Sep 02 Photos give powerful visibility to chronic illness By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins “Suffering the Silence” is aimed at enabling those with chronic illness to discuss their illness publicly and on their own terms. Continue reading
Sep 01 Study: Midlife obesity may spur risk for earlier Alzheimer’s By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Obesity in midlife has long been suspected of increasing the risk of Alzheimer's. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health took a closer look and reported Tuesday that being overweight or obese at age 50 may affect the age, years… Continue reading
Aug 31 WATCH: 26 years ago, Oliver Sacks wanted to be remembered like this By Colleen Shalby Not long after Oliver Sacks wrote the bestseller, “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,” and just before his 1973 memoir “Awakenings” made its movie debut starring Robin Williams, “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour” interviewed the famed neurologist. Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch Price of contact lenses at issue in court case By PBS News Hour About 40 million Americans wear contact lenses to correct their vision -- and how much those lenses cost is now the subject of a courtroom battle. The largest lens manufacturers don’t want eye doctors who sell contacts to be undercut… Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch 6:16 Study finds trauma effects may linger in body chemistry of next generation By PBS News Hour New research on survivors of the Holocaust shows how catastrophic events can alter our body chemistry, and how these changes can transmit to the next generation. The result? Our children may suffer the effects of a traumatic event they never… Continue watching
Aug 27 Surgeons’ late-night work doesn’t cause patients harm, study says By Lisa Gillespie, Kaiser Health News Patients receiving common operations in the daytime fared no worse in the short-term if their attending physician worked a hospital graveyard shift the night before than patients whose doctor did not, according to a new study examining the effects of… Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch 5:58 Smart cane may help visually impaired navigate more terrain By PBS News Hour A high-tech upgrade to the traditional white cane may help blind and visually impaired people be more confident about navigating the world independently. The NewsHour's April Brown reports from France. Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch 6:49 Planned Parenthood funding fight fires up the campaign trail By PBS News Hour Undercover videos by anti-abortion activists have ignited a campaign among Republican lawmakers and presidential candidates to defund the women's health organization Planned Parenthood. Political director Lisa Desjardins reports. Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch 9:02 Will reimagined New Orleans hospital meet the needs of its most vulnerable? By Jackie Judd, Jason Kane Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch 7:05 Study raises questions about treatment for early breast cancer By PBS News Hour A new study has found that women who received lumpectomies and mastectomies for very early stage breast cancer had similar survival rates to those who had less radical treatments. Dr. Steven Narod of the Women's College Research Institute and Dr. Continue watching