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Some people with the sniffles turn to an Eastern European remedy to relieve symptoms

7:57am December 02, 2023

by Deena Prichep

In flu season, many turn to home remedies. From Eastern Europe, there's gogl-mogl – a milk/yolk/honey concoction both loved and dreaded. (Story first aired on Morning Edition on November 30, 2023.)

Achuar people ply the Rio Wichimi in a solar canoe. The nonprofit Kara Solar has helped fund a fleet of six sun-powered craft in hopes of benefitting the Indigenous Achuar while reducing pressure to build roads in the rainforest.

Why solar-powered canoes could be good for the future of the rainforest

7:37am December 02, 2023

by Peter Yeung

The Indigenous Achuar people in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest sail in six solar-powered canoes. And it's not just to save money on fuel — the trees of the rainforest will benefit too.

A man wearing an Israeli flag looks toward ambulances outside a hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, on Nov. 24.

Some Israeli hostages are coming home. What will their road to recovery look like?

7:01am December 02, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Dozens of women and kids held hostage by Hamas for nearly two months returned home to Israel this week. Experts say reacclimating is a process — and there are ways professionals and parents can help.

When Sarah Barak, standing here outside her Seattle home, needed an operation for her injured thumb, her surgeon gave her unsolicited advice to lose weight. People with larger bodies often report that when they go to the doctor, their problems are ignored or written off as an inevitable result of their weight.

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Some doctors are ditching the scale, saying focusing on weight drives misdiagnoses

7:00am December 02, 2023

by Eilis O'Neill

A growing number of doctors have stopped recommending weight loss when they see patients, arguing that it can be counterproductive.

Avoid cantaloupe unless you know its origins, CDC warns amid salmonella outbreak

2:19pm December 01, 2023

by Emily Olson

At least 117 people in 34 states have gotten sick from salmonella infections. U.S. health officials believe two brands of cantaloupe — and dozens of fruit cups and medleys — may have been the cause.

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Medicaid expansion will boost rural hospitals and communities, NCDHHS Secretary Kinsley says

2:14pm December 01, 2023

by Paul Garber

North Carolina’s Medicaid Expansion began Friday, adding an estimated 600,000 people to the rolls. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley spoke to WFDD’s Paul Garber about what the expansion will mean for rural hospitals.

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A child from the Mbendjele people, a hunter-gatherer community that lives in the northern rainforests of the Republic of Congo. A new study found that children in this society have on average 8 caregivers in addition to the mother to provide hands-on attention.

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Bringing up a baby can be a tough and lonely job. Here's a solution: alloparents

10:27am December 01, 2023

by Michaeleen Doucleff

"Allo" is Greek for "other." Alloparents are helpful relatives and neighbors. In a study from Congo, babies had 8 alloparents on average. Perhaps the self-reliant nuclear family is a societal misstep.

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Many dog owners are worried about reports of a mysterious respiratory illness affecting dogs.

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Veterinarians say fears about 'mystery' dog illness may be overblown. Here's why

8:23am December 01, 2023

by Will Stone

Reports of an "outbreak" of some as yet unidentified canine respiratory illness are scaring dog owners. But veterinarians and researchers aren't panicking.

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On World AIDS Day, we hear from a man who's spent 40 years caring for people with HIV

8:10am December 01, 2023

In this week's StoryCorps, a conversation with Joseph Rogers Britton, a caregiver who has been working with AIDS patients for four decades.

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As of Dec. 1, North Carolina becomes the latest state to fully expand Medicaid

5:09am December 01, 2023

by Jason deBruyn

Around 600,000 people in the state will now have access to low-cost health insurance. The change will particularly benefit people in poor, rural areas.