Dec 18 Watch 1:33 This Detroit family's life just changed By PBS News Hour After a recent report on how stress may be causing asthma among some kids, we share good news about one homeless Detroit family we profiled in partnership with The Detroit News. Continue watching
Dec 18 Deaths from drug overdoses reach record-high levels in 2014 By Joshua Barajas Nearly 50,000 people died from drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2014, a new record driven by the deaths of heroin addicts and people misusing prescription painkillers, new federal statistics showed. Continue reading
Dec 16 The dangers of texting while parenting By Laura Santhanam Picture this: A family vacation in the Caribbean. Powder white sand, turquoise waves. Eraina Reed's son plays in the surf as the water washes over her feet. It's peaceful, serene...and then... Bzzzt. Suddenly, Reed's iPhone, which she happens… Continue reading
Dec 16 Spending bill would extend health care to 9/11 responders By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press First responders who rushed to the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 attacks, spent weeks cleaning up the site and later became sick will have access to federal health benefits for the rest of their lives. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 3:27 Parents, beware the cost of over-helping your kids By PBS News Hour Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of “How to Raise an Adult,” shares her essay on why she believes it is important for parents to get over overparenting. Continue watching
Dec 14 California to increase addiction treatment for Medicaid recipients By Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News California is overhauling its substance abuse treatment system for low-income people, embarking on a massive experiment to create a smoother path for addicts from detox through recovery. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch 1:51 Medical testing on chimpanzees no longer allowed, the National Institutes of Health says By PBS News Hour The National Institutes of Health has decided that it will no longer allow its chimpanzees to be used for biomedical research for human health. NewsHour's Stephen Fee reports. Continue watching
Dec 13 Abortions drop by 35 percent since the 1970s, report says By Michael D. Regan A CDC report says abortions rates have dropped by a third since the 1970s, something experts attribute in part to birth control use and decisions to start a family later in life. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch 7:33 A little-known casualty of the Cold War? U.S. nuclear workers By PBS News Hour More than 33,000 men and women who worked at nuclear facilities have died from related illnesses, and more than 100,000 Americans were diagnosed with cancer and other diseases after helping build the country's nuclear stockpile. That toll had never fully… Continue watching
Dec 10 The story behind Alfred Nobel's spirit of discovery By Dr. Howard Markel Every Dec. 10 for the past 114 years, the eyes of the world have turned to Stockholm, Sweden, where the Nobel Prizes are formally awarded to the brilliant men and women who have made exemplary inroads in Medicine or Physiology,… Continue reading