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When the health concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered Americans is discussed, the first thought to flash across most minds is HIV/AIDS. But health care is health care. On this week’s Health Show, we’ll take a long look at the health care concerns of the LGBT community. We’ll also hear about new research that suggests vitamins could reduce your chance of noise related hearing loss...and we’ll find out about a success story in treating the problem of Malaria in the southeast Asian country of Myanmar.
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L G B T HEALTH
LGBT health care...it sounds like the name of a new downtown clinic. Actually, we’re talking about the health concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans gendered Americans. While the LGBT community shares the same health care concerns as all Americans, they face added pressures from lack of communication to not being able to get health insurance at any price. Here to talk about these concerns is Rebecca Fox, the National Director of the National Coalition for LGBT Health. Even though there are some special needs, when we talk about LGBT health we’re really just talking about regular health care.
Vitamins & Hearing Loss
Researchers have discovered that a particular cocktail of vitamins – when mixed with magnesium – may actually prevent noise-induced hearing loss. Here’s Andi McDonnell with more.
Fighting Malaria In Myanmar
According to the World Health Organization, malaria, along with AIDS, are the two most devastating global health problems of our time. Together they cause more than four million deaths a year. They are both diseases of poverty. However a preeminent malaria specialist insists the overall effect of Malaria is greater than that of AIDS, saying that since HIV/AIDS has hit the developed world there is more of a rush to find better treatment. But there have been success stories in the fight against Malaria. Radio Netherlands’ Marnie Chesterton reports.
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