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How to Beat Asthma

Vann R. Newkirk II

July 05, 2017 |

The Atlantic |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Surprisingly, breathing thin air at high altitudes helps some patients with asthma. Other emerging treatments include medicines that suppress the body’s immune response to allergens.

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Let's Enjoy Walking for the Benefits of Better Health -- Smart Wellness Point Project

Yuka Kume

June 30, 2017 |

Japan for Sustainability |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Japan, Date, Fukushima

Japan is a rapidly aging country. To help combat present and future ramifications it has implemented "Smart Wellness City Comprehensive Special Zones to Achieve Health and Longevity" to encourage and reward healthy living. So far it has resulted in citizens leading more active lives, BMI decreases for those who had a BMI of over 25, and lower medical costs.

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Doctors Are Prescribing Park Visits to Boost Patient Health

Tik Root

June 29, 2017 |

National Geographic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, South Dakota

ParkRx, as one of many new programs spanning several states, allow doctors to give out Park Prescriptions to their patients in order to encourage them to go to parks and get physical activity. These programs are a way to encourage exercise, open patient and doctor dialogues, and reduce the use of medications or procedures.

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Stopping Pandemics Before They Start

Tina Rosenberg

June 27, 2017 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Norway

With climate change, population pressures and mobilization epidemics will occur more frequently, and past ones have proven to be disastrous and expensive. The Center for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is focused on developing vaccines to viruses such as Ebola, as well as creating a fast approval path for future vaccines and helping increase global preparedness for future epidemics.

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Charity's vision for a blind-free Indonesia

Arlina Arshad

June 24, 2017 |

AzerNews |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Indonesia, Sumatra

A New Vision is a Singapore-based non-profit that provides free cataract surgery to impoverished people in Indonesia. Indonesia has one of the highest rates of blindness in the world, and 50 percent of these cases are due to cataracts, which can be reversed with a simple surgical procedure. A New Vision sets up free clinics in Indonesian villages and performs cataract surgery on locals and sends local health care providers to Nepal to be trained to perform these surgeries themselves and provide post-op care.

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Feelif technology: Feeling life under your fingers

Maja Prijatelj Videmšek

June 24, 2017 |

AzerNews |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Slovenia, Ljubljana

A new tablet, called the Feelif multimedia device, allows blind children to learn braille and geometry and play interactive learning games with their fingers. The device allows children to create drawings and write on a tablet and then feel what they've created in a 3 dimensional way.

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Even the Insured Often Can't Afford Their Medical Bills

Helaine Olen

June 18, 2017 |

The Atlantic |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Massapequa, New York

As the cost of care and medication continues to rise, many people find themselves underinsured and unprotected from a financial crisis when facing a medical emergency or ongoing treatment for a chronic disease. To address this issue, programs are working to assist people with paying for the costs of care and avoiding bankruptcy based on diagnosis, employment history, or individual pleas on crowdfunding sites. While these programs can make an impact, the need is much larger than the funding available and it is often difficult for patients to find and apply for these funds.

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Medical Waste in Cairo: Impact and Health Problems

Alaa El Dirini

May 20, 2017 |

Shorthand Social |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Egypt, Cairo

Large amounts of mismanaged medical waste are a concern in Cairo, since they can cause a wide range of illnesses and negatively affect the environment. NGO's are working to direct waste to proper sites, provide medical treatment to infected individuals, and help educate the public.

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This Cuban lung cancer drug is giving some U.S. patients hope

Amy Guttman

May 09, 2017 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Cuba, Havana

CIMAvax, a new lung cancer treatment based in Cuba, has proved to stop and reduce the growth of tumors. Although it's not FDA regulated, many Americans are turning to the therapeutic drug in hopes of reducing the effects of cancer.

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This National Gallery of Art program helps people with memory loss ‘connect with who they were'

Tara Bahrampour

May 04, 2017 |

The Washington Post |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

The National Gallery of Art’s “Just Us” program brings seniors with memory loss symptoms to the museum for ‘meditation’ on paintings. Using the paintings as prompts, visitors are encouraged to react to and interpret what is before them mentally engaging them and providing an opportunity for socialization.

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