Oct 08 Twitter chat: Addressing the mental health stigma By Jaclyn Diaz, Margaret Sessa-Hawkins For people living with a mental illness, factors such as isolation, stigma, delayed care and inadequate community support can be barriers to living well. Join @NewsHour for a Twitter chat to discuss these issues at 1 p.m. EDT Friday. Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch 7:08 Ann Romney on her battle with multiple sclerosis and the race for the White House By PBS News Hour Ann Romney, wife of former governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, had what appeared to be the perfect life. In her new memoir, "In This Together: My Story," she writes about what it was like grappling her identity after… Continue watching
Oct 03 Fiorina makes claims on Planned Parenthood a campaign centerpiece By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina has spent the last two weeks repeating an erroneous description of videos secretly recorded by anti-abortion activists. That seems bound to continue as she makes her opposition to Planned Parenthood a centerpiece of her 2016… Continue reading
Oct 02 When a secret president ran the country By Dr. Howard Markel All during September of 1919, President Woodrow Wilson became thinner, paler and ever more frail. Unfortunately, the president refused to listen to his body. He had too much important work to do. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch Giving millions more access to care, Medicaid expansion strains California’s health system By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch 5:32 American Academy of Pediatrics decides relationship with Coke is not so sweet By PBS News Hour Coca-Cola, the world's largest producer of sugary beverages, had been a partner and sponsor of the American Academy of Pediatrics. But the Academy is now ending its relationship after revelations that the company has paid for scientific research playing down… Continue watching
Sep 30 Is your private health data safe in your workplace wellness program? By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News “The privacy issues are profound,” said Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum, an advocacy group. “If people are being asked to wear a biometric electronic device, or use a mobile app or work within a wellness program,… Continue reading
Sep 30 WHO says everyone with HIV should be treated By Gretchen Frazee The World Health Organization is recommending anyone infected with HIV begin treatment as soon as possible after diagnosis, making an additional nine million people eligible for treatment. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 7:08 Is profit or innovation driving the rising costs of drugs? By PBS News Hour Turing Pharmaceuticals sparked outcry when it raised the price of a single pill from $13 to $750. Judy Woodruff discusses the rising costs of prescriptions drugs with Dr. Peter Bach of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Dr. Thomas Stossel… Continue watching
Sep 29 Autism, puberty and one family’s struggle to raise their teenage sons By Heidi de Marco, Kaiser Health News Puberty is causing chaos in Alexander’s once-predictable world. Continue reading