What's Health Got to Do with It?

Our panel of medical experts discusses the month's biggest healthcare news from a rise in vaccine-preventable illnesses to an increase in alcohol consumption by pregnant women.

Updated guidance is challenging old assumptions about cholesterol, heart disease and the use of statins. Then, a new generation of weight loss medications is changing how we think about health. But can a prescription modify habits?

What if food was treated like medicine — prescribed, personalized and reimbursed as part of healthcare? Then, the science behind the Klotho gene. Why researchers call it a possible “anti-aging” switch for the brain.

Actress Annabelle Gurwitch shares how a Stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped her life. Then, many people hear “palliative care” and think the worst. Why that misunderstanding can prevent patients from getting the support they need most.

From psychedelic depression treatments to an uptick in tick bites, our health experts unpack the month’s biggest medical headlines.

For a special Memorial Day program, we examine how veterans navigate the complexities of the healthcare system, and we highlight the critical need for specialized care for service members after service ends.

We explore the connection between the heart and brain — how an irregular cardiac rhythm can increase the risk of stroke and how even simple movement like walking can protect the brain.

Adoption is often framed as a selfless and courageous act, but is it truly a choice made by birth mothers or a result of policy and inequality? Then, she’s known for her on-screen work like "Jurassic Park" and "Big Little Lies," but off camera Laura Dern’s most epic role was caregiving for her mother, though it was not without a plot twist.

Our medical experts discuss the month’s biggest health headlines, from falling fertility rates to violence against health care workers.

Nearly 2 million brain cells die each minute a stroke remains untreated. We break down the biggest advances in stroke care and what survivors can teach us about resilience.

How race, identity and weight shape patient care — and what happens when medical professionals get it wrong.

Most Americans have never donated plasma — but for some, it’s the difference between life and death. Then, a stranger’s final act became her new beginning. The human side of organ donation, told by someone living it.

From fine air pollution to an outbreak of sexually transmitted ringworm, our health experts unpack the month’s biggest medical headlines.

Caregivers turn their experience into art. An author illuminates the realities many child caretakers face, and a filmmaker revisits his past through the lens of his family’s decade-long caregiving journey.

The U.S. spends more on health care than any nation, so why do so many American patients feel lost in the system? Then, could ALS finally become a treatable disease?

Immigrant physicians are the backbone of the U.S. health system. What happens if that pipeline weakens? Then, a retired oncologist traces his path from a small village in Bangladesh to the front lines of American medicine.

How simple, early conversations about boundaries, secrets and trust can help prevent childhood sexual abuse. Then, a rare brain disorder sparks a parent-led global research movement.

Medical experts discuss the month’s biggest health headlines — from heart disease risk in women to a new genetics study sure to affect how mental health is treated in the future.

Medicine redesigned. Can a new kind of medical training fix health care? Then, from reactive medicine to proactive health, how disease prevention transforms lives.

Give your heart the love it deserves — what sleep habits and stress levels reveal about your heart’s health. Then, after living with heart failure and surviving two heart transplants, a songwriter uses music to inspire hope in others.