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With genome sequencing, some sick infants are getting a shot at healthy lives

Meghana Keshavan

October 19, 2018 |

STAT |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Project Baby Bear is a grant-funded pilot program that uses genome sequencing to to diagnose sick infants. The doctors hope to save lives and save the system money on unnecessary treatments. Since very few sick infants show symptoms that correlate to their genetic diagnosis, these tests are instrumental in positive health outcomes.

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Every Older Patient Has a Story. Medical Students Need to Hear It.

Paula Span

October 12, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

Some medical schools are now incorporating interviews with healthy seniors into their curriculum. These interactions help young medical students combat ageist stereotypes they may unconsciously develop through treating unhealthy older people. It also builds empathy and a sense of what good geriatric health looks like.

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After intermittent fasting, 3 men no longer take insulin for diabetes -- but experts stress caution

Michael Nedelman

October 10, 2018 |

CNN |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

A report from Canada says that intermittent fasting helped wean three men with type-2 diabetes off insulin. The idea of curing diabetes is not widely accepted in the medical field, but some medical professionals think that intermittent fasting can help abate symptoms and cause a kind of "remission." Study subjects fasted several times a week.

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The Comforting Fictions of Dementia Care

Larissa MacFarquhar

October 08, 2018 |

The New Yorker |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chagrin Falls, Ohio

The Chagrin Falls home for patients with dementia is designed to look like a small town. The home uses nostalgic visual cues and storylines to emulate patients’ previous lives. The intent is to soothe the suffering of dementia patients and the home costs about the same as other options, which might be more disorienting.

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Australia set to 'eliminate' cervical cancer by 2028

Nina Avramova

October 03, 2018 |

CNN |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Australia

Vaccination and screening programs have helped Australia get close to eliminating cervical cancer. It was one of the first countries to launch a nationwide HPV vaccination effort back in 2007 and now boasts an incidence rate of seven cases of cervical cancer per 100,000 women.

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Cervical cancer set to be eliminated from Australia in global first

Aisha Dow

October 03, 2018 |

The Age |

Multi-Media |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Australia

Cervical cancer rates in Australia have dropped about 50 percent in just a few decades. The country first started pap smear campaigns in 1991, then began rolling out free HPV vaccinations nationwide in 2007. “Because this human papillomavirus only infects humans and the vaccine program prevents the spread of the virus, eventually we'll get rid of it, like we did with smallpox,” said HPV vaccine co-inventor Ian Frazer.

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In Australia, Cervical Cancer Could Soon Be Eliminated

Livia Albeck-Ripka

October 03, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Australia, Melbourne, Victoria

Australia has one of the lowest cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates in the world, thanks to a nationwide effort to screen women and vaccinate both boys and girls against HPV. Widespread public support has helped the country tackle the preventable cancer.

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Kenya to put 650 TB patients on new drugs

Angela Oketch

October 02, 2018 |

Nation Africa |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Kenya

The drugs bedaquiline and delamanid have been associated with higher rates of survival for those suffering from tuberculosis. Used in the United States for nearly a decade, these drugs are now making their debut in other parts of the world to treat those with drug-resistant tuberculosis and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.

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Fight for Cleaner Air in the Bronx

Cecelia Paladino

October 01, 2018 |

The Innovator |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The New York-based organization, Sustainable South Bronx, is working to reverse the public health effects, namely asthma, that poor air quality has caused. The initiative works to educate residents about the environmental hazards they face while also working to reverse those hazards with projects like reflective roof coatings. With pollution disproportionately affecting low-income communities, the city too is taking steps toward reducing emissions in these areas.

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Smart Stimulation for People with Dementia

Nick Holland Tom Colls Susila Silva Claire Bates

September 25, 2018 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: England

Jelly drops, board games, and a box that projects interactive images and is sensitive to movement, are all examples if products being created to help people with dementia. “She enjoys that rather than being at home and watching T.V.” Some of them, like the “Tovertafel” or “Magic Table” have shown to decrease apathy levels in people that have dementia.

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