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1999
DECEMBER
December 28, 1999
Controlling
Internet Rx
The White House proposes tighter controls over Internet sites
that sell prescription drugs.
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December 24, 1999
Exploring
Eldercare
a group of friends talks about their book on caring for their aging
parents. |
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December 23, 1999
Asthma
Breakthrough
Researchers may have found the asthma drug to replace steroids.
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December 13, 1999
Peace
of Mind
Dr. David Satcher, U.S. surgeon general, discusses the report
on mental health disorders. |
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December 8, 1999
Breaking
the Code
Health correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on the federal hearing
on experimental gene therapy. |
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December 2, 1999
Breaking
the Code
Bruce Roe, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University
of Oklahoma, and Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research
Institute, discuss the latest research underway to decipher the human genome.
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NOVEMBER
November 30, 1999
Fatal
Errors
Health correspondent Susan Dentzer looks at the latest report on medical
errors from the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine and what it
means for patients. Senior correspondent Ray Suarez talks with experts on the
Institute of Medicine's report on medical errors. |
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November 25, 1999
The
Democrats Debate Health Care
A look at the heated health care debate brewing
between presidential hopefuls Al Gore and Bill Bradley. |
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November 17, 1999
Internet
Rx
Health correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on promises and problems in
the new world of online pharmacies. |
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November 11, 1999
Hope
for the Heart
Dr. Robert Bonow, chief of cardiology at Northwestern University
Medical Center, discusses the new use of a common blood pressure drug, Rampiril,
in the fight against heart disease. |
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November 10, 1999
A
Social Security Update
Economists Henry Aaron of the Brookings Institution
and Michael Tanner of the CATO Institute discuss the social security debate
in Congress. |
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November 9, 1999
What
the Doctor Ordered
Judy Feder, dean of policy studies at Georgetown University;
Dr. Whitney Addington, president of the American College of Physicians-American
Society of Internal Medicine; and Robert Laszewski, president of Health Policy
and Strategy Associates; and Lee Newcomer, senior vice president for health policy
at United Health Group, discuss United Health Group's decision to return patient-care
decision-making to physicians. |
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November 4, 1999
Dreaming
On
Robert Stickgold, cognitive neuroscientist and assistant professor of
psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and Robert Pyles, president of the American
Psychoanalytic Association and psychoanalyst at Harvard Medical School, discuss
the meaning of dreams on the 100th anniversary of Sigmund Freud's dream theory.
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November 4, 1999
Drug
Combinations
Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of Public Citizen's Health Research
Group, and Viren Mehta, managing partner at Mehta Partners, discuss the potentially
largest merger ever in the pharmaceutical industry as Pfizer and Warner Lambert
court American Home Products. |
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November 1, 1999
The
Battle Over Patient Privacy
Chip Kahn, president of the Health Insurance Association
of America, and Janlori Goldman, director of the Health Privacy Project, debate
last week's decision by the White House to support new measures giving consumers
more privacy. |
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November 1, 1999
Forum: Rejecting the Right to Die
Congress has approved legislation that would penalize physicians who assist in suicides. The vote overrides an Oregon law from 1997 that allows doctors to prescribe lethal doses of painkillers for their patients. |
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November 1, 1999
Forum: Anthrax and the Vaccine
Which is worse -- a deadly disease, or the vaccine that guards against it? Experts answer your questions. |
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OCTOBER
October 27, 1999
Rejecting
the Right to Die
The House of Representatives approved legislation that would
make it illegal for doctors to help very ill people take their own lives. Kwame
Holman and Gwen Ifill report on the firestorm the bill has created. |
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October
21, 1999
Anthrax
and its Vaccine
Betty Ann Bowser reports on the anthrax vaccine that the military
wants all of its soldiers to take -- but one which some of those soldiers don't
want. |
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October 11, 1999
Nobel
Prize for Medicine
A Newsmaker interview with scientist Günter Blobel, whose
studies of the origins and effects of hereditary diseases won him the 1999 Nobel
Prize for Medicine. |
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October 7, 1999
Reaching
Reform
Analysis of the recently passed Norwood-Dingell bill. The bill, which
would allow patients to sue their HMOs, passed 275-151. |
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October 6, 1999
Doctors
in the House
Congress begins a contentious debate over how far to go with
health care reform. Two U.S. Representatives and two advocates discuss the right
to sue HMO's and greater access to specialists, among other issues. |
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SEPTEMBER
September
30, 1999
The
People vs. HMOs
Health correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on the effects
of the 1997 Texas legislation allowing patients to sue their HMO providers. |
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September
28, 1999
Fighting
Parkinson's
Another look at correspondent Betty Ann Bowser report on Parkinson's
disease – a disease that affects 1 ½ million Americans. |
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September 15, 1999
Outbreak:
Roger Nasci, research entomologist at the Center for Disease Control, and
Neil Cohen, commissioner of Public Health in New York, discuss the growing concern
over disease-bearing mosquitoes in New York and Louisiana. |
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September 10,
1999
Dying
with Dignity
Most older Americans say they want to die a quiet death at home,
but the fact is that millions don't get their wish. Health Correspondent Susan
Dentzer examines the American experience of death and dying amidst dazzling technological
advances. |
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AUGUST
August 31, 1999
Tracking
AIDS
Dr. Helene Gayle, director of the AIDS Program for The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, discusses the latest news on AIDS from the annual AIDS
conference. |
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August 23, 1999
Fighting
Disease
Turkey braces for serious health problems amongst earthquake survivors.
