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Pamela Appea

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Pamela Appea’s Biography

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Pamela Appea is the founder of Health Nation, a local online news media company for health, science and climate change journalism. She is a long-time New York City-based journalist.

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Biomarker test improves Alzheimer's diagnostic accuracy-should you or your loved one get screened...

Biomarker test improves Alzheimer's diagnostic accuracy-should you or your loved one get screened...

A blood biomarker test for Alzheimer's disease was approved by the Food and Drug Administration well over a y…

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Opinion: Wildfires make this terrible disease even scarier | CNN

Opinion: Wildfires make this terrible disease even scarier | CNN

Asthma claimed the life of Pamela Appea's mother and has sickened her kids. For her family, smoke from Canada…

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Moms Say These Are the Best Pickles for Kicking Pregnancy Cravings

Moms Say These Are the Best Pickles for Kicking Pregnancy Cravings

Moms on the What to Expect Community just had "the most pregnant thread ever" - and it was about (what else?)…

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Week 32 of Your Pregnancy

Week 32 of Your Pregnancy

It's week 32 of your pregnancy. Your unborn baby is growing faster than ever. All major organs (except for th…

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Pregnancy Week 30

Pregnancy Week 30

It's week 30 of your pregnancy and your unborn baby is growing fast. Learn all about their development this w…

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Biomarker test improves Alzheimer's diagnostic accuracy—should you or your loved one get screened?

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Financial Screenings for People with Cancer

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By Pamela Appea
| Cancer Today Verified
HANDLING THE HIGH COSTS of treatment and other medical expenses, sometimes called financial toxicity, is a common problem faced by cancer patients. But there is no consensus among physicians and researchers on best practices for screening patients for vulnerability to financial toxicity. How patients would like to see such screening was the question behind a study published Sept. 17 in the Journal of Oncology Practices.
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Uncertainty Over Presidential Election Worries Climate-Impacted Immigrants

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By Pamela Appea
| NYCity News Service
Malado Barro, an immigrant from Mali who lives in New York, has experienced the impact of climate change first hand. As a child living in the city of Sikasso, she helped her father, a farmer, who needed water to take care of his land and livestock on a daily basis. For Barro, getting water for the family’s agricultural needs was incredibly challenging particularly because of severe drought during those years.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I did a number of internships, including The Washington Center for Politics and Journalism at The Chicago Tribune's Washington, D.C. bureau.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, a long time ago.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Not sure. When I was a child, I watched re-runs of the Mary Tyler Moore's TV Show. Must binge re-watch the series to see how it holds up.