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1997
DECEMBER
December 31, 1997
Smoke-Out
On New Year's day, California will become the first state in the nation to ban smoking in just about all in-door public places, including bars.
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December 25, 1997
Forum: Butter or Margarine?
What is considered healthy eating these days? |
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December 23, 1997
Homeless For The Holidays
A report on how Massachusetts is doing to address the plight of the homeless, many of whom are mentally-ill. |
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December 23, 1997
Cure for Baldness?
Want more hair? There may be a new pill for you. |
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December 19, 1997
Peanut Allergies
For some children, a peanut butter sandwich could be fatal. Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on the increasing number of children with severe peanut allergies. |
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December 16, 1997
The Hong Kong Flu
A new strain of the flu, which experts believe was originally transmitted from chickens to humans, has the medical community concerned about a possible epidemic. |
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December 10, 1997
Drug Trends
Betty Ann Bowser reports on the fastest growing drug of choice in the country -- methamphetamine. |
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December 1, 1997
A World Wide Concern
A new report suggests more people have AIDS than previously estimated. |
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December 1, 1997
Hepatitis C
A little known virus that is fast becoming the No. 1 cause of liver disease in the United States. Fred De Sam Lazaro of KTCA-St. Paul-Minneapolis reports. |
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NOVEMBER
November 26, 1997
Fat Facts
A recent study revealed that is not how much fat you consume but which type. |
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November 24, 1997
Hearing Clearly
Spencer Michels reports on the increase of high frequency hearing loss among Americans, including Bill Clinton. |
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November 20, 1997
Managed Care
At the suggestion of a presidentially-appointed advisory commission on managed health care and quality issues, President Clinton endorsed a consumer bill of rights for health care. Phil Ponce discusses the significance of the proposal with Secretary Shalala and others. |
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November 18, 1997
Disabling Benefits
Welfare reform is affecting disabled children, and threatening their eligibility for supplemental security income. |
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November 2, 1997
High Tech Healing
The Internet ties hospitalized children across the nation together. |
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OCTOBER
October 3, 1997
Try, Try, Try Again
The possible return of a drug with an infamous past. Betty Ann Bowser reports on new uses for the drug, thalidomide. |
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October 2, 1997
Intensive Care
Are issues facing Kaiser indicative of the managed care industry? |
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SEPTEMBER
September 24, 1997
A New Hope?
A report on the search for an AIDS vaccine. |
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September 24, 1997
Forum: Freshmen Forums
Can the FDA handle its new authority? |
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September 22, 1997
Killer Cough
A report on the puzzling return of a deadly childhood disease. |
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September 19, 1997
Restricted Access
At a time when pharmacy costs are skyrocketing, HMO's are restricting which prescritptions will be included in their coverage. |
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September 17, 1997
Smoke Strategies
President Clinton gives qualified approval to the big tobacco settlement. |
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September 16, 1997
Privacy Matters
How secure are our medical records? |
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September 15, 1997
The Skinny On Diet Drugs
Two diet drugs have been pulled off the market over health concerns. |
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September 9, 1997
Sign Of The Times
The national tobacco settlement has yet to be resolved, but many communities are taking matters into their own hands. Cities, such as Seattle, are trying to regulate outdoor tobacco advertising. |
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AUGUST
August 29, 1997
Power To Recall
Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman requested for more legal authority over meat processing plants. This request comes after the recall of 25 million pounds of hamburger produced by Hudson Foods. |
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August 27, 1997
The Diet Debate
Are controversial weight loss drugs bad for your health? |
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August 26, 1997
Colon Cancer Prevention?
