Oct 08 Watch Stem Cell Scientists Gurdon and Yamanaka Win Nobel Prize in Medicine Stem Cell Scientists Gurdon and Yamanaka Win Nobel Prize in Medicine… Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch Concierge Medicine: Greater Access for a Fee Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser looks at a new health care trend called concierge medicine that involves offering specialized care for those who can afford the price tag. Continue watching
May 15 Watch How to Better Treat Trauma Injuries in the Developing World At San Francisco General Hospital, surgeons from developing countries are learning the latest techniques from top U.S. specialists. With just over 100 orthopedic surgeons serving the 80 million people of Kenya and Tanzania, it's admittedly a small step. But doctors… Continue watching
May 10 Watch FDA Urges Caution Over Long-Term Use of Bone-Density-Building Drugs FDA Urges Caution Over Long-Term Use of Bone-Density-Building Drugs… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch How Aspirin May Help Prevent Certain Kinds of Cancer A daily low dose of aspirin could potentially combat a variety of cancers, according to a series of studies published in the medical journal The Lancet. Ray Suarez discusses the studies and the health benefits and risks of aspirin with… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch The Healing Power of Music An unconventional approach to recovery and coping, music therapy is a field of medicine capturing new attention due to its role in helping Gabrielle Giffords recover from a gunshot. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the versatility of music in a… Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch Cancer Treatment: Are Personalized Molecular Profiles in Our Future? In the 40 years since the federal government promised to find a cure for cancer, hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent and much has been learned. Still, the diseases continue to claim more lives each year. Health correspondent… Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch As Lipitor’s Patent Expires, Is Era of ‘Blockbuster Drugs’ Over? After 14 years on the market, the most profitable prescription drug in history, Lipitor, is going generic as patients, doctors and the pharmaceutical industry wait to see what will happen. Margaret Warner discusses the implications with Dr. Jerry Avorn of… Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch Millions of Americans Face Life Without Dental Care The lack of access to dental care is a problem that affects millions of Americans. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports. Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch Cocaine: How ‘Miracle Drug’ Nearly Destroyed Sigmund Freud, William Halsted In "An Anatomy of Addiction," medical historian Howard Markel details the cocaine addictions of Sigmund Freud and William Halsted, both medical revolutionaries a century ago. Betty Ann Bowser and Markel discuss what their stories tell us about one of modern… Continue watching