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
Jan 25 Did Shakespeare Have Syphilis? EmbedVideo(5569, 482, 304); Writing a book is "a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness," George Orwell once said. The literary giant behind "1984" and "Animal Farm" was comparing his life's work to the… Continue reading
Jan 22 Why U.S. Views on Abortion Haven't Changed Much A. Huffman protests the nomination of John Roberts for Supreme Court justice in 2005, primarily due to his position on Roe v. Wade. Photo by Tom Williams/Roll Call/Getty Images. If you want to get a group of Americans stoked… Continue reading