The Human Genome Project reports that it uncovered a new mechanism by which misspelling a gene can confer risk to cancer. This misspelling is reported to be very common among people of Jewish Heritage. |
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August 25, 1997
Caring For Children
An estimated 10 million children have no medical insurance. How will the $24 billion provision in the balanced budget deal insure that children don't fall through health care's cracks? |
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August 25, 1997
The Smoke Settles
Florida has become the second state to win an out-of-court settlement with the tobacco industry. The $11.3 billion deal will help recover the cost of treating smoking-related illnesses. |
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August 22, 1997
Stroke Relief
The stroke center at Oregon Health Sciences University has discovered a promising new treatment in the fight against strokes. |
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August 18, 1997
The Beef With Beef
Federal officials ordered a recall of 1.2 million pounds of hamburger meat last week. The meat originated from a Hudson plant in Nebraska and is contaminated with E. coli. |
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August 13, 1997
Troubling Reports
A new study cites a 122 percent increase in the number of 12-year-old children who say they know a friend or classmate who has used narcotics. Where has the U.S. gone wrong? |
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August 11, 1997
Smoke Signals
Oregon launches a campaign to halt teenage smoking by using cigarette taxes and an anti-smoking ad campaign. Voters in the state approved a thirty cent per-pack tax increase to discourage smoking among youths. |
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August 8, 1997
A New Breakthrough
Director of the Huntington's Disease Research Center at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Christopher Ross, discusses possible causes for this debilitating neurological disorder. |
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August 5, 1997
Goodbye, Corner Drugstore?
Will mail-order pharmacies and managed health care spell the end for the corner drugstore? |
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August 4, 1997
Waging The War
New Boston drug czar Kattie Portis knows the horrors of drug use well--she's been there herself, having kicked a five-year drug habit. Now, she uses her experience to keep the children of Boston from making the same mistakes. |
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JULY
July 31, 1997
Doctoring The Books
Three Columbia/HCA executives were charged with defrauding medicare programs for more than a decade, underscoring the government's growing investigation into health care fraud. |
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July 15, 1997
Condition Critical
Congress has worked out two competing versions of Medicare reform. The Senate's sweeping changes have provoked sharp criticism. Which will improve the entitlement? |
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July 11, 1997
Forum: Tobacco Deal: To Sign, or Not to Sign?
Rep. Waxman (D-CA) and state Atty. Gen. Blumenthal (CT) debate the new agreement. |
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July 9, 1997
Sticking Points
Both President Clinton and a group of public health advocates announced concerns with the tentative agreement between the states' attorneys general and the tobacco industry. |
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July 4, 1997
No Risk Insurance
Betty Ann Bowser reports on how changes in medical insurance is affecting the way we live and die. |
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JUNE
June 26, 1997
Right To Die Denied
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that states may outlaw doctor-assisted suicides. Now, the lawyers who argued the case in court debate the verdict. |
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June 24, 1997
What You Don't Know...
Eight million Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes, but another eight million have no idea that they suffer from the disease. |
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June 20, 1997
Tobacco Agreement
A broad plan that would eliminate most tobacco ads and force manufacturers to pay $386.5 billion to cover smoking related health care costs has been reached after months of negotiations. |
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June 19, 1997
Correct Care?
Are some hospice care providers fudging the rules? |
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June 19, 1997
The Estrogen Question
New research suggests that long-term hormone replacement therapy reduces a woman's risk of death from heart disease, but increases her chance of developing breast cancer. |
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June 13, 1997
'X' Marks the Spot
Scientific studies may make women's intuition less of a myth, suggesting now that women inherit the ability to decipher social situations from their fathers. |
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MAY
May 29, 1997
Treatment Vs. Prevention
A "New England Journal of Medicine" report argues that cancer treatment methods have fallen short of expectations. Should researchers try a different strategy? |
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May 29, 1997
Child's Play
Recent scientific studies have found that the human brain does much of its development in a child's first three years of life. How will this impact the way children are raised? |
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May 20, 1997
Danger: Second-Hand Smoke
New research strongly suggests that second-hand cigarette smoke can cause heart disease. |
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May 16, 1997
An Apology 65 Years Late
More than a half century after it began, the federal government finally publicly apologized for the Tuskegee syphilis experiments. But what is the legacy? |
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May 15, 1997
Paying For Health
A report on paying for home health care. |
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May 15, 1 997
Regional Perspectives
The Senate is debating whether or not to ban a specific type of late-term abortion. |
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May 13, 1997
Home Recovery
A report on cutting the length of hospital stays. |
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May 8, 1997
Combating Asthma
Twelve to fourteen million people in the United States have asthma and more than four million of them are under the age of eighteen. The number of cases has more than doubled since 1980, as have deaths from the disease. Kids in America's inner cities are especially at risk. A study published in the "New England Journal of Medicine" begins to explain why, and it involves cockroaches. |
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May 6, 1997
Protecting the Youngest
The President and some members of Congress want to ensure health care for all of America's children, but some Republicans label the plans as an unwarranted expansion of government. |
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May 2, 1997
Forum: The Sneezin' Season
How to survive allergies and asthma. |
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APRIL
April 30, 1997
Mental Illness In The Workplace
How much protection should employees with mental health issues be given in the work place? |
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April 23, 1997
Rural Hospitals
Rural hospitals, a vital lifeline for many Americans, have traditionally suffered when Congress considers cuts in Medicare. Would becoming managed care facilities help? |
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April 18, 1997
Fair Trade?
