Oct 20 Watch Patients, Doctors Face Tough Questions Amid Changes in Prostate Cancer Screening There have been plenty of questions and reactions in the medical community since a government panel recommended changing the way men are screened for prostate cancer. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on some of the responses among patients and… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch Telling the Story Behind Cancer In New Book, Doctor Explores History of Cancer… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch ‘The President Is a Sick Man’ Details Secret Surgery of President Cleveland When President Grover Cleveland underwent secret cancer surgery in 1893 the public was kept in the dark for weeks while he recuperated and for decades to follow. Ray Suarez discusses the history with author, Matthew Algeo, who details the happenings… Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch Chavez’s Health Fuels Political Power Struggle in Venezuela Celebrations erupted Monday in Caracas as news spread that President Hugo Chavez had returned to Venezuela after receiving cancer treatment in Cuba. Ray Suarez discusses the nation's recent political struggles with Moises Naim of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace… Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch Cigarette Warnings Get Graphic, but Will Smokers Be Deterred? The biggest change to cigarette pack health warnings in 25 years came Tuesday when the FDA released nine graphic color images that will cover the entire top half of cigarette packs beginning next year. Margaret Warner discusses the new warnings… Continue watching
Jun 15 In Many Countries, Cancer Patients Face Stigma, Misperceptions By Beat Beat A growing body of research looks at perceptions of cancer and the stigma for patients, both self-inflicted and from their communities. Continue reading
Jun 14 Chronic Disease Hitting Growing Economies Hard By Beat Beat The majority of preventable deaths from non-communicable conditions like cancer and heart disease occur in developing countries. Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch New Promise Shown in Treatments for Melanoma, Breast Cancer Two studies have doctors energized about the prospects for treating people with advanced cases of deadly skin cancer and the prospects for a new breast cancer drug. Judy Woodruff discusses the latest developments with Dr. George Sledge of The American… Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch ‘Practice-Changing’ Cancer Study Shows Lymph Node Surgery May Be Unnecessary A decades-old treatment for breast cancer does not necessarily improve survival rates in women with early stage cancer, according to a study released this week. Gwen Ifill speaks with co-author Dr. Monica Morrow, a surgical oncologist at New York's Memorial… Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch How Will Steve Jobs’ Latest Hiatus Affect Apple, Tech World? Apple co-founder Steve Jobs announced his third medical leave in the past decade, a year and a half after he returned following a liver transplant. Gwen Ifill talks with Troy Wolverton, who covers technology for the San Jose Mercury News,… Continue watching