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Michelle Obama Talks Obesity With Jon Meacham (20 March 03:47) |
| The first lady on what it takes to battle obesity.
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Bill Clinton Discusses His War Against Obesity (20 March 03:23) |
| The former president on obesity at home and abroad.
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Are Teachers Unions the Problem or the Solution (20 March 01:47) |
| Randi Weingarten, Rod Paige, and others debate education reform.
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Bullocks Breakup the Perils of Love in Public (20 March 12:26) |
| The media will always ask questions about the love lives of female celebrities. That doesn't mean they should answer.
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BBC Documentary Life Is an Amazing Journey (19 March 05:09) |
| The latest effort from the team behind 'Planet Earth' shows the struggle and beauty of being alive.
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Why Scientists Are Losing the Public-Relations War (18 March 06:49) |
| Why scientists are losing the PR wars.
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Stolen Prescription Drugs How Common Are Heists (18 March 05:02) |
| How common are stolen prescription drugs, and where does the contraband resurface?
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How Prepared Foods Are Secretly Getting Healthier (17 March 04:20) |
| Your favorite prepared foods may be getting healthier. You just don't know it.
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Regina Benjamin on Childhood Obesity (16 March 06:54) |
| Regina Benjamin, America's Surgeon General, discusses the difficulty of tackling childhood obesity—and the highest peak of Mount Kilamanjaro.
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Lawrence Egbert Assisted Suicides New Face (16 March 04:25) |
| Despite criminal charges in both states, the head of a radical right-to-die insists his work is compassionate and necessary.
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Subtle Cervical Cancer Ads Raise Questions (15 March 09:38) |
| The subtle ads for drug giant Glaxo's new cervical-cancer drugs have people talking.
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Michelle Obama Why Im Fighting Childhood Obesity (13 March 04:06) |
| How we can empower parents, schools, and the community to battle childhood obesity.
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How to Tackle the Childhood Obesity Epidemic (13 March 04:06) |
| American innovations in food, transportation, and technology are threatening to supersize us all.
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How Pediatricians Can Fight Childhood Obesity (13 March 04:06) |
| Doctors must do more to help patients battle the bulge.
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Alter The GOPs Doomed Repeal the Bill Idea (13 March 01:33) |
| The GOP will run against health care.
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Why Athletes Arent Role Models (12 March 01:50) |
| Why we should stop worshiping athletes—unless they're on the field.
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My Turn What Veterinarians Can Teach Us About Health Care (11 March 06:07) |
| When I say I'm a veterinary oncologist, I am usually met with a bemused, slightly incredulous reaction. I'm often asked, "Do people really treat their pets for ?" As a matter of fact, they d... |
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How Expensive Will The Obama Health Care Plan Really Be (11 March 05:06) |
| The bogus Republican claim that Obamacare is a government takeover of one-sixth of the economy.
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DC Aims to Increase Female Condom Use (10 March 11:48) |
| The underutilized contraceptive is making a big comeback thanks to a major grant. But is it enough to stop the spread of HIV?
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NEWSWEEK Debate Can Bad Teachers Change (10 March 11:00) |
| NEWSWEEK's Evan Thomas and The New York Times' Elizabeth Green discuss whether educators are born or made.
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Why Tweeting an Abortion May Backfire (06 March 08:23) |
| It's good that we are no longer talking about women's experiences in the abstract. But tweeting an abortion may backfire.
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Medicine We Can Live Without How to Cut Costs Now (06 March 01:43) |
| How we can save billions by cutting out unnecessary procedures that kill tens of thousands a year.
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Low-Tech Treatment May Be Best for Addiction (06 March 12:01) |
| Low-tech treatments work better.
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K2 Scary Drug or Another Drug Scare (05 March 03:51) |
| Local media is abuzz about 'K2'. A scary drug, or just another drug scare?
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The Benefits of International Adoption (04 March 04:13) |
| Despite sensational headlines about Haitian orphans, children adopted from developing nations can thrive in the United States. I know, from personal experience.
