Health & Safety

A boy collects water at a new spigot in Shululu, Tajikistan. Before the government built a new water system, villagers were allocated half-hour time slots to collect water from a trickling tap.

Health & Safety

Rich With Water But Little To Drink In Tajikistan

12:18pm July 16, 2013

by Jason Beaubien

Many families in rural Tajikistan spend hours each day collecting water from communal spigots or nearby rivers, where the water often isn't safe. When one village gets a new water system — and a tap in each yard — residents have more time to grow food and earn money to support their families.

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A woman waits to get AIDS drugs on April 8 at a clinic in Ga-Rankuwa, South Africa, about 55 miles north of Johannesburg. New WHO guidelines say patients should start HIV treatment much earlier, before they become extremely sick.

South Africa Weighs Starting HIV Drug Treatment Sooner

6:22am July 16, 2013

by Jason Beaubien

The recommended change would mean that patients would begin treatment before they get extremely sick. In Africa, where millions of people are infected with HIV, a move to earlier treatment would be challenging for the public health system.

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Georgia Hospital System Partners With Royal Philips

6:22am July 16, 2013

by Jim Burress

Medical equipment manufacturers operate largely on a supply and demand model. But a new agreement between Georgia Regents Health System and Royal Philips means Philips will take on a new role. It will supply equipment and help the hospital achieve its mission of delivering better care to patients at a lower cost.

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Deadly Painkiller Overdoses Affecting More Women

5:59pm July 12, 2013

by Patti Neighmond

A new study shows women are dying from overdoses of prescription painkillers at a much higher rate than ever before. Men still suffer more overdoses but women are catching up, fast. Since 2007, more women have died from drug overdoses than from motor vehicle crashes.

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Former Insurance Exec Offers An Insider's Look At Obamacare

3:59pm July 11, 2013

As we prepare for key provisions of the act to take effect, debate over what the law means persists. Wendell Potter, a former health insurance executive and current senior policy analyst for the Center for Public Integrity, explains what will change, what will remain the same, and why he supports ObamaCare.

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Sputnik nurse Marina Bogdanova gives medications to Sergei Gaptenko, who is close to finishing treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis. Sometimes Gaptenko isn't at home when the nurses come to give him his daily medications, so the team has to drive aro

'Sputnik' Orbits A Russian City, Finding And Healing Tuberculosis

8:33am July 11, 2013

by Corey Flintoff

One Siberian city is tackling the problem of drug-resistant tuberculosis with a health program affectionately named for an earlier Russian innovation. In the modern Sputnik program, teams of nurses travel around the sprawling city of Tomsk, finding and treating the TB patients who are the hardest to reach.

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Legal Dispute Between Universities Could Impact Future of Monkey Colony Research in Forsyth County

5:31pm July 09, 2013

by Keri Brown

Wake Forest University Health Sciences is suing UCLA over a monkey colony that is used for genetics-based research and other medical testing at a Primate Center in Forsyth County. A hearing on the matter is scheduled for Thursday.

Fans take in the view of the outfield at Denver's Coors Field as the San Diego Padres face the Colorado Rockies in June.

Insurance Pitch To Young Adults Started In Fenway Park

12:45pm July 09, 2013

by Eric Whitney

To reach young people, the new health insurance exchanges are looking for sports tie-ins. One reason is the success Massachusetts had in promoting its own health overhaul in partnership with the Boston Red Sox.

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Streptococcus bacteria, like this strain, can be found in our guts.

Gut Bacteria We Pick Up As Kids Stick With Us For Decades

12:38pm July 09, 2013

by Rob Stein

An experimental "gut check" test can tell us more about the bacteria that live inside us. By studying the way the microbial populations change over time, researchers think they may have a new tool for monitoring health.

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Smith talks with Dawn Dillard, 57, about a medical procedure at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. Dillard has uterine cancer.

A Busy ER Doctor Slows Down To Help Patients Cope With Adversity

12:38pm July 09, 2013

by Annie Feidt

For 20 years, Linda Smith was a successful ER doctor. But she started to regret doing painful procedures on patients without having the time to sit down and talk with them. So she became a palliative care doctor, one of a growing number helping people deal with life-threatening illnesses.

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