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<p>When HIV/AIDS was thought of as a White, gay disease, it was often the suffering of Black patients that helped the world realize that it could affect anyone. Today, African-Americans remain the racial group most acutely affected by the epidemic.</p>
<div><p>Learn about the impact that the health reform is expected to have on the the millions of Latinos who don't have health insurance. (Article in Spanish)</p></div>
<p>There was a time when menopausal hormone therapy was seen as a near-panacea for the ills of the aging woman. That was before Marcia Stefanick and her Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) colleagues put the theory to the test and upended the medical world.</p>
<p>It’s difficult to deal with any kind of illness when it hits. But when it affects your emotional and psychological health, it’s often impossible to even describe.</p>
<p>Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation, and University of Washington scientists say an inexpensive laboratory test can spot many cases of autistic spectrum disorder [ASD] in many cases, which should lead to earlier intervention and treatment.</p>
<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">For months, Thuy Thanh Nguyen could not sleep. The refugee from the Vietnam War </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">and a communist gulag would cry for hours, snap at her husband and children, and throw things at them.</span></p>
Journalist Kate Long explores West Virginia's epidemics of chronic disease and obesity and the efforts to prevent them in an ongoing series called "The Shape We're In."
<p>A federally-funded health center, Cabin Creek Health Systems accepts patients whether they can pay or not. Freida Smith is one of their 14,000 patients.</p>
<div class="node-body"><div class="node-body"><div class="node-body"><div class="node-body"><div class="node-body"><div class="node-body"><div class="node-body"><p>Three years ago, when West Virginia was leading the nation in diabetes, the American Diabetes Association shut down its West Virginia office.</p><div>Now, officials have decided to bring the organization back to West Virginia.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
