The Asian Pacific American community includes more than 100 languages/dialects and some 45 different ethnic subgroups, complicating the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
Counterfeit pills, direct primary care, bogus health food claims, drug-industry science and more from our Daily Briefing.
At this month's AHCJ convention, blogger Sonya Collins tells us "speaker after speaker reminded us that we medical journalists shouldn’t lead with the numbers that quantify the reach of a disease or its cost to taxpayers. We should lead with the face of someone who lives with that condition. Show our readers that she’s just like them."
She goes on to give a wonderful example of how stigma can be reduced through good storytelling.
But what if the stigma begins in part with journalists?
How can journalists work better with patients to tell their stories? Here's advice from one experienced patient.
For people living with HIV or AIDS, nutrition is a key component of any treatment plan. But living in neighborhoods where healthy food options are few and far between can make it difficult to eat healthy.
How do you sort through the cacophony of health conversations taking place on Twitter? Healthcare hashtags can help.
Drug abuse, genetic disease clusters, mammography, comparison hospital shopping and more from our Daily Briefing.
One in six of Logan County's 36,700 residents is a diabetic, according to the Centers for Disease Control, and there are many more who don't know they have it.
For four hours, Bill Hall used to lie on a padded vinyl recliner, one arm stretched out, two thick needles sticking out of it. One needle drained the blood from his body. The other put it back.
Think about this: More than 200,000 West Virginians have contracted a disease that kills people. About 69,000 of them don't know they have it.
