Week of July 19, 2006

WhiteHouse.gov webcast

Video: President Bush's Statement on Stem Cell Research
July 19, 2006
"President Bush on Wednesday said, 'These boys and girls are not spare parts. They remind us of what is lost when embryos are destroyed in the name of research. They remind us that we all begin our lives as a small collection of cells. And they remind us that in our zeal for new treatments and cures, America must never abandon our fundamental morals.'" (Video requires Real Player; full transcript)

NBC Nightly News

Video: Protecting Aging Brains
Helen Chickering
July 19, 2006
"Doctors are testing a prostate cancer drug which may help people suffering from Alzheimer's." (Requires Internet Explorer)

National Public Radio

Audio: Drugs and Crime Plague FEMA Trailer Park Residents
Kathy Lohr
July 19, 2006
"Thousands of people are trying to rebuild their lives after Hurricane Katrina left them homeless. The government's response to the crisis was to create FEMA trailer parks all over the Gulf Coast. While the trailers have provided shelter, some trailer parks have become nasty places where drugs and crime are flourishing."

BBC Newsnight

Video: Bulgarian Babies for Sale
Richard Galpin
July 18, 2006
"Pregnant women are being smuggled into Europe by people traffickers who are then selling the babies, the BBC has learned. Richard Galpin reports from Burgas in Bulgaria, which is under intense pressure to tackle the problem." (Related story)

Video: Malaria Advice 'Risks Lives'
Pallab Ghosh
July 13, 2006
"Some high street homeopaths claim they can prevent malaria, a Newsnight investigation has found. Secret filming revealed homeopaths were claiming their preparations could be used instead of anti-malarial drugs to protect travellers in high risk areas such as sub-saharan Africa." (Related story)

Week of July 12, 2006

BBC News Online

Video: U.S. Ad Campaign Targets Crystal Meth
Matt Frei
July 12, 2006
"A television campaign has been launched in the US state of Montana to highlight the dangers of crystal meth. There is concern that dealers have targeted young people by portraying the drug as a diet aid."

Photo Slideshow: Darfur's Camp Life
July 12, 2006
"Thousands of Sudanese continue to pour into camps in Darfur despite the peace deal agreed between the Khartoum government and one rebel faction two months ago. This woman arrived in Abu Shouk camp in the north last month after her village grew increasingly insecure. It is the pattern across Darfur, in the south one field worker estimates 15,000 people have arrived in Nyala in the past few months."

National Public Radio

Audio: Panel Says EPA Should Reassess Dioxin Threat
Richard Harris
July 12, 2006
"Despite decades of work, the Environmental Protection Agency still needs to redo its assessment of one of the most notorious chemicals in the world: dioxin. A committee convened by the National Academy of Sciences says the EPA's methods are flawed and need to be reworked. The report, published Tuesday, is the latest turn in a decades-long saga involving dioxin."

Audio: AIDS in Kenya: Hunger's Tragic Link to HIV
Ed Gordon
July 11, 2006
"In Kenya's western Suba District, AIDS has ravaged fishing communities up and down Lake Victoria. Women have been hardest hit, and an entire generation of children has been orphaned. The first of a two-part report details why women trade sex for food, and how HIV touches all aspects of life -- and also how women shunned for their illness are finding support amongst themselves."

CBS Evening News

Video: The Cost of Cancer Care
Trish Regan
July 12, 2006
"The cost of cancer drugs has skyrocketed in the past year, and one of the nation's top cancer specialists sees a crisis looming." (Video requires Real Player; related story)

Week of July 5, 2006

National Public Radio

Audio: Child Brides in Afghanistan
Alex Chadwick
July 7, 2006
"A photo essay featuring Afghan men and their young brides will appear in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine. Photographer Stephanie Sinclair, who captured the stunning images of the men with brides as young as 11 years old, talks with Alex Chadwick talks about the global issue of child brides."

CBS Evening News

Video: Can the Brain Repair Itself?
Randall Pinkston
July 5, 2006
"A man's stunning recovery has doctors thinking in new ways about the injured brain's ability to heal." (Video requires Real Player; related story)

NBC Nightly News

Video: Restrict Teen Driving, Save Lives
Janet Shamlian
July 3, 2006
"States with the strictest laws for teen drivers have the lowest fatalities. NBC's Janet Shamlian reports on how to keep teens safe even if state laws aren't very strict." (Video requires Internet Explorer; related story)

Video: Defibrillators at Gyms
July 2, 2006
"Portable defibrillators can saves lives at health clubs. Judy Richards, whose daughter died at a gym, seeks a law to make the equipment mandatory."

CNN

Video: Yoga May Help Cancer Patients
Judy Fortin
July 5, 2006
"A study shows yoga postures may help breast cancer patients."

Video: All-Out Assault on AIDS
Gary Nurenberg
July 1, 2006
"CNN's Gary Nurenberg reports on a plan to test everyone in Washington, D.C. for HIV."

Video: Cervical Cancer Vaccine Debate
Sanjay Gupta
June 30, 2006
"The cervical cancer vaccine fuels debate for doctors and parents."

The News Hour with Jim Lehrer

Video: Experts Analyze Bird Flu's Spread in Indonesia
Ian Williams
July 3, 2006
"After an entire Indonesian family died from bird flu, U.N. veterinary experts are working to set up a surveillance system to monitor the disease's spread."

ABC World News Tonight

Video: Art Awakens Alzheimer's Patients' Minds
Bill Blakemore
July 2, 2006
"Usually, Alzheimer's patients develop what doctors call 'the four A's' -- anxiety, aggression, agitation and apathy...The four A's often fade in front of great art, and patients calm down, say doctors. What they call 'emotional memory' comes alive -- feelings they've had before -- related to events and people in their past lives. Nurses and family members report less anxiety and apathy after the museum vists." (Related story)