Health
Secret Life of Scientists
Hugh Herr is Associate Professor and leads the Biomechatronics research group at MIT's Media Lab. The focus of Hugh's work is on developing bionic limbs for amputees. Two of those bionic limbs are Hugh's own legs, which he uses for rock-climbing and living his life. Continue
Secret Life of Scientists
Hugh Herr is Associate Professor and leads the Biomechatronics research group at MIT's Media Lab. The focus of Hugh's work is on developing bionic limbs for amputees. Two of those bionic limbs are Hugh's own legs, which he uses for rock-climbing and living his life. Continue
Next Avenue
A breakthrough in brain research could lead to treatments that extend life by 20 percent. Continue
Next Avenue
Caregivers and doctors can soon get alerts the moment a patient swallows his meds, thanks to a tiny sensor. Continue
POV
When Chicago filmmaker Joanna Rudnick tested positive for the "breast cancer gene" at age 27, she knew she was not only confronting mortality at an early age and a choice about her future. Should she take the irreversible preventive step of having her breasts and ovaries removed or risk developing cancer? Rudnick reaches out to other women while facing her deepest fears. Continue
Need To Know
This week “Need to Know” medical correspondent Dr. Emily Senay examines whether the Food and Drug Administration’s medical device review process is adequately protecting the public. Plus, anchor Jeff Greenfield interviews Dr. Josh Rising, project director of the Medical Device Initiative at The Pew Charitable Trusts. Continue
Next Avenue
Experts preview new health, home and monitoring tools designed to ease caregivers' burdens. Continue
NOVA scienceNOW
Walking might be easy for us, but it’s a nightmare for a robot. Continue
To The Contrary
Businesses profit more than breast cancer resarch programs during breast cancer awarness month this October. See what our panelists think on this week's To The Contrary Extra. Continue
NOVA scienceNOW
Use some of the same imaging techniques neuroscientists use—from MRIs to PET scans—to see inside the human brain. Continue
Secret Life of Scientists
Hugh Herr is Associate Professor and leads the Biomechatronics research group at MIT's Media Lab. The focus of Hugh's work is on developing bionic limbs for amputees. Two of those bionic limbs are Hugh's own legs, which he uses for rock-climbing and living his life. Continue
Next Avenue
Modern technology pushes us to multitask, but a neuroscientist says we need more focus to preserve brain power. Continue
Next Avenue
Stumbles highlight the troubles we face integrating high-tech systems and health care. Continue
Michael Mosley
Accompany Michael Mosley into the strange and mysterious world of the human stomach. 4/17/2013 Continue
PBS NewsHour
Today President Barack Obama unveiled the BRAIN Initiative, a new collaborative effort to map the human brain and better understand how it works. BRAIN stands for Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies. Using new neurotechnology, scientists will be able to understand how activity in specific cells in the brain affect behavior. Continue
Need To Know
Dr. Emily Senay examines whether the Food and Drug Administration’s medical device review process is adequately protecting the public. Our profile follows a woman who had pelvic organ prolapse and was treated with a surgically implanted mesh. Continue
To The Contrary
Panelists discuss how the newly elected women will change things in the next Congress. Then, a new UN report says access to contraception could boost the world's economy by billions of dollars. Behind the Headlines. Marianne Williamson on changing the way women talk about politics. Continue
Transplant: A Gift of Life
Transplant: A Gift for Life features the human side of advanced medicine. A daughter offers to donate half of her liver to save her father's life; the recipient of a lung transplant reaches out to his deceased donor's family; two mothers nurse their sons through multiple transplants and only one gets a happy ending. Continue
Transplant: A Gift of Life
Transplant: A Gift for Life features the human side of advanced medicine. A daughter offers to donate half of her liver to save her father's life; the recipient of a lung transplant reaches out to his deceased donor's family; two mothers nurse their sons through multiple transplants and only one gets a happy ending. Continue
NOVA scienceNOW
How do we two-legged, top-heavy pillars of flesh and bone possibly stay upright while in motion? Continue
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