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Teens Trained to Spot Drama Before It Turns Dangerous -- CNN

June 28, 2013 -- Emanuella Grinberg reports: "Questions about what could've been done differently arose recently in...communities where teen dating violence and sexual assault drew national attention...[and] revived discussion around the importance of bystander education...School violence prevention programs typically focus on risk-reduction by teaching girls not to be victims… Read more

China-Africa: When the Drugs Don't Work, but Just Make It Worse -- Think Africa Press December 11, 2012
James Wan reports: "On a continent where millions die each year from treatable diseases, demand for cheap drugs is high. But...these products also sometimes suffer from quality issues. Whether they contain impurities, were stored incorrectly, or have the wrong amount of active ingredient, the result…
Is Health Insurance an Antidepressant? -- Boston Sunday Globe December 11, 2012
Leon Neyfakh reports: "Data from a pioneering Medicaid program in Oregon suggest that expanding health coverage hasn't saved the state any money...[and] that, after two years, having Medicaid has done little to improve people's physical health. But the Oregon data have revealed...[that] people with access…
Government Renews Focus on Polio Eradication After VDPV Case -- The Hindu, India December 11, 2012
Aarti Dhar reports: "The Indian Council of Medical Research [is reworking]...a strategy to ensure eradication of wild poliovirus and minimise the risk of emergence and circulation of Vaccine-Derived Polio Virus (VDPV) in the country...VDPVs are extremely rare and detected in children with immunodeficiency or in…
Baby Boomers Should Be Tested for Hepatitis C, Task Force Says -- The Wall Street Journal, New York December 11, 2012
Joseph Walker reports: "Physicians should offer hepatitis-C testing to all U.S. baby boomers...The recommendation...represents a turnaround for the [U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which]...issued draft guidance in November saying there was inadequate evidence proving the benefit of screening baby boomers for hepatitis C...the new federal…