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Speed Up Wound-healing With Expressive Writing
How writing about your own emotional events can speed up wound healing after an injury.

The Lifesaving Drug You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
How using an old drug could stop thousands of women bleeding to death after childbirth

Challenge to Arkansas’ Lethal Injection Drug
The rush to execute prisoners in Arkansas before lethal injection drug passes use by date

El Nino Shifts Cholera Outbreaks in Africa
How the weather phenomenon El Nino influences where in Africa cholera outbreaks occur

The Game Encouraging Medics to not use Jargon
The card game challenging medics to stop using jargon words and simplify their language

What Does Rest Really Mean?
Doctors prescribe it for recovery – but for some “resting” might involve boxing or music

Who is Best Suited to a Move to the Red Planet?
What are the qualities required from those who want to travel to Mars?

The ‘Weaponisation’ of Healthcare in Syria
New report: Healthcare in Syria is being used as a weapon on an unprecedented scale

Can Gas Stoves Cut Indoor Air Pollution?
Replacing smoky cook stoves with gas - to improve the health of women and babies.

Global Campaign to Protect Women’s Reproductive Rights
‘She Decides’- a coalition against USA’s global family planning funding cuts