Doctor Outlines West's Role in India's 'Brain Drain' November 30, 2007 • Fitzhugh Mullan, a professor of health policy and pediatrics at George Washington University, says the West undertrains doctors and nurses, creating a vacuum — "an irresistibly appealing vacuum to ambitious, well-trained people in the developing world," including India. Doctor Outlines West's Role in India's 'Brain Drain' Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16783065/16783036" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Globalizing Health Care India's Doctors Returning Home November 30, 2007 • No other country has exported as many physicians as India. But the needs of India's growing middle class are luring doctors back. They're trading their lucrative U.S. incomes for a chance to reunite with family and build India's medical system. India's Doctors Returning Home Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16774871/16783035" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Globalizing Health Care Medical Tourism Creates Thai Doctor Shortage November 29, 2007 • Millions of people go to Bangkok for medical care. These medical tourists, who get everything from face-lifts to heart-bypass operations, have helped boost the Thai economy. But doctors are so busy, Thais are having trouble getting care. Medical Tourism Creates Thai Doctor Shortage Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16735157/16747689" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Into the Heart of India's Underground Bone Trade November 29, 2007 • Many bones used for medical purposes in the United States and Europe were originally stolen from graves in Calcutta, India. Despite changes in laws, the bone trade is going strong. Into the Heart of India's Underground Bone Trade Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16678816/16736085" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Report: Global AIDS Estimates Revised Downward November 20, 2007 • The United Nations' AIDS agency announces a drop in its estimates of the number of people who are infected with the AIDS virus around the world. Report: Global AIDS Estimates Revised Downward Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16466268/16466258" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Globalizing Health Care Globalizing Health Care: Series Overview November 14, 2007 • In a series of stories during November, NPR's All Things Considered examines the new globalization of health care. Here, a series overview.
Globalizing Health Care November 14, 2007 • Medicine is changing around the world. People are traveling far from their homelands to get health care. And by some estimates, as many as a half million Americans are seeking health care abroad at a better price. A look at the new globalization of health care.
Globalizing Health Care Q&A: Preparing for a Surgery Abroad November 14, 2007 • Faced with rising health-care costs, more Americans are digging out their passports. But there's no easy way to find reliable, independent information on foreign hospitals and physicians. So if you are considering a surgery abroad, what do you need to know?
Research News Doubts About Haiti and the Spread of HIV/AIDS November 12, 2007 • Dr. Warren Johnson wrote the first papers describing HIV/AIDS in Haiti. He talks about problems he sees with new research that points to Haiti as the first stop for the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Doubts About Haiti and the Spread of HIV/AIDS Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16223498/16223487" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Research News Tracking the Evolution of HIV/AIDS November 12, 2007 • HIV/AIDS researchers say they've discovered that the spread of the disease goes back years farther than once believed. Evolutionary biologist Mike Worobeywho discusses the research. Tracking the Evolution of HIV/AIDS Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16223495/16223486" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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New and Old Ways to Make Flu Vaccines November 8, 2007 • Chances are, the vaccine for annual flu shots was made in the small Pennsylvania town of Swiftwater. It is home to the biggest flu vaccine plant in the country. New and Old Ways to Make Flu Vaccines Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16105360/16104195" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Globalizing Health Care India's Middle Class Gets Brand-Name Health Care November 7, 2007 • Medicine is changing around the world as incomes and expectations rise. Leading U.S. institutions, like Harvard, are at the forefront of a global health care movement, striking up partnerships overseas. India's Middle Class Gets Brand-Name Health Care Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16077448/16088911" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Race Black, White and Gray: Transracial Adoption November 7, 2007 • Last week, French aid workers were arrested in Chad for attempting to remove more than 100 children for placement in Europe. Lisa Marie Rollins, founder of Adopted and Fostered Adults of the African Diaspora, wrestles with so-called baby lifting and transracial adoption. Black, White and Gray: Transracial Adoption Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/16066862/16066828" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Research News Neuroscientists Focus on Autism November 5, 2007 • Brain researchers are experimenting with a new approach to treating autism. It involves stimulating brain cells called mirror neurons. Those neurons are thought to allow people to imitate and empathize. But in people with autism, they don't work the way they're supposed to. Neuroscientists Focus on Autism Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15994964/15994225" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Seeking Solutions to Improve Global Health October 26, 2007 • In a recent issue of PLOS Medicine, the journal solicited suggestions from the world's leading public health advocates about the best ways to solve health problems around the world. They also asked people living in extreme poverty to weigh in on the most effective ways to improve health in poor areas. Seeking Solutions to Improve Global Health Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15667128/15667124" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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