Health

Susan Dentzer looks at the causes of spina bifida and efforts to prevent the disease by encouraging women to take more folic acid.

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Godfrey P. Oakley, Jr., is a visiting professor of epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University. He is the former director of the division of Birth Defects and Development of Disabilities at the Center for Disease…

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Dr. Victor Klein is an OB/GYN with special training in high-risk pregnancies at North Shore University Hospital in New York. Below is the transcript of Susan Dentzer's interview with him.

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Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on a battle over contraception in the Pacific Northwest.

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Experts discuss new regulations announced by the Bush administration to govern the privacy of medical records.

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An update on the West Nile Virus, which has caused five deaths in Louisiana this year. The director of the CDC and the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health discuss the latest news on the virus.

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Gwen Ifill looks at the Senate's rejection of a compromise bill to add prescription drug benefits to Medicare with NewsHour Heath Correspondent Susan Dentzer.

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The Senate debates a possible compromise bill to offer more prescription drug coverage for the elderly.

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Susan Dentzer reports on one man's struggle to gain benefits for the disabled.

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George Halvorson is chair and chief executive officer of Kaiser Permanente. Below are excerpts of his interview with Susan Dentzer.

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