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Wavelengths
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In this episode of Wavelengths, we will look at fascinating studies on sleep, for instance, how much sleep do patients get in a hospitals intensive care unit? Also, what is sleep apnea and why is it becoming more widespread? We will also learn how sleep may affect the learning of children with Down syndrome and, what can you do if you have trouble falling asleep, or staying asleep? Continue
Global Voices
One in seven Afghan women currently dies in childbirth. Motherland Afghanistan introduces the women behind these devastating statistics. Afghan American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi examines her father's works as an OB/GYN as he struggles to make a difference, first at Kabul's Laura Bush Maternity Ward and then in an isolated provincial hospital, where patients often travel for days to get treatment. Continue
To The Contrary
As we celebrate Earth Day, a new poll shows fewer Americans are being environmentalists Continue
Independent Lens
In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, We Were Here, a nurse who treated patients during the early years of the AIDS epidemic describes how victims of the disease experienced rapid health declines, as they struggled with the onset of pneumonia and Karposi's sarcoma. Continue
Independent Lens
When AIDS arrived in San Francisco in 1981, it decimated a community, but also brought people together in inspiring and moving ways to support and care for one another and to fight for dignity and a cure. Continue
Independent Lens
Learning to communicate through a mother's dementia requires patience, ingenuity, and love. Continue
NOVA
We are on the brink of a new era of personalized, gene-based medicine. Are we ready for it? Continue
American Experience
Learn how a tragic factory fire led to workplace safety laws. 3/27/2012 Continue
Need To Know
Long before the furor over contraception erupted this year, lawmakers at the state level began a coordinated effort to curtail reproductive rights, peaking with a record number of anti-abortion laws in 2011. Continue
NOVA
Discover the mysterious and surprising nature of the two most powerful forces on the planet: the human mind and money. 3/7/2012 Continue
PBS Presents
In the beginning, stress saved our lives. It made us run from predators and enabled us to take down prey. But now, scientists are discovering, stress is measurable and dangerous. 8/3/11 Continue
NOVA
Take a safe front-row seat to the risky and thrilling art of chasing twisters. 5/9/2012 Continue
Independent Lens
As the AIDS crisis began claiming more and more victims, the community in San Francisco rallied to care for not just those suffering from the disease, but to support the LGBT community as a whole, as we see in this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, We Were Here. Continue
Independent Lens
In the early years of the epidemic, delegations of people living with AIDS began going to Washington DC to raise awareness about the impact of the disease and to lobby for more research and treatment of the disease, as we see in this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary, We Were Here. Continue
To The Contrary
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann talks about health care reforms. Continue
Independent Lens
Singer-songwriter Jonatha Brooke cared for her mother (a gifted poet and writer, as well) for more than two years as they traveled the strange and unpredictable path of Alzheimer’s disease together in Brooke’s New York home. Her mother died earlier this year. Brooke offered this very personal perspective on Alzheimer’s for Independent Lens. Continue
NOVA
For some breast cancer patients, chemotherapy isn't always necessary. Continue
NOVA
For some breast cancer patients, chemotherapy isn't always necessary. Continue
FRONTLINE
Determine whether vaccines are a great achievement or a scourge on health. 3/20/2012 Continue
PBS Specials
Best-selling author, spiritual teacher and internationally renowned lecturer Dr. Wayne Dyer introduces the Five Wishes Fulfilled Foundations and outlines a program for mastering the tools necessary for living a profoundly satisfying life. Continue
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