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  • How the Eastern Cherokee in North Carolina use casino profits to revamp health care

    Katja Ridderbusch

    July 19, 2019 |

    The Charlotte Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Cherokee, North Carolina

    Opting out of US Indian Health Services affords indigenous communities the opportunity to improve their healthcare options. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in Cherokee, North Carolina, has used profits from the tribe’s casino to help fund a new health care system for their community. In addition to the revenue from the casino resort, the Cherokee Indian Hospital benefits from reimbursements from Medicaid and Medicare. This self-governance in healthcare has improved medical outcomes in the community.

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  • The Medicine Woman: Emory Researcher Takes Up Fight Against Superbugs

    Katja Ridderbusch

    March 28, 2018 |

    WABE |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    Cassandra Quave is searching for a cure to drug-resistant infections using plant medicines. She and her team recently tested a topical ointment made from peppertree extract on mice that they had infected with drug-resistant bacteria. Although the drug is not ready for clinical trials, it showed promising results in stopping the proliferation of the bacteria.

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  • Opioid Crisis Forces Physicians To Focus On Alternative Pain Treatments

    Katja Ridderbusch

    December 15, 2017 |

    WABE |

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    Response Location: United States

    Opioid abuse claimed over 53 000 American lives in 2016, and has been a cause for concern. Now doctors are looking to alternatives to opioids, both medication and non-medication options, that can be decided based on thorough assessments and discussing the consequences of opioids with patients.

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