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June 02, 2009 04:12 PM EDT --
Surgeon and writer Atul Gawande went to McAllen, Texas, one of the priciest healthcare markets in America, to ask why. He found lessons for us all. Atul Gawande is a surgeon and writer. He’s on the . . .
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June 23, 2009 06:12 PM EDT --
Will health care reform really make it through the Washington gauntlet this time? We'll take a close look at the politics playing out now, and the road ahead for reform.
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Jonathan . . .
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November 22, 2009 06:00 PM EST --
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) lifts a copy of the Democratic health care reform bill on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, during a news conference on Capitol Hill. Democrats united to push health care legislation . . .
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December 17, 2009 08:36 PM EST --
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks on during a press briefing at the climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. Clinton announced that the United States is prepared . . .
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January 26, 2009 11:36 PM EST --
Adderall (Photo by hipsxxhearts, Flickr.com)
Pharmaceutical companies – and some scientists – are pushing to make drugs like Adderall and Ritalin mainstream performance enhancers. . . .
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February 03, 2009 12:51 AM EST --
Adderall (Photo by hipsxxhearts, Flickr.com)
Pharmaceutical companies – and some scientists – are pushing to make drugs like Adderall and Ritalin mainstream performance enhancers. . . .
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November 04, 2009 09:00 PM EST --
Detail from The Fountain of Youth, 1546, by German painter Lucas Cranach the Elder (Wikimedia Commons; click for full image).
A surge of new strategies to “manage” aging — . . .
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January 30, 2009 03:48 PM EST --
Pass on the chicken Caesar salad, save the planet. New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman on how to change the world with your diet.
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Mark Bittman , food columnist for The New York . . .
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March 24, 2009 10:55 AM EDT --
Reggie Jackson of Prevention Works, a needle exchange program that focuses on preventing the spread of HIV, talks during an interview in the Trinidad section of Washington on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. . . .
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March 24, 2009 10:55 AM EDT --
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Huge studies came out last week on the number-one cancer issue in men's health. Women wrestle with breast cancer. Men: prostate. . . .
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April 17, 2009 04:48 PM EDT --
Tiny babies. Big challenges. We'll go inside the world of neonatal medicine where miracles and tragedies happen every day.
Guests:
Christine Gleason , Chief of Neonatology and Professor of . . .
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July 23, 2009 05:48 PM EDT --
Clockwise, from top left: President Barack Obama responds to questions during a news conference at the White House on Wednesday (AP); U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a . . .
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July 28, 2009 09:48 PM EDT --
Hospitals, uninsured illegal immigrants, and the law. We'll look at a jury’s controversial verdict in Florida and the precedent it sets.
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Deborah Sontag , reporter for The New York . . .
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August 06, 2009 09:01 AM EDT --
Students ride their bikes outside a closed elementary school in Fountain Valley, Calif., in May. The school was closed for swine-flu sanitizing. (AP)
Swine flu, H1N1, is surprisingly resilient, . . .
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August 06, 2009 08:24 PM EDT --
Cash for clunkers. Hope for the economy. And a dramatic homecoming for two freed American journalists. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
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Joining us from Washington . . .
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August 17, 2009 11:12 PM EDT --
The White House signals healthcare compromise, and could back away from a government-run “public option.” We'll ask what that would mean for reform.
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Howard Dean, former . . .
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September 01, 2009 03:36 PM EDT --
Mommy cocktail hours. Drinking in secret. Driving drunk. Sobering new facts about women and alcohol abuse.
Guests:
Sarah Allen Benton , recovering alcoholic and author of “Understanding . . .
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September 08, 2009 06:12 PM EDT --
President Barack Obama walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. (AP)
The president prepares to address the nation at what many call a do-or-die moment . . .
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October 04, 2009 10:00 PM EDT --
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN).
The family of former GOP Senate majority leader, and doctor, Bill Frist, made a fortune in health care. Now he’s talking with us about reform. . . .
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October 26, 2009 05:36 PM EDT --
The entrance to the San Francisco Medical Cannabis Clinic in San Francisco, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers should not be targeted for federal prosecution . . .
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