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Reading and the Brain

Reading Rockets
WETA Television and Radio

Hosted by Henry Winkler, who has had his own struggles with reading, Reading and the Brain explores how brain scientists are working to solve the puzzle of why some children struggle to read and others don't. Startling new research shows the answer may lie in how a child's brain is wired from birth. Episode 8 from Reading Rockets' Launching Young Readers series. Continue

Chemotherapy and Breast Cancer

NOVA

For some breast cancer patients, chemotherapy isn't always necessary. Continue

U.S. Health Care: The Good News - Preview

PBS Presents

Learn about communities in America that provide excellent health care at reasonable cost and sometimes cover nearly everyone in town. 2/16/2012 Continue

A Life-Saving Diet?

Science Bytes

Why do our bodies wear out as we grow old? Meet Charles Mobbs, a scientist at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. By trying to answer this mysterious question, he and his team have found what could be a way to do something long thought impossible: reverse kidney damage caused by diabetes. Continue

Your Doctor's Drug Problem

The Open Mind

Cornell psychiatry chairman Dr. Robert Michels discusses doctors and prescriptions. Continue

The Politics of Disease

The Open Mind

Medical historian Dr. June Goodfield discusses the relevance of health research for the developing world. Continue

Generation RX

The Open Mind

Journalist Greg Critser discusses how prescription drugs are affecting American lives, minds, and bodies. Continue

Profile: Andre Fenton

NOVA scienceNOW

Can we erase bad memories with a shot? This neurobiologist has glimpsed the possibility. Continue

How Does the Brain Work?

NOVA scienceNOW

Investigate the psychology of magic tricks, magnetic wands, artificial intelligence, and more. Continue

How Does the Brain Work?

NOVA scienceNOW

Investigate the psychology of magic tricks, magnetic wands that treat depression, artificial intelligence, and more. Continue

Outsourcing Surrogacy to India

Made in India

Follow the journey of an infertile American couple, an Indian surrogate and the reproductive outsourcing business that brings them together. Continue

The Vaccine War - Preview

FRONTLINE

Determine whether vaccines are a great achievement or a scourge on health. 3/20/2012 Continue

Who Am I? Resources for Donor-Conceived People and their Fam

Independent Lens

We seem to have arrived at a moment for a public conversation about unintended consequences, the definition of family, and the ethical questions surrounding a fertility-for-profit industry that is largely unregulated. To support that important conversation, we’re providing a list of resources for the children of donors, as well as for the parents or prospective parents of donor-conceived children. Continue

Hunting the Elements

NOVA

A two-hour special from the producers of "Making Stuff" Continue

"Doping for Gold" - Preview

Secrets of the Dead

Program digs deep into the secretive Cold War world of East German athletes, examining what drugs were used, how they were distributed and what damage they did too many of the athletes who were forced to take them. 6/14/11 Continue

The Meth Epidemic - Preview

FRONTLINE

FRONTLINE investigates the ongoing meth problem in America; its devastating impact on individuals, families and communities; and the state-by-state battles to make pseudoephedrine a prescription drug. 5/15/2012 Continue

Venom's Healing Bite