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
May 25 Watch Aspirin and Breast Cancer Taking aspirin regularly may help reduce the risk of breast cancer, a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests. Gwen Ifill discusses the implications of this new study with one of its authors Dr. Alfred Neugut,… Continue watching
May 18 Watch U.S. Moves to Improve Access to Generic AIDS Drugs Overseas The Bush administration has moved to expedite the approval process for generic anti-AIDS drugs so they can be bought at lower prices and provided more efficiently and safely to millions of infected people in Africa and the Caribbean. U.S. Global… Continue watching
May 14 Watch Plan B Rejection Some members of Congress have called for an investigation into whether abortion politics played a role in the recent FDA decision to bar over-the-counter sales of the emergency contraceptive Plan B. Ray Suarez gets two perspectives on the controversial contraceptive… Continue watching
May 07 FDA Blocks Over-the-Counter Sales of Morning-After Pill The FDA, citing concerns about the morning-after-pill's use by young teenagers, rejected over-the-counter sales of the emergency contraception late Thursday, a move that contradicted the recommendation of the agency's advisory panel. Continue reading
May 06 Watch New Medicare Drug Discount Cards for Seniors Senior citizens began sorting through the competing discounts offered by new Medicare drug cards this week. Health correspondent Susan Dentzer looks at the details of some competing discount-card plans. Continue watching
May 05 Two Past Foes of Drug Imports Say Legalization May Be Inevitable By PBS News Hour After a senior Bush administration official said that the legalization of prescription drug importation was inevitable, the head of CVS pharmacy broke with his industry Wednesday and called for temporarily allowing the cost-cutting practice. Continue reading
May 04 Seniors Can Now Sign Up for Medicare Drug Discount Cards Many seniors seeking help with rising drug costs can now register for a Medicare discount prescription drug card, but the vast array of some 73 different cards has some worried the program may be too complex for those it is… Continue reading
Apr 29 Tailored Lung Cancer Treatment May Be Possible for Some Patients Results from two promising, but small studies identified a genetic mutation present in some lung cancer patients that seems to make them more responsive to the drug Iressa, one of the few available treatments for the disease. Continue reading