Nov 17 Republicans Reach Tentative Deal to Pass Medicare Drug Plan Republicans are pushing a Medicare bill tentatively agreed to by House and Senate that would add prescription drug coverage and introduce more competition from private health plans, a provision that may jeopardize its chances with Democrats. Continue reading
Nov 06 Canada Poised to Export Cheap AIDS Drugs to Poor Nations Canada introduced legislation Thursday designed to allow companies to sell low-cost versions of expensive AIDS drugs to poor nations. Continue reading
Nov 06 Watch Extended Interview: Dr. Mary Glenn Fowler Dr. Mary Glenn Fowler, the lead researcher on maternal to child HIV transmission at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses the reasons for the decline in babies being born with HIV in the United States, and the challenges… Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch Extended Interview: Arlene Bardeguez and James Oleske Obstetrician Arlene Bardeguez, director of HIV services for University Hospital in Newark, N.J., and pediatrician James Oleske, who directs that hospital's center for HIV positive children, discuss the advances that have been made in avoiding mother-child transmission of HIV. Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch Extended Interview: Mother-Child HIV Transmission Mary, a pregnant, HIV-positive woman discusses losing her first son to AIDS and, more than ten years later, deciding to have another child. Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch Born Free from HIV Pregnant women with HIV in the United States face a dramatically lower risk of passing the virus on to their children than they did about a decade ago. Susan Dentzer talks to doctors and patients about the medical discoveries that… Continue watching
Nov 05 Small Study Points to Possible New Heart Disease Treatment A laboratory-produced version of "good" cholesterol given to participants in a small study reduced the plaque in their arteries, a finding published Wednesday that may one day lead to new ways of treating some forms of heart disease. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch Memantine: Memory Medicine The Food and Drug Administration approved the German medication memantine today to help ease the severe symptoms of an estimated 1 million Americans who suffer from the late stages of Alzheimer's disease. Ray Suarez discusses the possible impact of the… Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch Breast Implants An FDA advisory council voted 9-6 to put silicone breast implants back on the market after being banned for 11 years. Medical experts assess the impact of the decision on women. Continue watching
Oct 15 Lawmakers Likely to Miss Oct. 17 Medicare Drug Bill Deadline Key lawmakers working on Medicare prescription drug legislation conceded late Tuesday they will miss an Oct. 17 target date for a final House-Senate compromise as they continue to hash out the details of the plan. Continue reading