2000
DECEMBER
December 28, 2000
Cell Phone Safety
New, short-term studies suggest that cell phone use may not cause brain cancer.

December 27, 2000
Prescription Drug Embargo
Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala rejects a plan to import cheaper prescription drugs. A discussion with Missouri Republican Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, who supports the plan, and Ron Pollack of Families USA, who opposes it.

December 26, 2000
New Arthritis Drugs
The marketing war between two major drug companies helps inflate the cost of new arthritis medication.

December 25, 2000
Elderly Care
In this encore presentation, Susan Dentzer tells the story of friends who help each other care for their aging parents.

December 21, 2000
Organic Rules
Susan Dentzer reports on new government regulations defining organic food.

December 20, 2000
Medical Privacy
Experts discuss the new federal rules for protecting medical privacy.

NOVEMBER
November 22, 2000
Heart Health
Ray Suarez discusses Vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney's symptoms and history of heart disease with Dr. David Pearle, director of the Coronary Care Unit at Georgetown University Hospital.

OCTOBER
October 26, 2000
Portable Life Savers
Susan Dentzer reports on the merits of portable defibrillators, machines that restart the heart with an electric shock after a cardiac arrest.

October 24, 2000
Blood Shortage
Tom Bearden reports on our nation's shrinking blood supply.

October 6, 2000
Unsafe Water
Betty Ann Bowser reports on the science and price of safe drinking water.

October 5, 2000
Pills and Pols
Susan Dentzer reports on how the prescription drug issue is playing out in the battleground state of Michigan.

SEPTEMBER
September 28, 2000
Abortion Pill
Margaret Warner examines the FDA's approval of the abortion pill RU-486.

September 15, 2000
Ailing Medical Centers
Susan Dentzer examines the plight of some prominent medical institutions.

September 5, 2000
The Rx Campaign
After a background report on both major party presidential candidates' proposals for covering seniors' drug costs, Jim Lehrer leads a discussion on the issue.

AUGUST
August 24, 2000
Stem Cell Research
The National Institutes of Health issue formal guidelines about embryonic stem cell research.

August 18, 2000
Melanoma
Ray Suarez discusses melanoma, the type of skin cancer that afflicts John McCain, with Dr. Darrell Rigel, professor of dermatology at NYU Medical Center.

JULY
July 25, 2000
Heart of the Matter
Heart disease and the latest advancements in its treatments.

July 25, 2000
Decade of ADA
On its tenth anniversary, Spencer Michels reports on the Americans with Disabilities Act.

July 18, 2000
Focus on Alzheimer's Desease
Dr. Steven Dekosky, director of the Alzheimer's Center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, discusses the latest breakthroughs in fighting this degenerative disease.

July 14, 2000
The Tobacco Verdict
Mike France, legal affairs editor for Businessweek magazine talks about the record verdict against the nation's biggest tobacco companies.

July 13, 2000
AIDS in Africa
U.N. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke addresses the international response to the AIDS epidemic in Africa.

July 12, 2000
Battling the Epidemic
Why has the AIDS epidemic reached such staggering proportions in Africa? Jon Cohen from Science Magazine and Malegapuru William Makgoba, President of South Africa's Medical Research Council discuss the situation.

July 10, 2000
AIDS in South Africa
The World AIDS Conference began on Sunday in Durban, South Africa. Fred De Sam Lazaro, of Minnesota's Twin Cities Public Television reports on the rising mortality rate due to AIDS in South Africa.

July 6, 2000
AIDS in Botswana
Botswana has one of the highest rates of AIDS in the world. Lindsay Hilsum of independent television news reports.

July 6, 2000
Patenting Genes
A discussion about who should own the information in human genes?

July 3, 2000
Genetic Ethics
How will the Human Genome Project affect health insurance, family planning and medical decisions?

July 3, 2000
Quiet Killer
More 56,000 Americans die of colon cancer every year, making it the second most deadly form of cancer. Doctors say that half of those deaths are preventable through early detection.

JUNE
June 28, 2000
Debating Drugs
The House of Representatives debates Medicare drug benefits. Kwame Holman updates the events on Capitol Hill.

June 27, 2000
Rx for Change
Health correspondent Susan Dentzer gives an overview of the political debate over prescription drugs. Then, two California Congressmen, Pete Stark (D-Cal.) and Bill Thomas (R-Cal.), discuss two drug plans that are currently being debated on Capitol Hill.

June 23, 2000
Breaking the Code
Public and private scientists announced they have finished a rough map of the human genome.

June 23, 2000
Breaking the Code
Public and private scientists announced they have finished a rough map of the human genome. John Rennie of Scientific American magazine and Dr. Richard Lifton of Yale University discuss the announcement.

June 15, 2000
Breaking the Code
Susan Dentzer, of the NewsHour health unit, covers the recent trials and tribulations in mapping the human genome.

June 12, 2000
Easing the Pain
Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW in Chicago examines the debate over government guidelines on making the workplace ergonomically correct.

MAY
May 23, 2000
Insuring Kids
In a continuing series on the uninsured in America, we look at an Indiana program for children whose parents earn too much to qualify for Medicare, but not enough to afford private insurance.

