Oct 01 Primer: How Will The Election Change Medicaid? By Phil Galewitz Protestors carry signs as they demonstrate against proposed cuts to Medicaid programs outside San Francisco city hall on Sept. 21, 2011. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The future of Medicaid -- the state-federal workhorse of the nation's health system that… Continue reading
Oct 01 Meet Agnes: Orphan, Student, Survivor of Sexual Violence in Sierra Leone By Larisa Epatko Agnes, a 17-year-old orphan in Sierra Leone, was told by a teacher that he would enroll her in school if she would have sex with him. Continue reading
Sep 27 A Future Without AIDS? Global Health Leaders Point to Education, Prevention By Ray Suarez Watch a replay of Ray Suarez at Columbia University moderating a panel of global health leaders as they discuss the future of combating AIDS. If you're old enough, you can remember when you first heard about a disease, or a… Continue reading
Sep 26 Global Health Leaders Have Vision for World Without AIDS By Ray Suarez Watch Ray Suarez moderate a panel of global health leaders as they discuss the future of combating AIDS. A live stream will be available here from noon to 1:30 p.m. ET Thursday. Thursday in New York, the ICAP at the… Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch First Comprehensive Genetic Analysis of Breast Cancer Could Change Treatment First Comprehensive Genetic Analysis of Breast Cancer Could Change Treatment… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch A PBS Documentary Asks Why is U.S. Health Care So Expensive? Ray Suarez talks with Roger Weisberg, the director of the film, "Money and Medicine."… Continue watching
Sep 21 Would Medicare Competition Help Contain Costs? By Julie Appleby Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire in August. Photo by Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe via Getty Images. This story was written by Julie Appleby and Marilyn Werber Serafini of Kaiser… Continue reading
Sep 17 Military Not Doing Enough to Curb Alcohol, Drug Abuse, IOM Concludes It's been well-documented that the military has a significant problem with suicide, substance abuse and mental disorders in its ranks. Just this summer, the Pentagon reported an 18 percent increase in suicide cases alone in just one year. In… Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch Medicare Patients Aren’t Getting Sicker or Older, But Doctors Are Charging More Medicare Patients Aren't Getting Sicker or Older, But Doctors Are Charging More… Continue watching
Sep 14 What Would the Automatic Budget Cuts Mean for Medicare? Medicare providers would see reductions of about $11 billion beginning in January as part of a series of automatic spending cuts set to begin next year unless Congress acts to halt them, according to estimates released Friday by the… Continue reading