Jul 25 Watch Connecting strength and vulnerability of the creative brain By PBS News Hour Why have so many creative minds suffered from mental illness? Nancy Andreasen, Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa, has devoted decades of study to the physical differences in the brains of writers and other highly… Continue watching
Jul 25 House and Senate try to find compromise on VA health care plan By Associated Press A day after offering competing plans to improve veterans' health care, the chairmen of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees are again attempting to find a compromise. Continue reading
Jul 25 Probing the creative brain By Jenny Marder "As a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who studies creativity, I’ve had the pleasure of working with many gifted and high-profile subjects over the years, but Kurt Vonnegut—dear, funny, eccentric, lovable, tormented Kurt Vonnegut—will always be one of my favorites."… Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch Pinpointing genetic links to schizophrenia may open doors to better treatment By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 24 Watch Giving traumatized kids a head start in healing By PBS News Hour Every year, thousands of children in the U.S. are expelled from school before they reach Kindergarten. Special correspondent Molly Knight Raskin reports on a program in Kansas City, Missouri, that’s trying to stem the trend by looking beyond the classroom… Continue watching
Jul 23 Teen use of human growth hormones doubles, survey finds By Anna Christiansen The number of teens obtaining and abusing human growth hormones has doubled in one year, according to a survey published Wednesday by the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids. Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch Will conflicting federal health care law rulings head to the Supreme Court? By PBS News Hour The federal court of appeals based in Washington ruled that the Affordable Care Act does not allow policyholders who get insurance through the federal exchange to qualify for subsidies. A separate ruling, issued hours later by a federal appeals court… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch News Wrap: MH17 victims reach first stop on journey home By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, five days after a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over Eastern Ukraine, the remains of 200 of the 298 victims are awaiting transportation to the Netherlands. Neil Connery of Independent Television News reports from… Continue watching
Jul 22 What do the health law court decisions mean for consumers? By Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News On Tuesday two U.S. appeals courts issued conflicting rulings on a subject that’s important to millions of people: the availability of subsidies to help purchase coverage under the healthcare law. KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey answers some frequently asked questions about… Continue reading
Jul 21 New food scandal hard to swallow for KFC, McDonald's in China By Andrew Troast McDonald’s and KFC in China are reeling from another food safety scare Monday after a local TV station reported that a supplier had been selling expired meat to the restaurants. Continue reading