Every year millions of people in the United States try to lose weight, and most fail. They're constantly bombarded with advice about dieting and the latest slimming fads, but what really works? In this program, medical journalist Michael Mosley inves...
Ever since it became possible to view the human brain as it lights up with activity, researchers have had to change longheld assumptions about an organ that has been called “the three-pound universe.” With the field of neuroscience explo...
The health care cost crisis is likely to become a central focus of the next major health policy debate. A new PBS documentary, Money and Medicine, produced by Roger Weisberg, puts a human face on the excessive health care spendin...
A healthy brain is the key to staying vibrant and alive for a long time, and in as new PBS special, Use Your Brain to Change Your Age, bestselling author and brain expert Dr. Daniel G. Amen shares ten simple steps to boost your brain to hel...
In Easy Yoga for Easing Pain, Peggy Cappy provides a path to relief for those suffering from varying levels of pain in muscles or joints. Peggy's newest routine demonstrates yoga movements that can increase flexibility, reduce joi...
U.S. Health Care: The Good News, an original one‐hour documentary coming to KUED on Thursday, February 16 at 8:00 p.m., takes an inside look at ordinary American communities doing something extraordinary: They provide first‐rate medical care at r...
When she was diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer at age 46, Sean Patrick approached her illness with the same single-minded focus that she used in rock climbing. The obstacle was not an end to a journey but a new beginning. Sean told thos...
In 1994, Salt Lake City filmmaker Twinkle Chisholm followed the stories of five Utah women living with breast cancer. This month, she presents a follow-up to that program titled, Remembering the Faces of Breast Cancer, which looks at how...
Every day, Sherri Wittwer hears the stories of families struggling with mental illness. She also knows firsthand about the fears and frustrations of caring for a child with a mental disorder. "...Every family wh...
Filmed over three years, Lucy Walker's "Waste Land" follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his home country of Brazil, and to Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest garbage dump located on the outskirts of Ri...
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