NYC Doctors Are Now Prescribing Fruits And Veggies Plus 4 More Stories

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The Salt NYC Doctors Are Now Prescribing Fruits And Veggies Under a program at two New York City hospitals, doctors are prescribing fresh produce to obese or overweight patients. It's part of an effort to connect low-income patients with healthful foods at local farmers markets. Read this story Shots - Health News Staying Healthy May Mean Learning To Love Our Microbiomes Scientists are investigating the microscopic world that lives in and on our bodies. It's becoming clear that these tiny companions play a much more complex and important role in human health than thought. But we don't yet know enough about the microbiome to use it to prevent and treat disease. Read this story The Two-Way UPDATE: 'Grandma Drummer' Revealed In La Crosse, Wis., a woman only known as "Mary" drops into a drum shop every two months or so, sits down at a kit and starts wailing. Now a video of her in action is going viral. Read this story It's All Politics Obama Explains Black America To White America President Obama did something no other holder of his office has ever had the life experience to do: As the first African-American president, he used the bully pulpit to explain black America to white America. Read this story Code Switch How To Fight Racial Bias When It's Silent And Subtle New research suggests that racial disparities and other biased outcomes in medicine, the criminal justice system, and other areas, can be explained by unconscious attitudes and stereotypes. But how do we get rid of subtle racial biases? Read this story

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