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Health equity
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Uncovering the real drivers of obesity in young people
It’s great that the rapid rise in youth obesity since the 1980s has started to level off. But there’s an…
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Personal story helps illustrate physiological effects of stress
The idea that chronic stress can change how your body and brain work fascinated Dan Gorenstein, a radio reporter at…
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U.S., Canadian health care systems share some challenges
Lieberman recently returned from a monthlong visit to Canada as a Fulbright Senior Specialist. She lectured on the American health…
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Trend watch 2014: Housing as health care
“For many patients, a prescription for housing or food is the most powerful one that a physician could write, with…
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Keep in mind unintended consequences of price transparency
It’s always a good idea for reporters to think about unintended consequences, especially when we’re talking about the latest, trendiest…
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Eating healthy: Prohibitively expensive or surprisingly cheap?
The highest rates of obesity in the U.S. occur among population groups with the highest poverty rates. This apparent paradox…
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Reporter shares how to integrate effects of social determinants in health stories
It’s easy to blame disadvantaged people for engaging in behaviors that put them at risk for developing diabetes. Rhiannon Meyers,…
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Series on income inequality explores the health consequences
The greatest public health problem is not heart disease. It’s not cancer. And it’s not mental health. It’s inequality. That’s…
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Social inequality: A blind spot for health reporters
Dozens of news stories over the past year have reported on the disturbing data showing that Americans are dying younger…
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Levey: Reporters can change health care debate by telling communities’ stories
Journalists can do better educating the public about Health Policy and our system of health care, according to Noam Levey,…