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These Doctors Fought the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to Treat Addiction–With Drugs
These Doctors Fought the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to Treat Addiction–With Drugs

These Doctors Fought the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to Treat Addiction–With Drugs

After years of disappointing results in her quest to treat heroin addiction, Marie Nyswander was more than ready to try something new. When she met a prominent doctor at the prestigious Rockefeller Institute, now the Rockefeller University, the two embarked on an experiment that would define both of their careers and revolutionize the treatment of addiction for decades to come. But not everyone was happy about it. [New to this season of the Lost Women of Science? Listen to Episode One here first…

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How a nutritionist in Kenya fought for women’s health
How a nutritionist in Kenya fought for women’s health

How a nutritionist in Kenya fought for women’s health

Susan Onyango is a nutritionist working at the Marindi Sub County Hospital in Homa Bay County, western Kenya, where some 2500 people living with HIV regularly seek care. Among her patients and especially among women, she started to see a trend from undernutrition to overweight and obesity, often caused by an unbalanced diet. Venturing into the surrounding communities, she discovered most women were unaware that an unhealthy diet, overweight and obesity are major risk factors for hypertension, heart disease and…

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