A Remote Bahamas Medical Clinic Lost Staff, Power, And Water. It Stayed Open Anyway.

Wed, 09/18/2019 - 09:28

buzzfeednews.com - Cooper’s Town Community Clinic in Cooper’s Town, Abaco Island. THE BAHAMAS — They’d been hot and sticky for so long they almost forgot what AC felt like, so they blasted it,…

Category: Leisure

We Didn’t Stand a Chance Against Opioids

Wed, 09/18/2019 - 08:35

newrepublic.com - On February 14, 2017, Alaska Governor Bill Walker declared opioid use a statewide “public health disaster emergency.” In the years leading up to this declaration, SEARHC had taken…

Category: Health

Opinion: Smart health-care policy must include affordable housing

Wed, 09/18/2019 - 08:20

theglobeandmail.com - The link between housing and health is clear: You can’t live a healthy life if you don’t have a roof over your head. Without stable housing, people die younger, suffer more and…

Category: Health

Soot pollution particles 'cross the placenta'

Wed, 09/18/2019 - 07:54

bbc.com - Particles of black carbon - or soot - can cross the placenta, a study has found. The Nature Communications research is the first direct evidence the particles can get into the part of the…

Category: Science

Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan—For Avoiding Your Health Care Questions

Wed, 09/18/2019 - 07:01

thefederalist.com - She claims “I’ve got a plan for that” on just about every issue, but the proverbial cat got Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s tongue on health care. And you can bet that’s Warren’s plan.…

Category: Politics

WATCH: Angry parent confronts Boris Johnson over NHS 'being destroyed'

Wed, 09/18/2019 - 06:31

theneweuropean.co.uk - Boris Johnson was interrupted in his visit to a hospital by a parent angry at "years and years and years" of the NHS beyond "destroyed". Picture: PA Video Email this article to…

Category: World

Migraine sufferers cost Singapore $1.04 billion in economic losses last year

Wed, 09/18/2019 - 06:29

straitstimes.com - SINGAPORE - Migraine sufferers caused some $1.04 billion in economic losses in Singapore last year, mostly due to lost productivity, a local study has found. Productivity loss made…

Category: Science

British vapers are safe, claim health experts after deaths in US

Wed, 09/18/2019 - 05:31

theguardian.com - Health experts have moved to reassure British vapers in the wake of a severe respiratory illness that has killed at least five people and hospitalised many more in the US. More than…

Category: Science

Can you turn around the health of an entire town?

Wed, 09/18/2019 - 01:35

bbc.co.uk - How do you improve the health of an entire town? That was the question facing the former fishing port of Fleetwood, in Lancashire. It's a place where lives have been blighted by illness…

Category: Health

‘No easy fix to sanitation woes, India an exemplar’: Bill Gates

Wed, 09/18/2019 - 01:17

hindustantimes.com - Bill Gates speaks on why the Gates Foundation is awarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi for improving sanitation at the Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards in New York on September 25…

Category: Business