Sep 27 Watch 4:14 How data is helping asthmatics breathe easier By PBS News Hour Since 2012, an innovative project in Louisville, Kentucky, has been collecting data on hundreds of the city's asthmatics by attaching GPS trackers to their inhalers to help residents better manage their asthma, monitor air pollution and shape future public health… Continue watching
Sep 26 U.S. aims to cut HIV infections of young women in Africa By Julie Pace, Associated Press The Obama administration is announcing a $300 million program to drastically reduce HIV infections in girls and young woman in 10 sub-Saharan African nations hard hit by the virus. Continue reading
Sep 23 After controversy, pharmaceutical company will lower price of AIDS drug By Michelle Harven After outrage from the public and even presidential candidates, Turing Pharmaceuticals has announced it will reduce the price of the drug whose cost had previously increased by more than 5,000 percent practically overnight. Continue reading
Sep 22 Column: Parents, use this Lady Gaga video to talk to your sons about rape By Wendy Thomas Russell If you are the parent of a boy between the ages of 11 and 18, Lady Gaga has just given you a golden opportunity to talk about rape. And, not to put too fine a point on it, but what… Continue reading
Sep 22 U.S. pharmaceutical company raises price of AIDS medication by 5,000 percent By Alison Moore The price of Darapim, a 62-year-old medical treatment used by AIDS patients, has increased by more than 5,000 percent after being acquired by pharmaceutical company Turing Pharmaceuticals for $55 million on August 10. Continue reading
Sep 22 Study: Most people will receive a wrong or delayed diagnosis at least once By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Most people will experience at least one wrong or delayed diagnosis over their lifetime, a report predicts, calling diagnostic errors a blind spot in modern medicine that sometimes causes devastating consequences. Continue reading
Sep 22 Celebrating the life of Alice Hamilton, founding mother of occupational medicine By Dr. Howard Markel No individual was more instrumental in warning people about the health risks and potential dangers of the industrial workplace than Alice Hamilton. Continue reading
Sep 21 Surge in statin use among very elderly without heart trouble raises doubts By Lisa Gillespie, Kaiser Health News Inexpensive statin drugs are given to millions of people to reduce cholesterol, even many who do not show signs of heart disease. But a recent study has found that seniors with no history of heart trouble are now nearly four… Continue reading
Sep 18 What you need to know about this year’s flu shot By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Give flu vaccine another chance: This year's version got a recipe change that should make it more effective after last winter's misery from a nasty surprise strain of virus. Continue reading