Apr 11 How U.S. Obesity Compares With Other Countries Editor's Note: This article is the first in a series in which the PBS NewsHour and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, will explore how health care and health policy in OECD's 34 member countries compare… Continue reading
Apr 08 Finding the Prescription for Improving U.S. and Global Health Care By Susan Dentzer Whenever I travel around the country -- or the world -- and people I meet learn that I am a journalist focused on health and health care, they often ask: What country do you think has the best health… Continue reading
Apr 05 Why We Should Treat, Not Blame Addicts Struggling to Get 'Clean' EmbedVideo(6130, 482, 304); Journalist David Sheff talks with Judy Woodruff about his new book, "Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy." It has been more than 40 years since Richard Nixon called for a "war on… Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch Writer Advocates 'Clean' Start for America on Addiction In his new book, "Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy," journalist David Sheff outlines a slew of reasons why addiction treatments largely fail to help 20 million people struggling with the disease. Judy Woodruff talks to Sheff about… Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch Estimating the Soaring Price Tag and Other Costs of Dementia Care Estimating the Soaring Price Tag and Other Costs of Dementia Care… Continue watching
Apr 04 Assessing Your Risk of Alzheimer's Disease A new study shows that Americans spent as much as $215 billion on care for dementia patients in 2010 and that costs are rising steeply. Alzheimer's disease can't be prevented or cured, and it ranks second only to cancer… Continue reading
Apr 03 Why Rural Hospitals May Pose a Greater Risk of Death This KHN story was produced in collaboration with USA Today. Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images. For 15 years, Congress has bestowed special privileges to some small remote hospitals, usually in rural areas, to help them stay afloat. Medicare pays… Continue reading
Apr 02 Obama Reveals Brain Mapping Project EmbedVideo(6101, 482, 304); President Barack Obama describes a new brain mapping initiative today in a speech from the White House. President Barack Obama unveiled the BRAIN Initiative today, a new collaborative effort to map the human brain and better… Continue reading
Apr 01 Mutating Gonorrhea and 'Superbugs' Coming Soon to a Town Near You? This World War II advertisement informs the soldiers about a new "wonder drug" that can cure gonorrhea. The disease is one of many diseases -- including the infamous "superbugs" -- now showing resistance to all modern medicines. Photo courtesy… Continue reading
Mar 29 How a Doctor Discovered U.S. Walls Were Poisonous By Dr. Howard Markel In a monthly column on the PBS NewsHour website, Dr. Howard Markel revisits moments that changed the course of modern medicine. Above: A child with high levels of lead in her blood stands next to a peeling lead paint… Continue reading