alzheimer's Research Delivers New Understanding

6:21pm July 22, 2015

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with David Knopman, vice chair of the Alzheimer's Association's Medical and Scientific Advisory Council, about more effective diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

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