Outsourcing PregnancyApril 4, 2016 |
A visit to India’s surrogacy clinics. Julie Bindel, a strident opponent of surrogacy, travelled to India to find out more about a practice worth an estimated £690m a year on the subcontinent
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Soil Could Cause Lead Levels to Rise in Flint KidsApril 1, 2016 |
The level of lead in the blood of children in Flint probably will rise over the next few months, not because of continued problems with the city’s drinking water supply, but because of high levels of lead in the soil — especially in the city’s oldest and densest areas
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Baltimore’s Urban Deindustrialization & HealthMarch 3, 2016 |
After attending a lecture on deindustrialization in Baltimore (one of six in a series), our Peter Young reflects on the issues raised related to race, justice, and health
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Listen Now: As cases of the Zika virus continue to rise throughout Latin America, moral and ethical conversations are being had about women’s reproductive health, medicine, and resources available to babies suffering from microcephaly–a developmental disorder that’s being linked to Zika. Ruth Faden joins us to talk about the intersection of public health and ethics.
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The Countries Where People Go for Medical TourismFebruary 3, 2016 |
Have you ever been to Mosonmagyarovar? Thought of visiting Sopron? They’re two of Hungary’s hot new tourist destinations — but not for the scenery or the food. Hungary has more dentists per capita than any other country, and Mosonmagyarovar and Sopron have the highest concentration of dental clinics of any city
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Can Citizen Science Empower Disenfranchised Communities?January 27, 2016 |
Flint, Michigan residents couldn’t get answers about their water – so they did their own research. Andrew Maynard on citizens setting the science agenda
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In the last 18 months, Africa’s healthcare system and issues have come under the spotlight due the world’s worst Ebola outbreak. According to the World Health Organization, the virus has led to the deaths of around 11,000 people but Africa has an even more rampant disease with which it continues to contend: malaria
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Ever wondered how a few companies — namely Coca-Cola and PepsiCo — created multibillion-dollar empires marketing flavored sugar water? Nutrition scholar Marion Nestle, one of the most dogged chroniclers of the U.S. food industry and its politics, did. She was intrigued by the power of Big Soda and how it’s responding to flat sales in the US
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