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August 5, 1999
Y2K
Emergency
Correspondent Tom Bearden reports on hospitals' efforts to prepare
for the coming "millenium bug." |
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JULY
July 29, 1999
Breaking
the Code
Robert Weinberg, scientist at the Whitehead Institute at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, discusses his latest research into understanding how
normal human cells become cancerous. |
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July 20, 1999
Treating
Heart Failure
An old drug is found to be effective in treating congestive
heart failure. |
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July 16, 1999
Bill
of Health?
The Senate approves a bill and sends it off to the House. |
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July
14, 1999
Partisan Passing
A very partisan debate continues over a patients' rights
bill in the Senate. Tom Bearden reports. |
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July 13, 1999
Taking it to Court
Margaret Warner talks with Chip Kahn of the Health Insurance
Association of America and Connie Barron of the Texas Medical Association about
a patient's bill of rights and the liability issue. |
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July 12, 1999
A
Healthy Debate?
Legislators and health experts debate patients' rights legislation
in the Senate. |
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July 8, 1999
A
New Hope?
Dr. Steven Dekovsky of the Alzheimer's Association discusses the
latest Alzheimer's research and the potential for a vaccine. |
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July 1, 1999
Forum: Gaining on a Killer?
A recent study found a vaccine that may make it possible to treat and even prevent Alzheimer's. Dr. Steven DeKosky, head of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh, answers your questions. |
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JUNE
June
28, 1999
A
Drug Problem
Health correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on the Medicare and
prescription drug provisions unveiled by President Clinton. |
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June 25,
1999
A
Dieter's Dream?
Will Xenical become a miracle drug for dieters? Health correspondent
Susan Denzter reports. |
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June 24, 1999
Doctors
Vote to Unionize
After a background report, experts discuss the American Medical
Association's support of forming a labor union for doctors. |
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June 8, 1999
Question
of Life or Death
Correspondent Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting
reports on Emergency Medical Technicians and the efforts to grant them the authority
to administer life-saving medicine in emergency situations. |
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June 7,
1999
The
Mental Illness Conference
Health correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on the
White House Conference on Mental Health and it's intended impact on those suffering
with mental illness. |
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June 2, 1999
Binge
Drinking 101
Binge drinking is as popular as ever on the college campuses,
and the tendency is rising. Susan Dentzer reports on the trend and what health
officials want to do about it. |
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June 1, 1999
Forum: Mental Health Parity
Should health insurance agencies have to cover treatment for mental health? The president of the Health Insurance Association of America and the executive director of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill take your questions. |
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MAY
May 27, 1999
Critical
Choice
Your closest hospital may not be the best bet for a heart attack. Elizabeth
Farnsworth talks with the lead author of the report, Dr. David R Thiemann, a cardiologist
at Johns Hopkins University. |
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May 26, 1999
Tainted
Goods
Correspondent Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW, Chicago, reports on the rare,
but sometimes deadly, listeria bacteria and new rules aimed at preventing contamination
of food products. |
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May 13, 1999
A
Better Treatment?
Health Correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on breast cancer
patients and recent studies on chemotherapy and bone marrow transplants. |
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MARCH
March
17, 1999
What
Next?
The Medicare commission came one vote short of presenting a formal
proposal to reform the troubled system. What's in store for medicare's future?
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March 16, 1999
Critical
Condition
The Medicare commission is pulling up camp, without coming out with
a formal recommendation. Senator John Breaux, the commission's chairman, could
not muster enough votes for his proposal. |
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APRIL
April 1, 1999
Forum: Refugee Health
How are 700,000 refugees being cared for in the region surrounding Kosovo? What sort of medical attention do they need? Are they getting it? What kind of people are sent over to help the refugees? |
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MARCH
March 1, 1999
Forum: Medicare Mania
How should the federal government reform Medicare before it becomes unaffordable? Answering your questions are Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund; Robert Reischauer, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; and Stuart Butler, vice president for domestic and economic policy studies at the Heritage Foundation. |
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FEBRUARY
February 25, 1999
Remaking
Medicare
A bipartisan commission is attempting to rework the current Medicare
system, which will soon run out of money. Susan Dentzer of the health unit reports.
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February 19, 1999
Occupational
Hazards
The federal government issues new rules to prevent workplace injuries.
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February 18, 1999
Pre-emptive
Strike
Some women facing a high risk of breast cancer are having preventative
mastectomies. |
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February 9, 1999
The
Common Cold
Common myths and common sense about the common cold, from Susan
Dentzer of our health unit. |
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February 3, 1999
AIDS
Breakthroughs
Important discoveries about the origins of AIDS and ways to
reduce mother-to-infant transmission were uncovered this week at a conference
in Chicago. |
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JANUARY
January 27, 1999
Parkinson's
Clues?
Betty Ann Bowser reports on Parkinson's disease and medical efforts
to treat the disease that affects 1½ million Americans. |
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January 20, 1999
Forum: Baby Boom
With the much publicized multiples-births of the McCaughey's and now the Chukwu's, the increasing use of fertiilty drugs has come under scrutiny. Are fertility drugs safe for both the parents and the children? Should there be regulation of these drugs? |
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January 6, 1999
Remembering Freud
NewsHour Health Correspondent Susan Dentzer looks at the legacy of Sigmund Freud.
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January 4, 1999
Taking
Care
President Clinton proposed $6.2 billion to help families with long-term
care. |
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January 1, 1999
Forum: Learning From Eldercare
As baby boomers age, so do their parents. Where can these caregivers go to find support and advice? Suzanne Mintz, president and co-founder of the National Family Care Givers Association, responds to your questions. |
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