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An Abortion on Twitter Why Shame Remains (04 March 02:43) |
| A Florida woman tweeting her abortion is trying to take the shame out of the procedure. It's a high-tech twist on an evolving mission, one that's had limited success.
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Why Are Breast Cancer Rates Dropping (01 March 08:01) |
| A new study suggests that declines in hormone therapy may be responsible.
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Why Are Breast-Cancer Rates Dropping (01 March 08:01) |
| A new study suggests that declines in hormone therapy may be responsible.
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How Oxytocin Might Help Cure Autism (27 February 05:54) |
| A scientist explains his fascinating research. Then we explain his explanation.
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George F Will Immature Men Wont Grow Up (27 February 04:38) |
| The making of modern immaturity.
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Primary-Care Doctor Shortage Hurts Our Health (27 February 03:00) |
| A critical shortage of primary-care physicians is yet another symptom of our ailing health-care system.
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Feminism Progressive Values and Glenn Beck (26 February 07:36) |
| Feminism is stronger than Glenn Beck's slurs.
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FactCheck Health-Care Summit Was Rife With Errors (26 February 06:06) |
| This marathon discussion had no shortage of factual malpractice.
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FactCheck Whats Inside the GOP Health-Care Plans (26 February 05:53) |
| Republican and bipartisan health care proposals may be up for discussion at Obama's summit. What are the details of these plans?
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Elite Athletes Struggle for Insurance Too (26 February 03:26) |
| Athletes at the peak of physical health often face the same hurdles to insurance coverage as the rest of us.
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Baird Tell-All Memoirs Arent the Best Revenge (25 February 08:30) |
| Do tell-all memoirs really help heal?
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Lessons From the Harlem Childrens Zone (22 February 06:24) |
| What we can learn from the Harlem Children's Zone.
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Why Climate Scientists Are Hurting Their Cause (20 February 07:02) |
| Climate scientists who play fast and loose with the facts are imperiling not just their profession but the planet.
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NEWSWEEK Poll Mixed Signals on Health Care (20 February 05:58) |
| In the latest NEWSWEEK Poll, the majority of Americans are opposed to President Obama's health-care reform plan—until they learn the details. Plus, a look at very unhappy mood of the elect... |
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Why Minority Students Dont Graduate From College (20 February 02:55) |
| American universities are accepting more minorities than ever. Graduating them is another matter.
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Ray Gosling AIDS and Euthanasia (19 February 08:59) |
| Ray Gosling's admission was shocking but not unusual: for years, gay men with AIDS have struggled with the legality, ethics, and reality of assisted suicide.
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How Different Cultures Shape the Brain (18 February 09:59) |
| What a difference culture makes.
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Health-Care Cards Could Help Heal a Broken System (17 February 08:13) |
| Could medical information stored on wallet-size cards cure the country's health-care woes?
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How Henrietta Lacks Changed Medical History (17 February 02:57) |
| In 1951, doctors removed Henrietta Lacks's cells without her consent. More than half a century later, companies have made millions from her cell culture, while few of Lacks's descendants can... |
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Physicists Re-Create Conditions of the Big Bang (17 February 02:35) |
| Physicists create conditions not seen since the big bang.
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John Mayers Racism Shared by Others in Power (17 February 02:15) |
| The worst part of his deplorable Playboy interview? He's just saying what others are thinking.
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Why Racial Disparities in Health Care Persist (16 February 01:52) |
| Why racial disparities in health care persist.
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Is There a PMS Gene (15 February 09:04) |
| How science is unraveling the differences between women and men.
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Inside the Mind of Family Annihilators (12 February 05:46) |
| New research sheds light on the motivations of people who kill their families and suggests their numbers may be on the rise.
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Greenest Olympics Ever May Not Mean Much (12 February 05:31) |
| Despite Vancouver's best efforts, the carbon footprint for the Winter Games could be massive.
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