Week of March 28, 2007

CBS Evening News

Video: The Cost Of Fighting Cancer
Anthony Mason
Mar. 27, 2007
"Fighting cancer can empty your wallet quickly. With surgery, chemotherapy and the spiraling price of cancer-fighting drugs, Anthony Mason says Americans will spend $78 billion this year." (Related story) (Running time: 2:00)

Video: Negotiating Hospital Bills
Wyatt Andrews
Mar. 26, 2007
"There is some good news for the millions of Americans who find their hospital bills a confusing mess. Wyatt Andrews reports on how you can save money on your bill by doing a little investigating." (Related story) (Running time: 3:06)

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Video: Drugs May Work as Well as Angioplasty, Study Says
Jim Lehrer
Mar. 27, 2007
"A new study has found that the use of drugs and stents, which are tiny metal scaffolds placed in clogged arteries, may be no better than using drugs alone in non-emergency situations. Two cardiologists discuss the findings." (Running time: 12:55)

Video: U.N. Launches Effort To Fight Human Trafficking
Fred de Sam Lazaro
Mar. 27, 2007
"The NewsHour looks at efforts to fight forced prostitution in India, as well as one woman's mission to help victims of sexual violence." (Running time: 9:32)

National Public Radio

Audio: Doctors Shoulder Mounting Insurance Burdens
Joanne Silberner
Mar. 26, 2007
"A family physician in Delaware says disputes with health-insurance companies are increasingly taking up more of her time. And that, she says, means spending hours on paperwork that she'd like to devote to patients." (Running time: 5:39)

ABC World News

Video: Stem Cells Yield Heart Hope
Dr. Tim Johnson
Mar. 25, 2007
"A study shows adult stem cells, not embryos, could help treat heart damage." (Running time: 2:32)

NBC Nightly News

Video: Doctors Owe More Than $1 Billion in Back Taxes
Lisa Myers
Mar. 24, 2007
"A new government investigation finds that doctors and other medical providers who owe more than $1 billion in back taxes are still collecting money from Medicare. NBC’s Lisa Myers reports." (Related story) (Running time: 2:47)

CNN

Video: Threat of Chagas Disease
Dr. Bill Lloyd
Mar. 24, 2007
"Dr. Bill Lloyd explains how a disease from Latin America is making its way to the United States." (Running time: 2:38)

Week of March 21, 2007

NBC Nightly News

Video: Iraq Coping with In-Country Refugee Crisis
Andrea Mitchell
Mar. 21, 2007
"An investigation by Refugees International says the U.N. expects 1 million Iraqis to be displaced from their homes in Iraq this year. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports." (Running time: 2:21)

Ann Curry in Darfur

 

Video: Has Intelligence Sharing Impacted U.S. Darfur Response?
Ann Curry
Mar. 20, 2007
"Ann Curry is in Sudan looking at whether intelligence sharing has affected the U.S. response to the ongoing crisis in Darfur." (Related story) (Running time: 2:55)

 

Video: Sudan's al-Bashir Denies Genocide
Ann Curry
Mar. 19, 2007
"Amid intense international pressure to stop the atrocities in Darfur, the president of Sudan reacted forcefully Monday, denying his government is complicit in ethnic cleansing and accusing the United States of having ulterior motives against Sudan...On Monday, Sudan President Omar al-Bashir gave NBC's Ann Curry an unprecedented two-hour, no-holds-barred interview -- his first television interview to a Western journalist in three years." (Related story) (Running time: 3:21)

Related from Mar. 22 New York Times:
Ann Curry’s Ambition: To Witness the Suffering

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Video: Free Health Fairs Provide Care for Katrina Victims
Susan Dentzer
Mar. 20, 2007
"Susan Dentzer has the first report in a two-part series on health care shortages after Hurricane Katrina." (Running time: 8:14)

CBS Evening News

Video: Alzheimer's Disease in America

Video: Funding For Alzheimer's
Wyatt Andrews
Mar. 20, 2007
"Relatives of some of those afflicted with Alzheimer's went to Capitol Hill today, where they tried to get Congress to recognize how much caring for their loved ones costs. Wyatt Andrews reports." (Running time: 1:59)

 

Video: Worries About Alzheimer's
Randall Pinkston
Mar. 20, 2007
"As an increasing amount of Americans under the age of 65 are stricken with Alzheimer's disease, new drugs may be on the way to help stem the tide of the disease. Randall Pinkston reports." (Related story) (Running time: 1:59)

 

 

Video: Patience for Patients
Katie Couric
Mar. 16, 2007
"A new book by a Harvard professor claims that doctors' personal feelings and preconceived notions can affect their diagnoses of patients. Katie Couric has more details." (Related story) (Running time: 4:08)

CNN

Video: Modern Slavery
Alphonso Van Marsh
Mar. 19, 2007
"Authorities in Britain look to combat human trafficking. CNN's Alphonso Van Marsh reports." (Running time: 3:41)

National Public Radio

Audio: Health Care Back in the National Spotlight
Julie Rovner
March 19, 2007
"It has been nearly a decade and a half since the last effort to overhaul the nation's health care system. But the issue is back, driven by recent state initiatives seeking ways to provide universal health care and by the 2008 presidential campaign." (Running time: 5:30)

