Aug 30 Watch In Brazil, Women's Changing Roles, Attitudes Leading to Smaller Families Despite having the most Catholics in the world, 80 percent of Brazilian women of childbearing age are using some form of artificial contraception. In partnership with National Geographic Magazine, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro examines the declining fertility rate,… Continue watching
Aug 30 Report: Japan's High Suicide Rates Linked to Unemployment Photo by Flickr user Patrik Ragnarsson. The Aokigahara Forest is a vast, tranquil and densely wooded area at the base of Mt. Fuji known as the "sea of trees." But in the last two decades the woods have earned… Continue reading
Aug 30 Brazil's Shifting Views of Church, Abortion and Lifestyle By Fred de Sam Lazaro Family in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo by Nicole See. Brazil's plummeting birth rate would seem like a triumph for the country's women's movement, which has long fought for information about, and access to, contraception. Today, in what remains the… Continue reading
Aug 30 Poll: Many Employees Don't Want Changes In Their Health Insurance By Jordan Rau Employees love to gripe about rising health care costs, but a new poll finds most are not willing to sacrifice to pay less for their insurance. Only 27 percent of people with insurance provided through their employer said they… Continue reading
Aug 30 Augmented Reality Expands Borders of Tech Landscape This laser projection system is a form of augmented reality. Different symbols can be projected to show workers what to do, such as trim the chicken before packaging. Photo by Georgia Tech Research Institute. In the Harry… Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch Drug Hoarders, Manufacturing Cuts Exacerbate Shortage of Key Medications Drug Shortages Force Tough Choices for Patients, Doctors… Continue watching
Aug 29 Emergency Departments Struggle With Growing Drug Shortages Photo by Sarah Clune/NewsHour. The number of medications on the Food and Drug Administration's shortage list keeps growing. And while calcium chloride and potassium phosphate aren't drug names the average American would recognize, they're critical… Continue reading
Aug 29 Drug Prices Soar as Hospital Suppliers are Forced into 'Gray Market' A breast cancer patient receives a chemotherapy drip at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, N.C. Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images. Michael O'Neal buys drugs for a living -- and too often these days, he's forced to do… Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch Emergency Departments Struggle With Growing Drug Shortages Headline: Emergency Departments Struggle With Growing Drug Shortages… Continue watching
Aug 29 Obama Initiative Targets Malnutrition in Guatemala By Talea Miller Chronic malnutrition is the single biggest contributor to the deaths of children under 5 in Guatemala. Continue reading