May 29 Looking to the Past in Caring for Aging Americans in the Future President Lyndon Johnson hands a pen from the signing of the Older Americans Act to an unknown woman on July 14, 1965. Photo by Yoichi Okamoto and courtesy of the LBJ Library. It's been nearly 50 years since President Lyndon… Continue reading
May 29 Signs of Alzheimer's Disease: 10 Things You Should Know Rebecca Wyant (left) is the primary caregiver for her mother Mary, who suffers from Alzheimer's. Photo by Mike Fritz / PBS NewsHour Mary Wyant loved words. She loved to speak them and write them and read them. She was… Continue reading
May 24 How Growth of Elderly Population in U.S. Compares With Other Countries Editor's Note: This article is part of a series in which the PBS NewsHour and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, explore how health care and health policy in OECD's 34 member countries compare with the… Continue reading
May 20 Watch What DSM-5, Updated Mental Health 'Bible,' Means for Diagnosing Patients What DSM-5, Updated Mental Health 'Bible,' Means for Diagnosing Patients… Continue watching
May 15 Watch Why Angelina Jolie Decided to Undergo Preventative Double Mastectomy Understanding Angelina Jolie's Decision to Undergo Preventative Double Mastectomy… Continue watching
May 15 Study Pinpoints Link Between Fitness and Cancer in Men Photo courtesy: Flickr user Josiah Mackenzie There's new evidence out today that being fit reduces your risk for getting cancer. The study, released at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting, looked at the link between… Continue reading
May 14 Jolie's Decision Sheds Light on BRCA Gene, Importance of Genetic Counseling Angelina Jolie announced that she has undergone a double mastectomy after she learned she was strongly predisposed to developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images The news went viral right away. Movie star Angelina Jolie… Continue reading
May 14 The Day Doctors Began to Conquer Smallpox By Dr. Howard Markel Sixteenth century Aztec drawing of smallpox victims. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. One of the most celebrated medical anniversaries concerns a country doctor named Edward Jenner (1749-1823) who lived in the tiny village of Berkeley in Gloucestershire, Great Britain. Like… Continue reading
May 14 Commander Hadfield Reports to Ground Control Astronaut Chris Hadfield performs David Bowie's "Space Oddity" in microgravity. Commander Chris Hadfield is a great many things: a photographer, an educator, a social media maven -- did I forget to mention astronaut? And it's with great delight… Continue reading
May 13 Prescription Drug Abuse: CDC Answers Your Questions PBS NewsHour recently aired a report on prescription drug abuse that led viewers to ask many questions. We asked the CDC to answer them, below. One in 20 people in the United States say they've used prescription painkillers… Continue reading