A surge of new strategies to “manage” aging — from diets to testosterone. We’ll get the story.

Is it OK now to be fat — a la TV’s “More to Love”? Or is it a threat to our health — and health care system?

The Swine Flu vaccine rolls out. We’ll look at vaccination questions and where the flu is now.

Mommy cocktail hours. Drinking in secret. Driving drunk. Sobering new facts about women and alcohol abuse.

Swine flu, H1N1, is surprisingly resilient, and could be back with a vengeance this fall. We’ll look at preparedness, from Washington to our local schools.

Tans and tattoos. Tanning beds. Spray-on tans. We’ll look at our skin and how we color it.

Scientists report that widely used chemicals — endocrine disruptors — are causing serious health problems in humans. We ask what the government is, and is not, doing about it.

Pandemic fever. Arlen Specter joins the Democrats. Chrysler in bankruptcy. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

The swine flu began in Mexico, flew to New Zealand, landed in New York, Kansas, California. Now the world’s defenses are up. We’ll get the latest.

The federal government is pushing to transition our health records online. We’ll look at the benefits and challenges of such a move.

Tiny babies. Big challenges. We’ll go inside the world of neonatal medicine where miracles and tragedies happen every day.

Does the test designed to detect prostate cancer save lives? Two new studies raise big questions.

Washington, D.C. now has an HIV infection rate that rivals rates in Africa. We look at AIDS in America.

Pharmaceutical companies – and some scientists – are pushing to make drugs like Adderall and Ritalin mainstream performance enhancers.

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.

NFL wives speak out. Are their husbands suffering brain damage from playing in the National Football League?

We’ll talk with the field biologist who tracks new threats, to jungle and stream, before they become pandemic.

We’ll look at the evidence on popular treatments, from acupuncture to aromatherapy, and whether they’re effective.

Dr. Thomas Graboys talks about his own Parkinson’s disease.

Lizzie Gottlieb’s brother Nicky was never like most other kids. Very smart, but talked late, walked late, didn’t make eye contact, didn’t socially connect.
It wasn’t until he was 20 that Nicky was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, a kind of high-functioning neurological cousin of autism that is being diagnosed in more and more young Americans.
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