A panel discusses secret meetings between the nation's Attorneys General and U.S. tobacco makers. |
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April 3, 1997
Heart Disease Discovery
Harvard scientists have found ordinary inflammation of the blood vessel walls may be as an important a risk factor for heart attacks and strokes as high blood pressure and cholesterol. |
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April 2, 1997
Bad Berries
Federal officials said schools in six states may have received strawberries contaminated with the Hepatitis A virus. |
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April 2, 1997
Charity Care
How hospitals and their patients are coping with managed health care and the poor. |
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MARCH
March 27, 1997
Annual Exams
Should women in their 40's get annual mammograms? |
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March 25, 1997
Never Too Old
Former President George Bush fulfilled a promise he made to himself more than fifty years ago to skydive. Bush's feat, at the age of 72, is yet one more example of men and women staying active longer. |
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March 24, 1997
1918 Flu
A closer look at the worst infectious disease outbreak in human history, the 1918 influenza outbreak that killed up to 50 million people worldwide. |
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March 24, 1997
Tuberculosis
New treatments and declining numbers of victims give reason to hope that Tuberculosis, the most deadly infectious disease in the world, is in retreat. |
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March 20, 1997
Smoking Gun
Smoking cigarettes is addictive and can cause cancer admits the Liggett Group, the smallest of the five major U.S. tobacco companies. In an historic settlement Liggett will include a warning on its cigarette products, pay $25 million in penalities, allocate an additional 25% of its pre-tax profits for 25 years, and turn over documents that indicate cigarettes were specifically marketed to minors. |
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March 14, 1997
The President's Knee
Charlayne Hunter-Gault looks into President Clinton's knee injury, his surgery, and his recovery. |
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March 5, 1997
War On AIDS
An update on the war on AIDS and the impact of the latest drugs developed to fight the disease. |
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March 4, 1997
Going Union
Tom Bearden reports from Tucson, Arizona on doctors' unions and the changing face of health care in the 1990's. |
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FEBRUARY
February 12, 1997
Funding Family Planning
While testifying before a congressional committee, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright argued for the release of financial aid for international family planning programs. |
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JANUARY
January 30, 1997
Drug Fighters
Strains of antibiotic resistant bacteria are springing up everywhere. These organisms are mutants, and some are able to beat all 160 antibiotics on the market. |
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January 29, 1997
Doctored Costs
A report on the impact of managed care plans that limit doctors' fees. |
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January 27, 1997
AIDS Progress Report
Margaret Warner looks at the latest progress in the fight against AIDS. |
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January 27, 1997
Giving Nature A Hand
Advances in science and a continued demand has led to an explosion in assisted reproduction. |
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January 24, 1997
Mammogram Debate
Should women under the age of 50 routinely get mammograms for early detection of breast cancer? |
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January 22, 1997
Abortion Politics
Both sides of the emotional issue marked the 24th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion in Roe V. Wade. Elizabeth Farnsworth reports. |
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January 8, 1997
The Ultimate Question
The Supreme Court is considering arguments over whether physicians may assist terminally ill patients in committing suicide. |
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January 7, 1997
Update -- Gulf War Syndrome
Charles Krause covers a new report on the mysterious illnesses stemming from the Gulf War. |
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