Oct 10 Watch Urban Gardens Create Healthy Food Options Growhaus is a budding -- and booming -- urban garden in the neighborhood in Denver. Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch Panel's Pitch to Nix Routine Prostate Cancer Tests Draws Strong Reaction The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said Friday that prostate specific antigen tests, known as PSAs, that are done to detect prostate cancer could be doing more harm than good. Jeffrey Brown discusses the latest controversial recommendation from the influential… Continue watching
Oct 07 Virus Hunters Stalk the Next Global Epidemic Virus hunter Nathan Wolfe. Photo by Tom Clynes. Ask the not-so-simple question of one of the world's leading virologists, "What is a virus?" and the reaction is immediate. He sits up in his chair, throws one leg over another. Continue reading
Oct 07 Global Health Week in Tweets Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse for our readers. Check out our Tweet picks from the world of global health this week, and be sure to send us your suggestions! Follow our… Continue reading
Oct 07 Advisory Panel: Essential Health Benefits Package Must Be Affordable By Phil Galewitz The government moved a step closer Friday toward defining what "essential benefits" would be offered by companies selling coverage to millions of Americans in new insurance exchanges. In a 297-page report, the Institute of Medicine, a federal advisory panel, laid… Continue reading
Oct 06 Faking Blood Tests to Avoid Discrimination in China By Talea Miller Carriers of hepatitis B routinely battle discrimination, now a new service offers to fake clean test results. Continue reading
Oct 05 Treating the Psychological Scars of Liberia's Conflict After a brutal civil war, an estimated 40 percent of Liberians suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, but mental health is just now becoming a priority in the West African nation. Continue reading
Oct 05 Text-Messaging for Health Still Has Its Challenges By Larisa Epatko At first glance, text-messaging health alerts to poor, rural populations with widespread mobile phone use is a no-brainer. But what about the challenges of providing useful information and the simple act of re-charging phones in isolated spots?… Continue reading
Oct 05 Memphis Hospital Teams Up With Churches to Deliver Care Navigator Sheilah Easterling-Smith prepares to check on a CHN patient. Photo by Joseph Martin, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. Two mainstays of the Memphis community -- the Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and nearly 400 local churches -- have teamed… Continue reading
Oct 04 Research Linking Contraceptives to HIV Raises Policy Questions A study showing injected hormonal birth control could make women more vulnerable to HIV is raising big questions about medical guidance in regions with high HIV rates. Research conducted by the University of Washington in seven African countries found… Continue reading