 |
|
1996
DECEMBER
December 30, 1996
Good
Medicine?
The Federal government announced its intentions to prosecute or
revoke the licenses of doctors who prescribe marijuana.
|
|
 |
|
December 18, 1996
Newsmaker:
FDA Commissioner Dr. David Kessler
The flu and the vaccine designed to fight
it. |
|
|
|
December 17, 1996
Pressing
Risk
Is unpasteurized juice safe to drink? That's the question behind some
Food & Drug Administration hearings in Washington this week. |
|
|
|
December 17,
1996
AIDS
"Action Plan"
President Clinton announced a new national strategy to reduce
the impact of the AIDS virus. Critics say the report is too vague, while the administration
responds that the plan will provide more access to treatment and will push doctors
to develop new drugs. |
|
|
|
December 12, 1996
Transplant
Controversy
Federal health officials are considering a new policy that would
change how liver transplant recipients are selected. Chronic patients believe
they will be big losers. |
|
|
|
December 5, 1996
Forum: A Profit Motive in Health Care
HMOs are proliferating, and for-profit hospitals are becoming the dominant health care force for entire regions. When all facets of the system are in the hands of a single company, is health care quality at risk? Pose your questions to our two forum participants. |
 |
|
|
|
|
NOVEMBER
November 28, 1996
Denying
Care
There is a California proposal to cut off state-funded assistance to
prenatal care for illegal immigrants. |
|
|
|
November 25, 1996
Progress
On Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is the second most deadly cancer for men
in this country. Doctors have grappled with questions about the causes of prostate
cancer for years. But now researchers think they are finding at least some answers.
|
|
|
|
November 21, 1996
AIDS
Vaccine Progress?
An update on the search for a vaccine to fight AIDS. |
|
|
|
November 14, 1996
Cancer
In Retreat
Cancer death rates have dropped three percent since 1990, that's
15,000 fewer Americans succumbing to the disease every year. |
|
|
|
November 7,
1996
Decriminalized
Marijuana
A new debate has been sparked after propositions passed in Arizona
and California that allow the purchase and use of marijuana for medical reasons.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OCTOBER
October 18, 1996
Virus
Vs. Cancer
A virus related to the common cold may arm soldiers in the war
against cancer. |
|
|
|
October 8, 1996
HMO
Regulation
Two propositions for stricter regulations of HMO's are on the ballot
in California. |
|
|
|
October 8, 1996
Issue
And Debate: Medicare
Mention Medicare, and political battles erupt spontaneously.
But the issue is more complicated than either side makes it out to be. |
|
|
|
|
|
SEPTEMBER
September 19, 1996
Abortion
In A Bottle
The FDA has tentatively approved U.S. sales of the French abortion
drug, RU486, although doctors are still debating the possibility of dangerous
side effects. |
|
|
|
September 17, 1996
Don't
Eat That!
The diet police have struck again. Elizabeth Farnsworth reports
on the American Cancer Society's new dietary guidlines, which contain a lot of
things we knew already, and some things we didn't. |
|
|
|
September 17, 1996
The
Damage Done
Heroin, once again, is on the rise. Experts blame the aura of
glamour, of creative energy, that has been traditionally attached to the drug.
|
|
|
|
September 16, 1996
Forum: Emergency Birth Control
Should "morning after" pills be available without a prescription? |
|
|
|
September 9, 1996
The Morning After
Richard Rodriguez explores the pains--and prospects--of those with AIDS. |
|
|
|
September 4, 1996
Laying
Blame
The worrisome report on rising drug use has begun to make waves on Capitol
Hill. |
|
|
|
|
|
AUGUST
August 23, 1996
Smoke
Screening
President Clinton introduced new and tougher regulations affecting
the sale and promotion of tobacco, including its classification as a drug.
Dr. David Kessler, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, explains
the reasoning behind these laws that he helped to devise,
following a background report by Kwame Holman. |
|
|
|
August 21, 1996
Coverage
To Go
President Clinton changed health coverage for millions when he put his
name to The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act at a signing ceremony
at the White House. The bill will allow Americans to retain their health insurance
benefits as they move from job to job. |
|
|
|
August 20, 1996
Not
Saying No
A new report counts that drug use among 12-17 year olds has doubled
since 1992. After a backgrounder,
Margaret Warner talks with drug
czar Barry McCaffrey. Following Elizabeth Farnsworth's discussion
with two experts on the depth of the problem, Gen.