May 22, 2000
AIDS in South Africa
Correspondent Fred De Sam Lazaro, of Twin Cities Public Television, examines efforts to control the AIDS epidemic in South Africa.

May 16, 2000
The Uninsured of America
Health correspondent Susan Dentzer takes a close-up look at the plight of the uninsured in Indiana.

May 15, 2000
Social Security
Opening Social Security benefits to the will of Wall Street. Alicia Munnell, director of the Retirement Research Center and economic advisor to the Gore campaign; Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio secretary of state and a Bush supporter; Edith Rasell, of the Economic Policy Institute; and Michael Tanner, of the Cato Institute; talk about proposals from the two major presidential candidates.

May 5, 2000
Silent Killer
Are doctors reading the signs of high blood pressure correctly? Dr. Ed Roccella, coordinator of the high blood pressure education program at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute discusses the new findings.

May 2, 2000
Newsmaker: Sandy Berger
National Security Advisor Sandy Berger discusses the impact of AIDS on National Security.

APRIL
April 12, 2000
The Prescription Drug Debate
Susan Dentzer of the NewsHour Health Unit reports on prescription drugs for seniors. Chris Jennings, Deputy Assistant to the President for Health Care Policy and Republican Congressman Jim McCreary of Louisiana debate the options.

April 11, 2000
Taking Your Vitamans
Susan Dentzer of the NewsHour health unit reports on vitamins. Then, Dr. Susan Mayne, an associate professor of epidemiology and public health at Yale University, and John Cordaro, president and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition, discuss the latest findings.

April 6, 2000
Breaking the Code
Craig Venter, president and chief scientific officer of Celera Genomics, discusses the new developments on mapping the human genetic code.

April 1, 2000
Forum: Medicating Our Children
Are we overmedicating our children? When should doctors prescribe psychiatric drugs for kids? Should there be restrictions imposed for younger children? Experts answer your questions.

MARCH
March 28, 2000
Deciding on Drugs
Raymond Woolsley, president of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Thomas Moore, a health policy analyst at George Washington University Medical Center, and author of the book "Prescription for Disaster: the Hidden Dangers in your Medicine Cabinet," discuss the controversial findings that have emerged on various drugs.

March 24, 2000
Heart Health
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine presents a simple blood test that can predict heart attack risk. Margaret Warner talks with Dr. Paul Ridker about his study.

March 16, 2000
Cashing in on the Genome
Health correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on the new questions raised this week about mapping the human genome. Lee Silver, a professor of molecular biology and public affairs at Princeton University and author of "Remaking Eden: How Genetic Engineering and Cloning Will Transform the American Family," and Richard Gibbs, the director of the Human Genome Sequencing Center at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston which is part of the federally funded group working to map the human genome, update the latest findings.

March 15, 2000
The Silent Cancer
Health correspondent Susan Dentzer talks about a curable disease whose signs are often ignored despite simple tests.

March 2, 2000
Food Fight
Health correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on a recent debate between leading diet advocates.

FEBRUARY
February 29, 2000
The Human Genome Project
Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez talks with author Matt Ridley about his new book "Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters."

February 24, 2000
Treating ADHD Kids
Health correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on the recent increase of doctors prescribing drugs for preschool-age children with attention deficit disorder.

February 23, 2000
The People vs. HMOs
NewsHour regular Jan Crawford Greenburg, national legal affairs correspondent for The Chicago Tribune, explains the opposing sides of a Supreme Court case determining if patients can use federal law to sue their HMO's for providing doctors financial incentives to cut costs.

February 22, 2000
Medical Mistakes
Health correspondent Susan Dentzer sets up the discussion on medical mistakes and the report that the President is hoping will be the basis for change. Dr. John Eisenberg, director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the lead agency that drafted the Clinton Administration's plan, and Carmela Coyle, senior vice president for policy at the American Hospital Association, discuss the report on medical mistakes and the reforms the Clinton Administration is supporting.

February 15, 2000
Rx for Reform
Health correspondent Susan Dentzer begins the discussion on reform. Then, Marilyn Moon, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute in Washington, and Mitchell Daniels, senior vice president of corporate strategy and policy at Eli Lilly and Company, a research-based pharmaceutical corporation examine the prescription drug system and proposed reforms.

February 2, 2000
Gene Therapy
Gene therapy trials come under fire for underreporting harmful side effects.

JANUARY
January 26, 2000
Balancing the Risks
Health correspondent Susan Dentzer discusses the risks of hormone replacement therapy for women.

January 26, 2000
Playing Hard
New research suggests that concussions from playing sports demand more attention than they've previously received.

January 25, 2000
A Race Question
The nation's largest group of African American physicians, the National Medical Association, charged that many managed care plans effectively discriminate against them.

January 20, 2000
Finding Common Ground
Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a consumer health advocacy group; and Chip Kahn, president of the Health Insurance Association of America; talk about a new approach to health care reform and the compromise that may be reached in the near future.

January 11, 2000
Flu Blues
The flu season has hit hard and early this year.

January 4, 2000
Inching Up
As the cost of prescription drugs rises, so does the cost of health insurance premiums.

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