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Global mental health issues woefully overlooked

Health & Medicine

The United Nations has made it a goal to improve maternal and child health, but mental health issues around the world remain woefully overlooked.

High blood pressure takes increasing toll in Cambodia, developing world

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Hypertension in the Developing World: The View from Cambodia

Health & Medicine

A.D.H.D. an under- (and over-) diagnosed problem

Health & Medicine

When Caregiving Becomes Everything

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Mental Health Not Getting Enough Attention From UN

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Mental health advocates are upset that the UN is not focusing attention on mental health.

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Health Note

Living on Earth’s Jennifer Chu reports on the dangers of undergoing surgery while taking herbal medications.

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New guidelines on prostate cancer stoke controversy

Health & Medicine

Millions of American men are tested each year for prostate cancer, but the blood test used for screening isn’t completely reliable. Now the American Cancer Society says screenings may do more harm than good. What should men at risk of prostate cancer do?

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