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U.S. Health Care: The Good News
Thu Feb. 16, 2012
Correspondent T.R. Reid profiles doctors and hospitals all over the U.S. that are finding ways to cut health care costs while still providing excellent care. The documentary looks at several low-cost, high-quality regions to find out how they do it. Continue
PBS NewsHour
Fri Feb. 10, 2012
Under mounting pressure, the Obama administration today proposed an "accommodation" to a mandate that religious groups cover employee birth control free-of-charge. Continue
PBS NewsHour
Tue Feb. 14, 2012
Broken hearts seem to be on the upswing these days. That's in strictly clinical terms: More doctors are diagnosing a condition that literally stuns the heart after a profound emotional shock. Continue
PBS NewsHour
Tue Jan. 31, 2012
Does all the health reform chatter have you ready to jump into a high risk pool or bend a cost curve of your own? Take a deep breath and try to look past it all: It's the future, 2025 to be specific, and your name is Mary. Continue
PBS NewsHour
Fri Feb. 03, 2012
After two days of uproar and different explanations for its initial decision, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure charity reversed course Friday on cutting funding for Planned Parenthood. Hari Sreenivasan and Amina Khan of The Los Angeles Times discuss the abrupt shift in message at the well-known breast cancer charity. Continue
PBS NewsHour
Mon Jan. 30, 2012
Hans Rosling, co-founder of the Gapminder Foundation, visualizes global health trends and population numbers -- transforming dry poverty and development statistics into Internet sensations. In addition to his focus on the developing world and data visualization, the Swede happens to swallow swords. Ray Suarez reports. Continue
PBS NewsHour
Tue Feb. 21, 2012
In other news Tuesday, the Supreme Court agreed to revisit affirmative action in college admissions. A white student who was denied entry at the University of Texas in 2008 filed the case, calling the school's race-conscious policy unconstitutional. Also, federal regulators moved to ease shortages of two cancer drugs. Continue
FRONTLINE
Tue Feb. 21, 2012
A year ago, Dr. Michael Laposata told FRONTLINE about blood disorders that can cause bruising and bleeding, indicating child abuse when none actually exists. Now he and his colleagues are piloting a series of tests to better help doctors rule out the possibility of disease. Continue
PBS NewsHour
Mon Feb. 20, 2012
Health officials in India are close to wiping out polio, a disease forgotten in most of the world but still endemic in some developing countries. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on India's challenge to remain vigilant in its campaign to immunize children one mouthful at a time. Continue
To The Contrary
Fri Feb. 17, 2012
A Congressional hearing on birth control versus religious liberty featured an all-male panel. Meanwhile, GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum also opposes birth control calling it harmful to women. Continue
PBS NewsHour
Thu Feb. 16, 2012
About 2 million children who are malnourished die each year worldwide, according to a United Nations estimate. Yet aid organizations say it's tough to attract attention to the issue of chronic malnutrition in a preventative way -- before it becomes severe and life-threatening. Continue
PBS NewsHour
Wed Feb. 15, 2012
While more than 250 drugs were declared in short supply in the U.S. this past year, the latest worries centered on one called Methotrexate, considered essential for children battling leukemia. Ray Suarez discusses the problem and latest developments with Dr. Peter Adamson of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Continue
U.S. Health Care: The Good News
Mon Feb. 13, 2012
Correspondent T.R. Reid interviews experts at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice before heading to Colorado and other places in the U.S. where doctors and hospitals are working hard to provide excellent health care at reasonable cost. Continue
PBS NewsHour
Wed Feb. 08, 2012
What will U.S. health care look like in a few years? Last week we asked you to rank the likelihood of four plausible scenarios. We now travel back to the future -- 2025, to be exact -- to analyze the results and find out what will need to happen in the next 13 years for each scenario to become reality. Continue
NOVA
Tue Jan. 24, 2012
We are on the brink of a new era of personalized, gene-based medicine. Are we ready for it? Continue
PBS NewsHour
Wed Feb. 22, 2012
As an FDA advisory committee ponders a new weight-loss drug, some physicians are warning against too much hype. History has proven that quick fixes are rare in this field. And too often, they can also be dangerous. Continue
PBS NewsHour
Tue Feb. 21, 2012
A new diet drug was recently approved by the Federal Drug Administration and analysts are expecting it to be a big success. Health Correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on Xenical. Continue
NOVA
Tue Feb. 21, 2012
Get a unique look at the science behind Japan's catastrophic 2011 earthquake. 2/29/2012 Continue
PBS NewsHour
Mon Feb. 20, 2012
With news that India is close to eradicating polio, eyes turn to other endemic diseases, such as measles and river blindness, that countries are battling. Continue
To The Contrary
Fri Feb. 17, 2012
A Congressional hearing on birth control featured an all-male panel; women's boxing debuts at the Olympics; and Finnish President Tarja Halonen Continue
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