AltWeeklies Wire
Bond of Brothersnew
A first-person account of how schizophrenia has defined our relationship, for good and bad.
Chico News & Review |
Ken Smith |
01-12-2012 |
Health
Stubborn, Wide-Spread HIV in San Antonionew
When the Texas Department of State Health Services released updates to their 2010 study on HIV/AIDS just before Christmas last year, something seemed amiss.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
01-11-2012 |
Health
Illness and Ignorancenew
Tucson-area mental-health services these days are trying to do more with less in funding.
Tucson Weekly |
Brian J. Pedersen |
01-04-2012 |
Health
Hundreds of Mentally Ill Stranded in Texas Jailsnew
Defendants in Texas with severe mental illness land in the criminal justice system where they're forced to languish for months behind bars while an overburdened state hospital system struggles to find room.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
01-04-2012 |
Health
How to Avoid Chiggersnew
If you have lived in the South long enough, some old coot has probably told you that the best way to treat chigger bites is by applying fingernail polish to your skin. He probably also told you that chiggers burrow into your skin to suck your blood and that the polish suffocates them.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
01-02-2012 |
Health
Unbalanced Dietnew
Residents of North Charleston's poorest neighborhoods have easy access to junk food, but not fresh fruit and veggies.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
12-15-2011 |
Poverty
No Cannabis for the Sick and Dyingnew
Fifteen years after Prop 215, the people who need medical marijuana the most have the hardest time getting it.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-06-2011 |
Health
Going Viralnew
A 2010 tuberculosis outbreak highlights the shocking failure of a Florida Health Department to contain the crisis or warn the public.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
12-06-2011 |
Health
Indiana Makes Strides Against AIDSnew
The scourge of HIV/AIDS is 100 percent preventable by keeping in mind some simple words of wisdom from local infectious disease specialist Bobbi Delon:
"If it's wet and it's not yours, don't touch it without protection."
To fight AIDS, we must fight its stigmanew
Building acceptance by society and self will help defeat disease.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Craig Washington |
11-30-2011 |
Health
Junkienew
Attempts to prevent drug use paint addicts as monsters. Guess who then hides their addiction?
Reno News & Review |
Devin Hansrote |
11-21-2011 |
Health
The Shocking Origins of America's Deadly Drug Shortagesnew
By now, most of us are aware that our health care system has been compromised yet again. This time it's a crisis born of a seemingly never-ending number of unexplained drug shortages.
Boulder Weekly |
Jefferson Dodge and Joel Dyer |
11-17-2011 |
Health
Healthy Inputnew
Group wants you to help construct the state's 'one-stop shop for health insurance.'
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
11-17-2011 |
Health
No Guts, No Glorynew
A Cleveland-area woman's routine colonoscopy leads to a marathon of misery
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
11-16-2011 |
Health
Tags: Health, colonoscopy complications
Runaway Growthnew
Forty years into the "War on Cancer," casualties are mounting -- and we still don't know what motivates the enemy.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
11-08-2011 |
Health
