PBS高端访谈:美国应尽早投资于健康事业

JUDY WOODRUFF:Much of the national focus on improving health care has centered on the expansion of coverage that's starting to take effect. But a report out today says it's time for the country to pay more attention to the socioeconomic conditions th

PBS高端访谈:近几年美国吸烟的状况

HARI SREENIVASAN:This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1964 report by then Surgeon-General Luther Terry warning about the dangers of smoking. That report is widely credited with saving millions of lives. For more about the governmen

PBS高端访谈:拉斐尔的学生接受艺术熏陶

JUDY WOODRUFF:Now, Jeffrey Brown continues his series with U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey called Where Poetry Lives, taking us to places where poetry and literature connect to everyday life. In past stories, they visited a program for Alzheimer

PBS高端访谈:新闻回顾:十一月的医疗登记人数是十月份的三倍

GWEN IFILL: The new budget deal in Congress drew support and criticism today. Party leaders on both sidesgenerally backed the agreement. But Tea Party conservatives said there's still too much spending. And Democrats grumbled there's no help for the

PBS高端访谈:大幅修正莱姆病统计数据又添新疑问

GWEN IFILL: Next: the rising toll of Lyme disease and the questions surrounding treatment. Jeffrey Brown has the story. JEFFREY BROWN: Lyme disease was first identified in the 1970s, but it now turns out that it's much more common than previously est

PBS高端访谈:战胜毒瘾 结束美国最大的悲剧

JEFFREY BROWN: And finally tonight, a new book argues that blaming addicts for their addictions could hurt people's chances for getting clean. Judy Woodruff has our conversation. JUDY WOODRUFF: Drug abuse and substance addiction costs the United Stat

PBS高端访谈:院方因未透漏早产儿临床研究的风险而遭起诉

JUDY WOODRUFF: Now the questions surrounding a research trial with newborn babies that allegedly didn't provide adequate disclosure to parents. The trial involved 1,300 infants at 23 hospitals who were born extremely prematurely between 2004 and 2009

PBS高端访谈:医疗支出增加但增度放缓

JUDY WOODRUFF:Now: what's behind the continuing rise in health care spending and why the rate of growth has slowed. Ray Suarez has the story. RAY SUAREZ:For the third consecutive year, health care spending in the U.S. grew by just under 4 percent. Go

PBS高端访谈:对美国饮食而言加工食品是潘多拉魔盒吗?

GWEN IFILL:Finally tonight: how technology has changed the foods we eat. Hari Sreenivasan has our book conversation. HARI SREENIVASAN:Human eating habits have changed more in the past century than in the previous 10,000 years. In the U.S., Americans

PBS高端访谈:司法部反对联邦政府关于紧急避孕药裁决

JEFFREY BROWN:And we return to the battle over emergency contraception, the so-called morning after pill. It's been more than a decade since the pill was first approved by the FDA, but legal and political controversy has swirled ever since. In 2011,

PBS高端访谈:医院收费差异巨大 疯狂背后寻求解决办法

JEFFREY BROWN:Finally tonight: How much for that surgery or this ventilator? The government today released data showing some of these costs for the first time, targeting what hospitals bill Medicare for the 100 most common procedures. And it turns ou

PBS高端访谈:DSM-5对诊断精神病患意味着什么

JUDY WOODRUFF:Next: changes to the so-called bible of psychiatry and what it means for diagnosis and treatment. This weekend, the American Psychiatric Association released a revision to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, often

PBS高端访谈:孝女瑞贝卡长期照顾老年痴呆症母亲

JEFFREY BROWN:And now the first in an occasional series of stories about long-term care. With baby boomers aging and living longer, more people will need it. But new research has shown most Americans have done little or nothing to plan for these situ

PBS高端访谈:孩子排队等待成人肺移植享优先权

GWEN IFILL:Finally tonight: The pleas of two desperate families shift the ethical debate about organ transplant policies for children. Ray Suarez has the story. RAY SUAREZ:The cases of 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan and 11-year-old Javier Acosta have pu

PBS高端访谈:塞内加尔女性痛苦的成长阶段

JEFFREY BROWN:Next: abandoning a widespread and painful rite of passage. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro visited the West African nation of Senegal. His report is part of our Agents for Change series. And a note: Some viewers may find the su

PBS高端访谈:美国农业部关注孩子饮食

MARGARET WARNER: Finally tonight: new rules requiring healthier snacks to be sold in schools beginning next year.Ray Suarez has the story. RAY SUAREZ: Estimates suggest that many kids consume at least half their daily calories while at school. The ne

PBS高端访谈:痴呆人数的下降带来了积极的生活情绪

GWEN IFILL: New research suggests there may be some good news in the struggle against dementia. Two recently released studies show severe memory loss declining among healthier and better educated populations. In England and in Wales, dementia rates o

PBS高端访谈:奥斯丁解决卫生保健一事

RAY SUAREZ: Get close enough to downtown Austin, Texas, and it's not hard to hear why it's called the live music capital of the world. Get a little closer, and the musicians themselves tell a quieter story. That's John Pointer on stage now at Antone'

PBS高端访谈:急诊室医生"砖城"寻根之旅

JEFFREY BROWN:Next: An emergency room doctor returns to Newark and grapples with pressing public health issues. Ray Suarez has our conversation. RAY SUAREZ:Dr. Sampson Davis is the fifth of six children in his family. He was raised in Newark, N.J., i

PBS高端访谈:奥巴马访问反对移民政策而绝食的人士

HARI SREENIVASAN: A shopping frenzy descended across the country today, as post-Thanksgiving shoppers lined up for holiday savings. In some places, the mad dash for deals turned violent, with several shootings and fights breaking out. We will have mo