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How Poverty Changes the Brain

Tara Garcia Mathewson

April 19, 2017 |

The Atlantic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Living in poverty can impact brain functioning due to the consistent stress and can lead to difficulty with problem solving, decision making, and goal setting. A Boston-based project, EMPath, addresses this issue by assisting families with identifying goals and taking the steps to accomplish these goals.

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Dating app helps Indians with disabilities find their perfect partner

Priti Salian

March 10, 2017 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Mumbai

For those whose disabilities hinder their dating lives, matchmaking apps can help build connections. In India, the dating app, Inclov, serves as a tool for those with disabilities to create meaningful relationships and find potentional partners. With the app, individuals can seek partners in a safe environment that is transparent and accepting of disabilities.

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Surgery without scalpels

Elizabeth Healey

June 14, 2016 |

Al Jazeera |

Broadcast TV Programs |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

People suffering from tremors often have to dramatically alter their lifestyles to accommodate the involuntary muscle movements, but Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center Hospital are piloting a new approach that uses non-invasive surgery to remedy essential tremors. Although it's only been used on a small scale so far, the doctors are finding success with the focused ultrasound treatment.

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Family fighting Huntington's Disease with sheep

Cassy Arsenault

January 14, 2016 |

WXMI-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Hopkins, Michigan

A certain breed of sheep may carry a specific trait that could possibly treat Huntington’s disease. Early trials have shown that mice treated with the chemical compound found in sheep can reactivate motor function.

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How Training Without Helmets Could Reduce Head Injuries

Gretchen Reynolds

January 06, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Durham, New Hampshire

To protect the heads of football players, it might be advisable to have them occasionally practice without head protection, according to a counterintuitive new study of a successful Division I football program.

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How to Stop Crypto, a Deadly Disease so Neglected It's Missed on the 'Neglected' List

Patrick Adams

January 04, 2016 |

Newsweek |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Norman, Oklahoma

Though it claims as many as 300,000 lives every year, meningitis is not widely regarded as a major health problem by many health organizations in comparison to more familiar diseases like tuberculosis. One family-run company in Oklahoma is working to tackle the disease by developing simpler tools like the Cryptococcal Antigen Lateral Flow Assay, or CrAg LFA, to diagnose fungal infections. Faster and more accurate than previous methods, and significantly less expensive, the test allows for earlier diagnosis and treatment.

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How a Boy's Concussion Death Changed British Sports

Ken Belson

December 13, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, Rosewell

After a young rugby player died in Northern Ireland, his family and a brain expert set about to establish concussion guidelines, looking in part to the United States.

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Feature: Giving blind people sight illuminates the brain's secrets

Rhitu Chatterjee

October 22, 2015 |

Science Magazine |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: India, New Delhi

Defying expectations, cataract surgery in Indian children is endowing them with vision—and shedding light on how the brain learns to see.

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Everything you think you know about disciplining kids is wrong

Katherine Reynolds Lewis

July 01, 2015 |

Mother Jones |

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Response Location: United States, South Berwick, Maine

Disciplining schoolchildren has led many students down the “school-to-prison-pipeline” because teachers have focused on controlling students rather than instilling problem solving skills. Ross Greene has developed Collaborative Proactive Solutions (CPS), which is a method that trains staff at schools to develop relationships with disruptive kids and help them problem solve. With the CPS method in practice in 2012, Central School has reported fewer students sent to the principal’s office and no suspensions.

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Health & Medicine An American surgeon pioneers surgery for kids in Uganda that helps kids in the US

Bridget Huber

April 27, 2015 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Uganda

The typical surgery for hydrocephalus, a brain swelling disease, often leads to infection. Medical constraints in Uganda inspired a neurosurgeon to create a safer and more effective surgery which is now used in Uganda and the U.S.

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