Jan 06 Watch 7:56 What’s next in the global response to Ebola? By PBS News Hour What's next for curbing the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, where the death toll now exceeds 8,000? For one, drug companies have begun to experiment on humans in the affected region. Gwen Ifill talks about new approaches with Anthony Banbury,… Continue watching
Jan 05 Experimental program helps seniors move out of the nursing home By Sarah Jane Tribble, WCPN The average costs for an individual in the experimental program (which is called Money Follows the Person) is $49,000. Under traditional Medicaid it costs about $64,000 annually for nursing home care in Ohio. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 4:11 Luck, not lifestyle, may be to blame for more cancers than previously thought By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 02 Meat industry bristles at suggestion of sustainable dietary guidelines By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press A panel that advises the Agriculture Department is ready to recommend that you be told not only what foods are better for your own health, but for the environment as well. That means that when the latest version of the… Continue reading
Jan 02 Bad luck, not genes or the environment, cause for many cancers, researchers find By Margaret Myers, Jason Kane Sometimes there just isn’t a good explanation for a cancer diagnosis other than random bad luck. That’s what researchers at Johns Hopkins have found. In a study published Thursday in the journal Science, oncologist Dr. Bert Vogelstein and biomathematician Cristian… Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch 7:53 Want to keep your New Year’s resolutions? Stop living in the present and focus on the future By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 01 Mimicking real-life experience for alcoholics, NIH transforms lab into a bar to test treatment By Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The tequila sure looks real, so do the beer taps. Inside the hospital at the National Institutes of Health, researchers are testing a possible new treatment to help heavy drinkers cut back -- using a replica of a… Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch 10:49 Rose Bowl opponents team up to raise awareness of rare blood disorder By PBS News Hour Florida State and Oregon, two of college football's top teams, will go head-to-head in the Rose Bowl while teaming up to push for more research on a rare blood disorder few Americans even know exist. Hari Sreenivasan learns more from… Continue watching
Dec 31 As Rose Bowl shines spotlight on rare disease, here are three others that affect millions of Americans By Sarah McHaney While millions of Americans tune in to watch Florida State and the University of Oregon play in the Rose Bowl Thursday, two families are using the high profile game to raise awareness for a rare disease, Fanconi anemia. Continue reading
Dec 31 HHS Innovation Lab attempting to change how health care operates By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News The health law’s ambitious lab for transforming how medicine is delivered and financed submitted its official report card to Congress on Tuesday, boasting of a few early results but mostly showing many works in progress. Continue reading