Aug 19 19 More Life Hacks to Keep You Out of the Nursing Home "Life hacks" are little tricks and tips that helpmake life more efficient in some way. On Aug. 8 we published a list of seven life hacks, and since then readers have added several of their own. Graphic by Elizabeth… Continue reading
Aug 19 A Curious Inspiration for the First Stethoscope By Dr. Howard Markel In a monthly column for PBS NewsHour, Dr. Howard Markel revisits moments that changed the course of modern medicine, like the invention of the stethoscope. Photo By BSIP/UIG via Getty Images. Long before Hippocrates (ca. 460-380 B.C.) taught his… Continue reading
Aug 16 Should Drug Addicts Be Given Clean Needles? Sharing dirty needles is such an effective way of transmitting the virus that one out of 10 new infections worldwide can be attributed to IV drug use. Of the 16 million injecting drug users in the world, 3… Continue reading
Aug 12 The street of blood and smoke By Jason Kane On a narrow, dusty street in Tanzania, two women are fighting the global battle against tuberculosis and HIV. One is a nurse, the other is a drug dealer. Continue reading
Aug 09 Elders Get a CAPABLE Hand in Shoring Up Home Safety EmbedVideo(7116, 482, 304); CAPABLE is a Baltimore-based project that offers help from occupational therapists, nurses and handymen to low-income older adults to "age in place." Video by Justin Scuiletti and Joshua Barajas. BALTIMORE -- With a bad back… Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch There's No Place Like Home: Seniors Hold on to Urban Independence Into Old Age There's No Place Like Home: Seniors Hold on to Urban Independence Into Old Age… Continue watching
Aug 08 Seven 'Life Hacks' to Help Keep You Out of the Nursing Home John Sears watches as an assistant from Beacon Hill Village replaces a window screen in his home, one of many services that help him "age in place." Photo by Gilberto Nobrega A few years back, John Sears stumbled upon… Continue reading
Aug 08 How One Group of Seniors Bucked Convention and Avoided the Retirement Home Seniors in Boston's Beacon Hill enjoy each other's company at a social organized by a nonprofit they created to help them remain in their homes longer into retirement. Photo by Gilberto Nobrega/PBS NewsHour Twelve years ago, a handful of… Continue reading
Aug 06 With Open Enrollment on Horizon, Young People Key to Obamacare's Success The Obama administration hopes to attract more than 2.5 million young, healthy people to enroll through the health insurance exchanges that open on Oct. 1. Photo courtesy of Flickr User will1ill/Alex Wong Getty Images Aside from House Republicans' 40th attempt… Continue reading
Aug 05 Treatment for U.S. Opioid Addicts Often Inadequate, Researchers Say Researchers say there are too many gaps between current treatment options for opioid drug abuse and the evidence-based practices utilized in much of the rest of the developed world. Photo by flickr user ep_jhu. Just behind car accidents, opioid drug… Continue reading