Oct 26 Meet the student hackers behind the ‘Plaid Parliament of Pwning’ By Travis Daub Earlier this year, the "Plaid Parliament of Pwning" team held a hacking contest for high school students called "Toaster Wars." Consider a phone charger that not only charges your smartphone, but also scans any Android device for malware, viruses and… Continue reading
Oct 25 Watch FDA plan to limit painkiller abuse may have impact for patients who need them FDA plan to limit painkiller abuse may impact patients who need them… Continue watching
Oct 25 New drug could help detect dementia Treating dementia comes with high costs -- emotionally and economically, but a new medical advancement could help detect the disease earlier. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a radioactive imaging chemical from General Electric to… Continue reading
Oct 24 Common gene may raise your risk of cancer from eating red meat Flickr photo from Burger Austin. Researchers have identified a common gene, present in one in three people, that may raise your risk of colorectal cancer from eating processed and red meat. Researchers are investigating how our personal genetic… Continue reading
Oct 23 How long does Obama have to fix healthcare.gov? Photo by Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images They've got a few weeks. But if federal officials can't get the new online insurance marketplace running smoothly by mid-November, the problems plaguing the three-week-old website could become a far bigger threat to the… Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch How societal, economic factors play into rise of drug-resistant bacteria How societal, economic factors play into rise of drug-resistant bacteria… Continue watching
Oct 22 FRONTLINE asks: Has the age of antibiotics come to an end? EmbedVideo(7768); They're germs so dangerous the nation's top health official at the Centers for Disease Control describes them as "nightmare" bacteria. That's hyperbolic language for the typically staid institution, but in this case it's warranted, said CDC… Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch Glitches far from fixed for online insurance exchange shoppers Glitches far from fixed for online insurance exchange shoppers… Continue watching
Oct 16 The painful story behind modern anesthesia By Dr. Howard Markel In a monthly column for PBS NewsHour, Dr. Howard Markel revisits moments that changed the course of modern medicine on their anniversaries, like the groundbreaking use of anesthesia on a surgical patient on Oct. 16, 1846. Photo by Image… Continue reading
Oct 13 Can doulas make a difference? Sunday on NewsHour Weekend, a report about By My Side Birth Support, a NYC program that provides free doula services to women living in low-income, largely African-American neighborhoods where rates of maternal mortality are high. Continue reading