Apr 13 Autism Diagnoses Bring Slew of Costs for Families By Maureen Hoch As part of the PBS NewsHour's Autism Now series, which begins airing on April 18, we explore some of the basics of autism, including the costs of treatment and therapy. Continue reading
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 10 Watch Giffords Faces Uncertain Road for Medical Recovery Judy Woodruff gets more on the medical condition of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords from Dr. Peter Rhee, the chief of trauma and emergency surgery at University Medical Center in Tucson. Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch Debt-Free Doctors Part of Cuba’s Foreign Policy Strategy Ray Suarez wraps up his series on Cuba with a look at a "medical diplomacy" program that offers medical school education to low-income students from around the world. Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch Cuba’s Emphasis on Preventive Medicine Ray Suarez continues his series from Havana with a report on the Cuban health care system's emphasis on preventive medicine. Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch In California, Facing Down a Family Physician Shortage In the latest in a series on health reform, Betty Ann Bowser reports from California on what's being done to inspire medical students to address a shortage of primary care doctors. Continue watching
Nov 09 Watch In Pakistan, Volunteer Doctors Try to Fill Health Care Void After Floods Special correspondent Saima Mohsin traveled with a team from the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders as it worked to treat Pakistan's flood victims, many of whom have had little access to health care months after the waters first rose. Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch For Scientists, Collaborative Efforts Could Speed Medical Advances Special correspondent Dave Iverson reports on a new push to get scientists to work together to find medical cures sooner. Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch Judge’s Stem Cell Research Stoppage Debated A federal judge issued a ruling to halt human embryonic stem cell research and "preserve the status quo" from before President Obama expanded research guidelines. Judy Woodruff gets perspectives from Dr. Evan Snyder of the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and… Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch News Wrap: Bank Regulators Defend Oversight of Failed WaMu In other news Friday, federal bank regulators came under fire in the Senate for their role in the Washington Mutual bank failure, and President Obama renewed his calls to rein in the derivatives market in the financial system. Continue watching