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Academic Science Rethinks All-Too-White 'Dude Walls' Of Honor

All the portraits hanging on the wall inside the Louis Bornstein Family Amphitheater at Brigham and Women

Historic portraits of revered scientists and doctors can be found all over medical schools and universities — and, as it happens, most feature white men. Some say this sends the wrong message.

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Praise, Don't Tease, And Other Tips To Help Kids With Their Weight

Even well-intended comments about weight, weight loss and dieting can actually harm children with overweight and obesity. Instead, experts say one way to help is to model healthy behavior for your kids and don

Even well-intended comments about weight and dieting can actually harm children. Here's advice for how to set kids up for a healthy life and a positive self-image.

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Iran Under Sanctions: A Scramble For Cancer Care And Blame To Go Around

Cancer patients receive chemotherapy treatment at Roshana Cancer Center, a private clinic in western Tehran.

Shortages affecting hospitals and clinics are a perilous example of an economic crisis that has worsened since the U.S. imposed economic and financial penalties on the country.

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Opinion: We Are Risking Health And Life

A sign for Flu Shots at a CVS Pharmacy in Boston.

The government wants to withhold flu shots from migrants in detention centers even though doctors advise vaccinations for all detainees promptly upon arrival.

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When Temperatures Rise, So Do Health Problems

A man cools off in a fountain in New York

Heatstroke tends to get the most attention during extreme heat waves. But other diseases are affected by high temperatures as well.

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Lengthy Detention Of Migrant Children May Create Lasting Trauma, Say Researchers

When children are held for long periods away in detention centers, such as this center for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas, they may suffer psychological harm.

The Trump administration is trying to legalize indefinite detention of migrant families. But detention can be emotionally crushing for kids, leading to long-term mental health problems like PTSD.

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Wyoming Hopes To Use Medicaid To Reduce Air Ambulance Bills For All Patients

In rugged, rural areas, patients often have little choice about how they

Frustrated with sky-high bills from air ambulance companies, Wyoming hopes to hammer down those charges with more regulation. The companies say such a proposal undermines free enterprise.

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The Invisible Children With Cancer

Computer illustration of malignant B-cell lymphocytes seen in Burkitt

A study looks at the toll of cancer on children around the world. Co-author Dr. Lisa Force of St. Jude hospital says: "An important prognostic indicator for survival is where that child is living."

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How Dr. Kenneth Davis Turned the Mount Sinai Health System Around

The neurobiologist oversaw one of the largest financial turnarounds in academic medicine.



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Tales Of Corporate Painkiller Pushing: 'The Death Rates Just Soared'

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that most new heroin addicts first became hooked on prescription painkillers, such as oxycodone, before graduating to heroin, which is cheaper.

Washington Post journalist Scott Higham says recently released evidence shows the drug industry purposely shipped big quantities of opioids to communities without regard for how they were being used.

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70 Mayors Reject Trump Food Stamp Proposal, Saying It Puts Kids At Risk

An FDA contract worker, collects food and supplies from a food pantry in Baltimore. In the face of a Trump administration proposal that could cause 3 million people to lose federal food assistance, mayors from 70 cities are pushing back.

Mayors from 70 American cities send a letter to the Trump administration, saying a plan to push millions of people out of the federal food stamp program would punish some of the country's neediest.

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Lack Of Diversity In Genetic Databases Hampers Research

Researchers in Nigeria are participating in an African effort to develop a biobank that reflects the rich genetic diversity of the continent.

Scientists around the world are working to correct a problem with genetic health information — too much of it is currently based on samples of Europeans.

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Scientists Attempt Controversial Experiment To Edit DNA In Human Sperm Using CRISPR

NPR visited the only lab in the world known to be trying to use the powerful gene-editing tool CRISPR to modify the DNA in human sperm. If successful, it could be used to prevent genetic disorders.



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Addiction Clinics Market Unproven Infusion Treatments To Desperate Patients

Clinics are selling an unproven therapy for addiction.

Some addiction treatment clinics offer IV infusions of a mix of supplements — including something known as NAD. The treatment isn't proven to work and is not FDA-approved for addiction.

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WHO Study Finds No Evidence Of Health Concerns From Microplastics In Drinking Water

A water sample taken from the Mediterranean Sea as part of a scientific study about microplastics damaging marine ecosystems, near Villefranche-Sur-Mer, on the French Riviera, France, in 2018.

The World Health Organization says that the tiny particles of plastic found everywhere in the environment do not appear to pose any significant risk to human health.

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Poll: Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Says Pain Interferes With Daily Life

According to the latest NPR-IBM Watson Health Poll exercise, including stretching and yoga, is popular among younger people as a way to relieve pain.

How do Americans experience and cope with pain that makes everyday life harder? We asked in the latest NPR-IBM Watson Health Poll.

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Naked And Unafraid: 6 Wild Facts About Naked Mole Rats

Naked mole rats are eusocial, which means they live all crowded together, in a colony underground.

Picture a hairless, wrinkly rodent about the size of a small sweet potato — kinda cool, kinda weird. They also are extraordinarily long-lived. Researchers are lining up to study their secrets.

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Subtle Differences In Brain Cells Hint at Why Many Drugs Help Mice But Not People

Astrocyte cells like these from the brain of a mouse may differ subtly from those in a human brain.

A detailed comparison of mouse and human brain tissue found differences that could help explain why mice aren't always a good model for human diseases.

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Have You Quit Smoking? NPR Wants To Hear Your Story

NPR is looking to hear from people about their experiences quitting smoking.

Tell us about how you decided it was the right time to quit, what your strategy was, and what you learned that could be useful to other people trying to ditch the habit.

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