Feb 20 Watch Will U.S. Forge Public-Private Partnership to Draw Brain Activity Map? In his State of the Union address, President Obama proposed a decade-long effort to map the activity of the brain. To understand the president's plan and walk through the possible implications, Ray Suarez talks to Dr. Francis Collins, director of… Continue watching
Feb 15 Can Folic Acid Reduce the Risk of Autism? Photo courtesy of Flickr user Emery Co Photo. Could taking a vitamin supplement before and during pregnancy help reduce the chances of your child being diagnosed with autism later? According to a new Norwegian study, yes. Continue reading
Feb 13 The 2013 Oscar Documentaries, Part 1: 'How to Survive a Plague' By Tom LeGro In a new documentary, "How to Survive a Plague," filmmaker David France re-examines the in-your-face brand of AIDS activism that forced the nation to pay attention in the early days of the epidemic and eventually convinced the federal government to… Continue reading
Feb 13 How Undocumented Immigrants Sometimes Receive Medicaid Treatment By Phil Galewitz Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images. During the debate over the 2010 federal health care overhaul, Democrats promised that illegal immigrants wouldn't be among the 27 million people who'd gain coverage. President Barack Obama repeated that pledge last month when… Continue reading
Feb 01 Watch News Wrap: Obama Administration Announces New Rules for Contraceptive Coverage News Wrap: Obama Administration Announces New Rules for Contraceptive Coverage… Continue watching
Feb 01 Contraception Rule Revised by Obama Administration By Jenny Gold After a year of lawsuits and public outcry, the Obama administration proposed Friday a way for women who work at nonprofit religious institutions to get free birth control without requiring their employers to pay for it. Instead, institutions… Continue reading
Jan 31 Should Parents Worry About Energy Drinks? Red Bull photo courtesy of flicker user sarah_lincoln. If you're like many Americans, you probably consume at least one caffeinated beverage each day, starting with that morning jolt in a cup of coffee. I used to look forward… Continue reading
Jan 30 Inside a Bomb-Proof Israeli Hospital By P. J. Tobia Will Israel take military action against Iran to prevent the Islamic Republic from developing a nuclear weapon? It is a question that has been asked and answered in dozens of different ways over the last year, with heated… Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch Iraq War Vet Receives Rare Double Arm Transplant Former solider and Iraq war veteran Sgt. Brendan Marrocco is the recent recepient of a double arm transplant, which took place at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Marrocco lost all of his limbs during a roadside bomb attack in the spring of… Continue watching
Jan 25 Did Shakespeare Have Syphilis? By Tom LeGro In a new book, "Shakespeare's Tremor and Orwell's Cough: The Medical Lives of Famous Writers," Dr. John J. Ross of Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital looks at how disease and mood disorder may have infected the lives, creativity and words… Continue reading