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  • Doctors and Lawyers: An Innovative Partnership in Kalihi

    May 20, 2015 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Honolulu, Hawaii

    Problems such as discrimination, unemployment, and homelessness can be at the root of chronic health problems such as diabetes. The Medical-Legal Partnership for Children in Hawaii provide a holistic approach to healthcare, providing essential legal services for the most vulnerable among Kalihi’s community, in particular its large immigrant population.

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  • Essential Oils Might Be the New Antibiotics

    January 16, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States

    Essential oils contain some of the most potent anti-microbial compounds available. Only recently have scientists started pushing fr research to more deeply understand how they can be used to take the place of traditional antibiotics in medicine. The goal is to reduce antibiotics overuse and avoid creating antibiotic resistant "superbugs."

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  • For some, prenatal care is a community affair

    June 18, 2014 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Latin American women in San Francisco have suffered from post-partum depression, social isolation, and chronic stress at the time of their pregnancies. Run by midwives, the Centering Pregnancy program at the San Francisco General Hospital provides patient-centered care, an environment to speak in Spanish, and a nurturing community for women’s group appointments. The results boast fewer c-sections and pre-term births, and an improvement in emotional support and overall prenatal health.

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  • The Himalayas' Hidden Hunger

    April 01, 2014 |

    Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Sitapur

    In Nepal, a nation of farmers, undernutrition leaves children stunted and at lifelong risk. A nationwide survey aims to track this problem and use a comprehensive approach to tackle it.

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  • Dr. Yogi: Physicians Integrate Yoga Into Medical Practice

    February 27, 2014 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    A nonprofit is integrating yoga therapy in the mainstream health care system by training medical providers to use yogic breathing and techniques to treat various maladies.

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  • Africa's New Agents of Progress in Female Health: Traditional Male Chiefs

    June 13, 2013 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: Malawi, Ntcheu

    Some groups are making strides at ending child marriage and female genital mutilation, practices that are common and yet dangerous. They're doing so by reaching out to the men in charge.

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  • Doctors Transform How They Practice Medicine

    May 15, 2013 |

    Kaiser Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, El Dorado, California

    The Affordable Care Act’s provisions to increase health care while decreasing costs have caused physicians some economic uncertainties. Two physicians have transformed their practices into business models that offer more services than what the insurance companies cover. The physicians report that patients spend less money on medication and hospital visits, while providing more holistic care.

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  • Malawi's Leader Makes Safe Childbirth Her Mission

    February 06, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Malawi

    The vast majority of births in Malawi still happen under the care of traditional birth attendants, who are often unequipped to deal with potentially lethal complications. But new president Joyce Banda is helping Malawi’s women to abandon dangerous childbirth customs by working with the custodians of local practices: village chiefs.

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  • For Veterans, a Surge of New Treatments for Trauma

    September 26, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Post-traumatic stress has dire consequences for U.S. veterans, including an increase in suicide, and not all therapeutic treatments for the disorder have succeeded. To treat and potentially cure the effects of PTSD, the Center for Mind-Body Awareness offers veterans Buddhist-inspired meditation, and mindfulness, as well as skills to develop creative expression.

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