Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed
Each week, Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½Ò•îl Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. Today's selections are on decongestants, food as medicine, aging, South Korea's medical crisis, and more.
Experts say a popular decongestant doesn’t work, and the relevant data is limited. Yet the drug remains on the market. (Smith, 4/15)
Prescribing produce, crafting meals: More medical schools are teaching students how to cook and use food as a tool for treating patients. (Severson, 4/10)
New tools tailored for use in senior living communities allow for shared experiences and social bonding. (Locke, 4/15)
Jack Alston was used to migraines, but after two concussions in middle school, he was stuck with a headache that wouldn't go away. (Breen, 4/11)
Despite being one of the wealthiest countries in Asia, South Korea has a buckling emergency-care system. A chronic shortage of E.R. doctors, fewer legal protections for physicians than in other rich nations and a quirk in the emergency response system — paramedics must wait for hospital permission before transporting a patient to an E.R. — have led to delays that can be fatal. (Young, 4/12)