Audio: Trial Scrutinizes Infant HIV Outbreak in Kazakhstan
Ivan Watson
Mar. 18, 2007
"[Twenty-two-month-old Baurzhan Alsiidov] is one of at least 95 children to have tested positive for HIV in southern Kazakhstan since last summer. Neither [his twin sister] Aruzhan nor the children's parents have the virus. Baurzhan's father thinks his son was infected last winter, while he was being treated for pneumonia at a local hospital in the city of Shymkent, about 1,000 miles south of Astana, the capital. Now, 21 health-care workers in Shymkent are standing trial on charges of negligence and corruption." (Running time: 6:27)

Week of March 14, 2007

National Public Radio: "Nigeria's Neglected Diseases"

Audio: A Doctor's Lifelong Commitment to Fight Diseases
Joanne Silberner
Mar. 13, 2007
"Dr. Frank Richards specializes in the infectious diseases that are rampant in developing countries, especially diseases that target children. For 25 years, he has worked in uncomfortable and sometimes dangerous conditions to help people who are struggling to survive." (Running time: 7:34)

 

Audio: Parasitic Diseases Thrive in AIDS's Shadow
Joanne Silberner
Mar. 12, 2007
"There's a category of illnesses in the developing world called neglected diseases -- parasitic diseases that don't kill, at least not very quickly. Over the last 20 years, as the fight against AIDS and malaria captured attention and resources, these infections have been overlooked. International donors are trying to change that in Nigeria and across Africa." (Running time: 6:16)

CBS Evening News

Video: Hormone Key To Teen Behavior
Sharon Alfonsi
Mar. 12, 2007
"Scientists have isolated the hormone responsible for erratic behavior in teens. It turns out to be the very same hormone that helps adults handle stressful situations." (Related story) (Running time: 1:37)

CNN

Video: Children and War
Jennifer Eccleston
Mar. 12, 2007
"Iraqi children are affected by constant exposure to war." (Running time: 3:11)

CBS News: 60 Minutes

Video: Miner's Widow Speaks Out
Bob Simon
Mar. 11, 2007
"Melissa Lee's husband, Jimmy, was one of the miners who died in the Harlan County, Ky. coal mine disaster. She told Bob Simon about her crusade to improve safety practices." (Related story) (Running time: 12:30)

NBC Nightly News

Video: Why Is U.S. Crime on the Rise?
Dawn Fratangelo
Mar. 10, 2007
"Double-digit increases in crime are happening in cities across the country. NBC's Dawn Fratangelo takes a look at some of the reasons why." (Running time: 2:31)

Week of March 7, 2007

National Public Radio

Audio: Genetic Test Improves Odds on Detecting HPV
Allison Aubrey
Mar. 8, 2007
"The HPV test can detect an active infection with one of the high-risk strains of the virus...Over time, Pap smears eventually pick up most slow-growing cancers. But the benefit of the new HPV test is that it tells you right away if you're infected with a virus that could cause the cancer." (Running time: 4:44)

Audio: Village by Village, Stamping Out Guinea Worm
Joanne Silberner
Mar. 3, 2007
"In the rainy season, southeastern Nigeria is dotted with ponds and lakes. Until recently, many of them harbored the debilitating guinea worm parasite. Now, a relentless effort to eradicate it in Nigeria is close to success." (Running time: 6:19)

The Washington Post

Interactive Report with Video: Crisis in Darfur Spills Into Chad
Travis Fox
Mar. 8, 2007
"Along Chad's border, a surge of violence has forced international aid groups to scale back their assistance to 30,000 refugees."

CNN

Video: Food Inspection Worries
Greg Hunter
Mar. 7, 2007
"Ineffectiveness by government agencies may have put food at high risk. CNN's Greg Hunter reports." (Running time: 3:22)

Video: E. Coli Dangers
Sanjay Gupta
Mar. 7, 2007
"Last year's E. coli outbreak is over, but the threat is far from gone." (Running time: 2:08)

The News Hour with Jim Lehrer

Video: U.N. Envoy Discusses Darfur Crisis
Jeffrey Brown
Mar. 6, 2007
"Jan Eliasson, the U.N. Envoy to Darfur since December, talks about the region's continuing conflict." (Running time: 9:22)

CBS Evening News

Video: Lung Cancer Screening Debate
Dr. Jon LaPook
Mar. 6, 2007
"A new study says that while CT scans can increase the rate of diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer, they don't decrease the risk of dying from it. Dr. Jon LaPook reports." (Running time: 1:55)

Video: Menopause-Insomnia Link
Kelly Wallace
Mar. 6, 2007
"A National Sleep Foundation poll found that 50 percent of post-menopausal women reported some kind of sleep disorder. Researchers say hormone swings could be the culprit. Kelly Wallace reports." (Running time: 1:52)

NBC Nightly News

Video: Underage Drinking a Major Health Problem
Tom Costello
Mar. 5, 2007
"The U.S. Surgeon General says there are 11 million underage drinkers in the United States, and more than 7 million of those are binge drinking. NBC's Tom Costello reports." (Running time: 1:58)

Video: Does Happy Equal Healthy?
Nancy Snyderman
Mar. 5, 2007
"Does happiness lead to better health? Studies say yes. NBC's Nancy Snyderman reports." (Running time: 2:12)