Jul 18 Secondhand Smoke Tied to Teen Hearing Trouble, Study Finds A new study found links between teens' exposure to secondhand smoke and hearing loss; file photo Most scientists agree secondhand smoke is bad for young lungs, but a new study shows it may also be going to the heads… Continue reading
Jul 18 Tsunami-Devastated Aceh an Epicenter of Mental Health Woes By Cat Wise Monday on the NewsHour, Ray Suarez reports on the lack of mental health services in Indonesia. Learn more about the problem in the Aceh region of Indonesia in the post below. Survivors mourn the dead after a large tsunami hit… Continue reading
Jul 18 'Cooking Matters' Finds Recipe to Combat Food Insecurity By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Chef David Coder explains to group of parents and children how to prepare vegetables for a healthy stir fry. National non-profit Cooking Matters thinks it has found the recipe to reducing hunger and improving health for poor American families. Continue reading
Jul 15 Global Health Twitter Roundup Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse from the world of health and development. Be sure to send us your suggestions, and you can nominate organizations for our weekly "one way to help" feature!… Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch Indonesia's Mentally Ill Face Neglect, Mistreatment A shortage of health workers, lack of treatment options and widespread misconceptions about psychological disorders often leads to poor and inhuman treatment of mentally ill patients in Indonesia. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Jul 14 Sneak Peek: Indonesia Series Explores Rising Power's Major Health Challenges By Talea Miller Updated with all the series reports on July 19. While Indonesia boasts the world's fourth-largest population, the biggest Muslim population, 6,000 islands and a top 20 economy, many Americans know very little of the Southeast Asian nation --… Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch Sneak Peek: Indonesia Series Explores Rising Power's Major Health Challenges Ray Suarez talks about his trip to Indonesia and the country's health challenges. Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch Google's Effects on Memory Psychologist Betsy Sparrow tells Hari Sreenivasan about her newest research. Continue watching
Jul 13 Rationing Care or Controlling Costs? Medicare Board Takes Heat on the Hill Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius spent two days on Capitol Hill this week, defending a board that some charge will ration Medicare. Photo by Alex Wong, Getty Images. Echoes of the once-familiar drumbeat to "repeal and replace"… Continue reading
Jul 13 Studies: HIV Meds Can Help Prevent New Infections By Talea Miller Patients wait at an HIV clinic in Mozambique. HIV-negative men and women who took a daily pill usually used to treat the disease reduced their risk of becoming infected with HIV by more than 60 percent, two new studies show. Continue reading