Feb 07 Watch VA Hospital Takes Steps to Avoid Medical Mistakes Studies show thousands of Americans are killed or injured each year due to avoidable mistakes. Susan Dentzer looks at how one health care system is trying to stop medical errors before they happen. Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch Dr. Wachter and Dr. Leape on Medical Errors In 1999, a study of medical errors found that the number of people killed by mistakes in care equaled one jumbo jet full of passengers crashing every day. Two of the researchers that uncovered these statistics, Dr. Robert Wachter and… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch Dr. Perlin on Medical Errors One of the medical organizations that has invested the most in technology aimed at reducing medical errors is the Veterans Administration. The following is an extended transcript of Dr. Jonathan Perlin, undersecretary for health affairs at the Department of Veterans… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch Extended Interview: Dr. David Sinclair Scientists have isolated a series of genes found in many different plants and animals that seem to control the aging process. Dr. David Sinclair, associate professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School, talks about how these anti-aging genes work and… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch Extended Interview: Dr. Stephen Helfand Scientists have isolated a series of genes found in many different plants and animals that seem to control the aging process. Dr. Stephen Helfand, professor at the University of Connecticut, discusses how the genes can lead to organisms living longer… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch Extended Interview: Eri Gentry Long ago, scientists discovered a connection between restricting calorie intake and increased lifespans in rats. A more recent discovery of certain "anti-aging" genes has revealed a similar effect. Eri Gentry explains her decision to cut her calorie intake by two-thirds… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch Dying Coral Reefs Some scientists are concerned that overfishing, pollution and global warming are killing parts of the world's coral reefs. Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser explores what is being done to save the reefs in part one of a two-part series. Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch Peace Prize Winner: Wangari Maathai Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize, sits down with Jeffrey Brown about her ecology work and social activism. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch European Space Agency Probe Lands on Saturn’s Moon, Titan A European Space Agency probe landed on Saturn's planet-sized moon Titan on Friday. Jeffrey Brown talks with Shaun Standley, the Huygens probe operations engineer for the ESA. Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch Indonesia Imposes Travel Restrictions on Aid Workers and Journalists Indonesia's government imposed travel restrictions on aid workers in tsunami-hit Aceh province on Wednesday, saying many areas of the province are unsafe due to the ongoing separatist struggle. Two professors of South Asian politics discuss how politics is affecting the… Continue watching