Mar 07 For depression, primary care doctors could be a barrier to treatment By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News Often referred to as the “common cold of mental health,” depression causes about 8 million doctors’ appointments a year. More than half are with primary care physicians. A new study suggests those doctors may not be the best to treat… Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch Mexico’s sugar clinics help patients gain control over diabetes By PBS News Hour In Mexico, over 70 percent of citizens are overweight or obese and 14 percent of Mexican adults now suffer from diabetes, though half of those affected aren't even aware they have the disease. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports… Continue watching
Aug 13 Is diet soda any healthier than regular soda? By Catherine Woods People can’t get enough information about artificial sweeteners. Do they help you diet? Do they make you fat? Are they healthier than sugar? Are they healthy? Six artificial sweeteners have passed toxicology tests and been deemed safe by the Food… Continue reading
Mar 04 If you avoid these 3 risk factors, scientists can count how many healthy years you’ll add By Laura Santhanam For the first time, scientists have quantified how many heart failure-free years you add to your life if you avoid risky habits that harm your body and contribute to chronic illness. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch Giving coal country a healthy makeover By PBS News Hour One of the least healthy places in the United States is taking an unexpected shift toward better health. In West Virginia's coal country, a growing health gap is fueled in part by shrinking industry and prosperity. Hari Sreenivasan reports on… Continue watching
Aug 07 Why your zip code matters when it comes to diabetic amputations By Anya van Wagtendonk Ten years ago, while working as an attending physician, Dr. Carl Stevens noticed a disturbing pattern: the majority of his patients with diabetes who acquired infections requiring amputation were from low-income backgrounds, while his diabetic patients from wealthier communities rarely… Continue reading
May 16 One in three hospitalized Californians over age 34 has diabetes, study says By Daniela Hernandez, Kaiser Health News In California, roughly one in three hospitalized people over 34 years old has diabetes, increasing the complexity and cost of their care, according to a report released Thursday. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch Ten big drug companies unite to study major diseases By PBS News Hour Ten big pharmaceutical companies are uniting with the National Institutes of Health in a five-year cooperative program to study major diseases. Continue watching
Feb 05 Drug companies team up with NIH to develop new treatments By Sarah Corapi Ten rival pharmaceutical companies have joined forces with the National Institutes of Health in a new initiative to research Alzheimer’s, Type 2 diabetes, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. The unlikely pact between the competing firms — which includes big names… Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch An Emergency Room View of Inner-City Health Dr. Sampson Davis discusses his new book, “Living and Dying in Brick City."… Continue watching