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New cancer test machine cuts diagnostic costs

Nasibo Kabale

July 10, 2018 |

Business Daily |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Kenya

Kenya is among the first countries in African to have a cancer test machine that will help cut the time and cost it takes to diagnose cancer. A medical laboratory services firm acquired the IDYLLA lab machine that allows doctors to test for genetic markers for certain kinds of cancer, which helps doctors pinpoint specific medicines more accurately. That means fewer side effects and better chances for survival and cures.

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‘We'll be safe': How one family found a home with help from Seattle's Popsicle Place

Erika Schultz

June 25, 2018 |

The Seattle Times |

Photojournalism |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Popsicle Palace, an organization that serves the Seattle area, provides housing for families with chronically ill children who are experiencing homelessness. The program designs rooms for children with compromised immune systems and also helps to transition families to single-family housing and out of homelessness.

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Prescribing Opioids: How Many Are Too Many?

Julie Appleby

June 19, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

Doctors at Johns Hopkins and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School are striving to establish new guidelines that are specific to surgical procedure and patient circumstance for prescribing opioids. The general consensus is this: every patient's needs must be assessed individually, alternatives to opiates should always be considered first, and no patients with acute pain should ever be sent home with more than a few days' worth of opiates.

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Turning to liquid biopsy for early cancer detection

Nasibo Kabale

May 29, 2018 |

Business Daily |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Eldoret

A new liquid biopsy is able to detect all types of cancer via a blood test. This new technology will allow physicians to diagnose cancer and monitor cancer treatments without invasive tissue biopsies.

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How a Tiny Kansas Town Rebooted Its Struggling Hospital into a Health Care Jewel

Lisa Rab

May 26, 2018 |

Politico |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Lakin, Kansas

Instead of letting a rural Kansas hospital perish, one CEO found a way to recruit young physicians, and get grants for the hospital. His methods helped the hospital avoid the common fate many rural hospitals face, which are often forced to shut down. It “now serves about 20,000 patients annually, up from roughly 10,000 patients in 2012, and generated $23.4 million in revenue last year.”

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How to Help Homeless People in Hospital

Tom Colls

March 20, 2018 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: England, London

The “pathways” model of care brings together a multi-discipline team to improve the care of homeless patients in-hospital by addressing immediate needs and ensuring that they are not discharged without a place to stay.

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Could Managed Consumption Be a Better Form of Treatment for Alcoholism?

Sasha Chapin

February 08, 2018 |

Pacific Standard |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

A facility in Ottawa called The Oaks gives alcoholics small amounts of alcohol throughout the day, and a place to live, to help them manage their addiction. Although research on the effectiveness of alcoholic recovery programs is limited, facilities like The Oaks that don't force abstinence from alcohol actually end up costing taxpayers less. This is because alcoholics in these facilities take fewer trips to the emergency room and have fewer run-ins with law enforcement, because they aren't on the streets binge drinking.

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Can an Old Mill Town Become the Silicon Valley of Human Organ Manufacturing?

Colin Woodard

December 18, 2017 |

Politico |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

Dean Kamen brought the world the Segway scooter, prosthetic arms controlled by the human brain, the first automatic drug pump (used commonly to deliver insulin to diabetic patients), and now he's built the first organ manufacturing plant. Over 120,000 Americans are currently on a waiting list to receive life-saving organ donations that often don't come in time. Kamen is aiming to change this by mass-producing organs and other tissues with technology that already exists and has been tested in labs all over the world.

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Rural Ga. Businesses Increasingly Prop Up Struggling Health Care System

Johnny Kauffman

December 15, 2017 |

WABE |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Georgia

In order to battle the government healthcare gaps, the time lost from workers leaving to seek medical attention, and the closing of hospitals, some rural companies have opened their own clinics nearby. This way workers can get medical attention quickly and efficiently, and keep physicians nearby even if hospitals close.

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The midwives helping women on the US-Mexico border

Claudia Bellante

December 03, 2017 |

Al Jazeera |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Tijuana

Pregnant women at the US-Mexico border are often living in hard conditions and facing obstetric violence at public hospitals or being pushed into c-sections at private clinics. 'Parteras Fronterizas' offers an alternative, it is an organization of two midwives who provide care for pregnant women individually or in groups.

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