Apr 05 Watch Foundation Channels $500 Million Toward Childhood Obesity The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, one of the country's largest public health foundations, announced that it plans to spend $500 million to fight childhood obesity. The foundation's president outlines the program. Continue watching
Apr 04 New Program Seeks to Curb Childhood Obesity By Admin, PBS News Hour One of the country's largest foundations devoted to public health concerns has taken up the cause of ending the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States. Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch New Analysis Shows Hormone Therapy Safe for Younger Women Hormone therapy is safe for younger women to use in treating menopause symptoms, a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests. NewsHour health correspondent Susan Dentzer details the report's findings. Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch MRI Scans Recommended for Women at High Cancer Risk The American Cancer Society issued new guidelines Wednesday that called for expanding the use of MRI scans for women at higher risk of breast cancer. Health correspondent Susan Dentzer explains the new recommendations. Continue watching
Mar 27 WHO Reaches Bird Flu Vaccine Deal with Developing Countries By PBS News Hour The World Health Organization and 18 developing nations agreed Tuesday to provide fair access to bird flu vaccines after solving a problem with Indonesia over sharing virus samples. Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch Drugs Work as Well as Angioplasty, Study Says A new study has found that the use of drugs and stents, which are tiny metal scaffolds placed in clogged arteries, may be no better than using drugs alone in non-emergency situations. Two cardiologists discuss the findings. Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch Edwards to Stay in Race Despite Return of Wife's Cancer John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, announced Thursday that her breast cancer, first diagnosed in 2004, had returned but would not stop his bid for the Democratic nomination. A cancer specialist discusses breast cancer and innovations in cancer treatment. Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch Cases of Alzheimer's Growing, Report Says A new Alzheimer's Association report says the number of people with Alzheimer's is on the rise and, while elderly people still represent the vast majority of cases, as many as 500,000 people under age 65 are living with the disease. Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch Doctors Provide Temporary Health Care Solutions for Katrina Victims Almost 18 months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, thousands of its victims are still without health care. In the first of a two-part report, NewsHour health correspondent Susan Dentzer looks at how doctors are providing some temporary relief. Continue watching
Mar 14 Oceans Study Reveals 6 Million New Genes By PBS News Hour Scientists spent two years trawling the oceans for bacteria and viruses, and in the process discovered 6 million new genes, doubling the number known on Earth and holding promise for new antibiotics and alternative energy sources. Continue reading