Jun 15 Watch Arkansas Works to Fight Child Obesity The percentage of overweight American children has doubled in the past two decades. To combat this trend, Arkansas became the first state to launch a systematic plan to fight juvenile obesity. Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch Extended Interview with Dr. Joe Thompson Dr. Joe Thompson, director of the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement, talks to Susan Dentzer about the state's efforts to fight childhood obesity. Continue watching
Jun 02 Paxil Maker Sued for Withholding Negative Studies of Drug New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed suit against GlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday, alleging the British drug maker withheld unfavorable data on treating children with its antidepressant Paxil. Continue reading
May 28 Watch Interview with Dr. Robert Temple Dr. Robert Temple, associate director for medical policy at the Food and Drug Administration, talks to Susan Dentzer about the challenges of assessing how to best treat depression in young people. Continue watching
May 28 Watch Adolescent Patients Caught Between Suicide and Anitidepressants Certain antidepressant drugs may actually increase the risk of suicide in adolescent patients, a recent study in the medical journal The Lancet suggests. Susan Dentzer looks at efforts to add an FDA warning label about adolescent suicide to antidepressant medications. Continue watching
May 28 Watch Fighting Childhood Depression Susan Dentzer examines the ongoing controversy over how to best treat children suffering from depression. Continue watching
May 28 Watch Interview with Dr. Adelaide Robb Dr. Adelaide Robb, medical director of inpatient services in George Washington University's psychiatry department, discusses possible treatments for children who suffer from depression. Continue watching
May 28 Watch Christopher Drell Interview Christopher Drell, 24, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when he was 11 years old. He talked with Susan Dentzer about his struggles to overcome mental illness and treatments that eventually helped him lead a more normal life. Continue watching
May 28 Watch Interview with Dr. Larry Diller Assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of California at San Francisco Dr. Larry Diller, who practices behavioral developmental pediatrics, discusses his concerns regarding children taking antidepressants. Continue watching
May 26 Common Screening Test Misses Some Prostate Cancers A widely used test does not detect some prostate cancers, according to a study to appear in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine that adds to the ongoing debate over the merits of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for the… Continue reading