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Health Quarterly, The; Health Quarterly, The #201
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- Series
- Health Quarterly, The
- Program
- Health Quarterly, The #201
- Program Number
201
- Series Description
The series provides a forum to examine the political, social and personal impact of changes in health care in the United States. It focuses on stories that affect us all--the cost of growing old, of nursing home care and, as we live longer, the challenge of staying healthy. Each edition of "The Health Quarterly" features "The AIDS Report," an update on the major health crisis facing the world today. Hosted by Peter Jennings.
- Program Description
This hour magazine format program includes three segments: "Is Your Vote Good for Your Health?" "Children of DES," and "The AIDS Report: Dating in the Age of AIDS."
YOUR HEALTH CARE VOTE: The Health Quarterly examines the health care choices voters will make when castihg a vote for president this fall. Health policy is shaped be five competing interests: doctors, lawyers, drug companies, insurance companies and consumers. Three out of every four years, the first four influences dominate - but once every four years, consumers, that is-voters, have their say. What are the candidates offering? How will Americans vote?
DES: A DRUG THAT HARMS AND THE BURDEN OF PROOF: DES is a synthetic estrogen, invented in 1939 to prevent miscarriage. lts creator won a nobel prize. But evidence began to mount against use of the drug. Animals that were fed the drug to make them fatter caused men who ate them to develop female charteristics. Women whose mothers took the drug developed a rare cervical cancer. ln 1959 the FDA banned DES in chickens. ln 1979 the FDA banned DES in cows. lt has yet to ban DES in humans. The Health Quarterly's second segment investigates the controversy surroundeng this "miracle vitamin for pregnant women."
THE AIDS REPORT: DATING IN THE AGE OF AIDS: THE HEALTH QUARTERLY presents the most recent scientific information about the location of the virus in the body and what that means for preventing transmission.
- Duration
01:00:14
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Special
- Topics
- Health and Exercise
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Inequality
- Social Issues - Homophobia
- Creators
- Moral, Mercedes Del (Director)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Health Quarterly, The; Health Quarterly, The #201,” GBH Archives, accessed September 7, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F62A67EE18764F75840D4E6CD55D5D1A.
- MLA: “Health Quarterly, The; Health Quarterly, The #201.” GBH Archives. Web. September 7, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F62A67EE18764F75840D4E6CD55D5D1A>.
- APA: Health Quarterly, The; Health Quarterly, The #201. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F62A67EE18764F75840D4E6CD55D5D1A