Thank HN: You helped save 33k lives
1042 points by chaseadam17 | 104 comments
Watsi's founder thanks Hacker News, reflecting on 13 years of the YC nonprofit funding 33,241 surgeries and on founder burnout.
#global-health on Hacker News
4 stories tagged global-health, newest first.
Type 2 Diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar beverages(nature.com)
337 points by tchalla | 279 comments
Open-access Nature Medicine article estimating the burden of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages across 184 countries.
First malaria vaccine reduces early childhood mortality(science.org)
340 points by rbanffy | 110 comments
Science news article reporting a large analysis showing the RTS,S malaria vaccine cut toddler deaths in Africa by 13%.
Turmeric’s unexpected link to lead poisoning in Bangladesh(stanmed.stanford.edu)
370 points by coopernewby | 171 comments
Stanford Medicine Magazine article on how Stanford researchers traced lead poisoning in Bangladesh to lead chromate added to turmeric by spice sellers.