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The Options and Obstacles to Treating Heroin Addiction
by PBS June 8, 2016Five years ago, 6 percent of the people who entered the Staten Island YMCA’s substance abuse treatment program were addicted to heroin. Today, it’s 30 percent. “The largest percentage of people that come to us, the substance that they’re most often using is heroin,” says the program’s executive director, Jacqueline Filis. “It was a slow […]
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HeartNews
A Transplanted Uterus Offers Hope, But Procedure Stirs Debate
by explainingmedicine June 8, 2016Cleveland Clinic surgeons in February transplanted a uterus from a deceased donor into 26-year-old Lindsey McFarland, who was born without one. Though the experimental surgery was initially thought successful, a raging infection forced removal of the organ within weeks. Cleveland Clinic hide caption toggle caption Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic surgeons in February transplanted a uterus […]
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A Med Student Decides To Be Upfront About Her Mental Issues
by explainingmedicine June 8, 2016i Giselle is pursuing a career in family medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. For her, hiding her problems with anxiety and depression was not an option. Amanda Aronczyk/WNYC hide caption toggle caption Amanda Aronczyk/WNYC Giselle is pursuing a career in family medicine at the University of Wisconsin School […]
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Guess Which Woman Is Having A Heart Attack (Hint: You Can’t)
by explainingmedicine June 8, 2016Three months ago I had a heart attack. And since the symptoms of a heart attack are different for women, and since the kind I had can strike young people with no markers of heart disease, I’ve decided to tell my story. And because I love to name drop, I’ll do some of that along […]
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Families Isolated By Rare Genetic Conditions Find New Ways To Reach Out
by explainingmedicine June 8, 2016Shortly after Milo Lorentzen was born, nurses whisked him away to the neonatal intensive care unit for low blood sugar and jaundice. An exam then found a cluster of irregularities, including a cleft palate and a hole in his heart. The staff called in a geneticist, who issued a misdiagnosis — the first frustrating episode […]
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HeartNews
Federal Standard May Be Thwarting Some Liver Transplant Patients
by explainingmedicine June 8, 2016For the roughly 15,000 people who need a liver transplant, it’s a waiting game. With demand for donated livers far outstripping supply, patients may spend months or years on a transplant waitlist, their position in the line gradually improving as they get sicker. A recent study suggests that this system may be changing but not […]
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Scientists Seek Genetic Clues To Asthma’s Toll On Black Children
by explainingmedicine June 8, 2016Zunika Crenshaw cringes as a tire swing whips her children around in circles just a little too fast. It’s a sunny afternoon in the park, in Pleasanton, Calif. As her children play, she keeps a close watch on their breathing. She says asthma is in her genes. “You have a family, a person who has […]