McCaffrey returns with a reaction. |
|
|
|
|
|
JULY
July 17, 1996
Forum: New Hope, Tough Questions
Major advances in the fight against AIDS are on the horizon, but will the new drugs be prohibitively expensive? |
|
|
|
July 11, 1996
Fit For Life
A report released extols the virtues of exercise for those who want a long and healthy life. |
|
|
|
July 10, 1996
Cautious
Optimism
At a meeting at the 11th International Conference on AIDS in Vancouver,
Canada, researchers released several reports detailing promising treatments to
reduce the amount of HIV in people infected with the disease. |
|
|
|
July 9, 1996
Taming
The Jungle
An outdated inspection system that has protected the nation's meat
supply since 1906 will soon be replaced with modern, scienctific methods. |
|
|
|
July 3, 1996
Insuring
Alternatives
Looking at the growing pains of alternative medicine in Washington
State. |
|
|
|
|
|
JUNE
June 5, 1996
Condition
Critical: Reforming Medicare
The Medicare Trust Fund trustees warned in their
annual report that the entitlement system would be bankrupt by the year 2001,
one year earlier than their last projection. |
|
|
|
|
|
MAY
May 30, 1996
Breasts
Implants Update
An update on the lawsuits filed against breast implant manufacturers.
|
|
|
|
May 29, 1996
Controversial
Contraception
A report on problems a number of women have experienced using
the Norplant birth control device. |
|
|
|
May 24, 1996
Gulf
War Mystery
It's been five years since the War in the Persian Gulf and researchers
are still trying to determine the cause of illnesses afflicting those veterans,
the so-called Gulf War Syndrome. |
|
|
|
May 24, 1996
Forum: The State of Our System
Author Haynes Johnson on the health care debate in 1994. |
|
|
|
May 20, 1996
Foreign
Doctors
A report on the place, or lack thereof, for foreign doctors in the
American health care system. |
|
|
|
May 9, 1996
Of
Sound Mind And Body
One of the major differences between the Senate and House
versions of health insurance reform is a provision to provide equal coverage for
physical and mental illnesses. |
|
|
|
|
|
APRIL
April 26, 1996
Forum: Chernobyl and the World's Responsibilty
The Deputy Director of the Office of International Health Studies looks at the fallout from the worst nuclear disaster in human history. |
|
|
|
April 23, 1996
Patenting Knowledge
A report on the effect that patents of medical techniques is having on that profession. |
|
|
|
April 23, 1996
Health
Insurance Reform
The Senate voted 100 to nothing to make health insurance
more accessible for workers who lose or switch jobs, but that's not the end of
the debate on this issue. |
|
|
|
April 11, 1996
Need
For Change?
In Arizona, as in other states around the country, a debate is
underway on whether managed care organizations need more regulation. |
|
|
|
April 11, 1996
Regulating
Health Care
Elizabeth Farnsworth is joined by a panel of residents, legislators
and health care managers and lobbyists to discuss the attempts to regulate health
care in Arizona. |
|
|
|
April 10, 1996
Quality
Of Care
An estimated 100 million Americans now receive medical treatment through
managed care plans. Arizona has a particularly high rate of participation. Elizabeth
Farnsworth interviews a panel of doctors at the Good Samaritan Regional Medical
Center in Phoenix on how the changing system is affecting them. |
|
|
|
April 9, 1996
Barriers
To Reform
A report on Washington State's difficulties in extending health
care benefits while keeping premiums affordable for individuals. |
|
|
|
April 8, 1996
Medical
Ethics
In the past six weeks, two federal appeals courts, in California and
New York, have struck down state laws against doctor-assisted suicides, though
they based their decisions on different constitutional grounds. Both states have
vowed to appeal the rulings to the U.S. Supreme Court. |
|
|
|
April 8, 1996
Changing
Times
The first in a NewsHour series looking at various efforts to control
the skyrocketing costs of health care and the impact they're having on providers
and patients alike. |
|
|
|
April 2, 1996
Medical
Merger
In what is possibly the most significant merger of health care interests
in American history, Aetna Life announced its purchase of U.S. Healthcare for
$8.8 billion. |
|
|
|
April 1, 1996
The
Business Of Aids
The disease now affects more than 100,000 Americans, a group
that is increasingly viewed as a lucrative market for some businesses. |
|
|
|
April 1, 1996
Forum: The Tobacco Industry
Rep. Henry Waxman on the tobacco industry. |
|
|
|
|
|
MARCH
March 26, 1996
Is
It The Beef?
In the past week, an outbreak of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy,
or BSE, has caused widespread concern over its possible affects on people. According
to the British government, there is a link between BSE and a degenerative brain
disease in humans who consume tainted meat. |
|
|
|
March 18, 1996
Forum: Changing America's Eating Habits
Scott Williams, Executive Director, F.A.R.M., whose organization leads the largest grass roots nutritional campaign, talks about the benefits of a vegetarian diet. |
|
|
|
March 13, 1996
Tobacco
Wars
The ramifications of the class action lawsuit on the tobacco industry
following the Liggett Group's decision to settle. |
|
|
HEALTH
