ARCHIVE Says Home Is Where the Health Is
Peter Williams, an architect turned advocate, touts an unacknowledged connection between design and well-being.
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Your Next M.D. Might Be a PDA
Handheld sensors using specialized — and relatively cheap — biosensors may deliver an instant diagnosis of diseases, contaminated water and biological attacks.
Teaming with Technology to Fight TB and HIV
Tuberculosis and HIV are both high-profile global health scourges, but surprisingly little focus has been paid on treating them when they team up.
Predators Make Great Mosquito Repellent
The latest buzz in the eternal battle against mosquitoes, researchers identify a natural deterrent released by skeeters’ predators.
America’s Hidden Diseases
Americans living in high poverty bear the burden of more than 20 common diseases that the medical establishment largely does not monitor, diagnose or treat, studies show.
Bats Get Pre-Halloween Help
With white-nose syndrome continuing to plague North American bats, the federal government is sending some academics to the rescue.
Lifesaving Drug Praziquantel Too Expensive for Africa
Global community must step up to fight schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease as widespread as malaria, doctors say.
List of Neglected Tropical Diseases
Almost everyone in the world's "bottom billion" has at least one of a dozen or so tropical diseases that mostly ignored by Western medicine and pharmaceutical companies.
The AIDS Funding Dilemma
In the "AIDS exceptionalism" debate, emotions run high, and the options are difficult: Shift some AIDS funding to other care, or find billions in new support.
Stopping Malaria With a Chastity Belt
Unlocking a bug’s chastity belt could open doors to a targeted insecticide to provide new hope in the fight against malaria.