http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/doctors 2008-09-08T10:45:12Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52266-ron-paul-war-on-drugs-a-complete-failure 2008-09-08T10:45:12Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bvFYCky0muY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bvFYCky0muY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52266-ron-paul-war-on-drugs-a-complete-failure"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63414" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/09/02/Ron_Paul_Speech_at_the_Rally_for_the_Republic">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Republican Congressman and former Presidential candidate Ron Paul criticizes the ongoing U.S. "War on Drugs." This program was recorded as a part of Ron Paul's Campaign For Liberty: Rally for the Republic event, in Minneapolis, MN, on September 2, 2008.</p> <p>FORA.tv coverage of the RNC: <a href="http://fora.tv/topic/republican_convention">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>-----</p> <p>The Rally for the Republic is our premier event and the official kickoff to the Campaign for Liberty. Ron Paul will be headlining the event with a speech that will define our place in history. Musicians and speakers will fill the line-up for this all day event at the Target Center - Campaign for Liberty: Rally for the Republic</p> <p>Ronald Ernest Paul is a Republican United States Congressman from Lake Jackson, Texas, a physician, a bestselling author, and a former 2008 U.S. presidential candidate.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52266-ron-paul-war-on-drugs-a-complete-failure">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47270-africa-uncovered-murder-myth-28-jul-08-part-1 2008-08-02T02:47:05Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/W23rqCzVYzM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/W23rqCzVYzM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47270-africa-uncovered-murder-myth-28-jul-08-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55950" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>One in 4,000 people in Africa is an albino. While they have traditionally lived with discrimination and attracted suspicion, albinos in Tanzania now face a more serious threat. In recent months, dozens of albinos have been murdered and their bodies dismembered as some witch doctors claim that the use of albino body parts can help people to become rich.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47270-africa-uncovered-murder-myth-28-jul-08-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47269-africa-uncovered-murder-myth-28-jul-08-part-2 2008-08-02T02:47:05Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IsfWvnE4njs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IsfWvnE4njs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47269-africa-uncovered-murder-myth-28-jul-08-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55949" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>One in 4,000 people in Africa is an albino. While they have traditionally lived with discrimination and attracted suspicion, albinos in Tanzania now face a more serious threat. In recent months, dozens of albinos have been murdered and their bodies dismembered as some witch doctors claim that the use of albino body parts can help people to become rich.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47269-africa-uncovered-murder-myth-28-jul-08-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/43099-medical-myths-that-can-kill-you-nancy-snyderman 2008-07-18T16:44:54Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V_iSwBG9F1M&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V_iSwBG9F1M&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/43099-medical-myths-that-can-kill-you-nancy-snyderman"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/48953" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/03/Nancy_Snyderman_Medical_Myths_That_Can_Kill_You">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>NBC News Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman deflates urban medical myths and clarifies "weird but true" medical truths.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>NBC News Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman talks about her book Medical Myths That Can Kill You.</p> <p>In her trademark practical and straightforward way, Dr. Snyderman reveals the truths behind unscientific, undocumented, and dangerous medical myths - Book Passage</p> <p>Dr. Nancy Snyderman joined NBC News as the chief medical editor in September 2006. Her reports appear on "Today," "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams," "Dateline NBC," MSNBC, and MSNBC.com. <br />Snyderman has reported on wide-ranging medical topics affecting both men and women and has traveled the world extensively, reporting from many of its most troubled areas. She is on staff in the Department of the Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania.</p> <p>Prior to joining NBC News, Snyderman served as vice president of consumer education for the health care corporation Johnson and Johnson. There she led the independent educational initiative, Understanding Health, focusing on educating and informing the public about health and medicine.</p> <p>Before that, Snyderman served as the medical correspondent for ABC News for 17 years and was a contributor to "20/20," "Primetime," and "Good Morning America." Prior to leaving ABC she was a frequent substitute co-host on "Good Morning America."</p> <p>Snyderman attended medical school at the University of Nebraska and continued with residencies in Pediatrics and Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. She joined the surgical staff at the University of Arkansas in 1983 and began her broadcasting career shortly after at KATV, the ABC affiliate in Little Rock, Arkansas.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/43099-medical-myths-that-can-kill-you-nancy-snyderman">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39845-iq-testing-and-nazi-eugenics-stephen-murdoch 2008-06-26T21:40:36Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/37qrLGhXch0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/37qrLGhXch0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39845-iq-testing-and-nazi-eugenics-stephen-murdoch"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44970" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/04/16/Stephen_Murdoch_Discusses_IQ">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Author Stephen Murdoch describes how IQ testing was used as justification for eugenics programs in Nazi Germany and the United States.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Stephen Murdoch, author of IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea, discusses the invention and history of the IQ test and its applications from the past to the present.</p> <p>Stephen Murdoch has been working as a journalist and writer since 1999. He has written on a wide range of subjects—from legal policy and psychology, to travel and topical commentary. In 2006, Murdoch was a weekly columnist for the Santa Barbara News-Press. He has also contributed to Newsweek, Marketplace (a radio show carried by many NPR stations), The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Lawyer, The Boston Globe and other publications.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39845-iq-testing-and-nazi-eugenics-stephen-murdoch">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38308-richard-carmona-humanitarian-aid-and-foreign-policy 2008-06-06T10:46:19Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r3_8ur1LOkU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r3_8ur1LOkU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38308-richard-carmona-humanitarian-aid-and-foreign-policy"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43270" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/04/02/Former_Surgeon_General_Dr__Richard_Carmona">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona argues for greater forcus on humanitarian aid as a staple of American foreign policy.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Prevention: The Key to Heading off a National Health-Care Crisis with former Surgeon General Richard Carmona, M.D.</p> <p>Carmona describes the current health crisis as preventable and reversible. He notes that chronic disease accounts for 7 in 10 deaths and 75 cents of every dollar spent on health care in the United States.</p> <p>As 17th U.S. surgeon general, Carmona worked to revise our nation's approach to health by emphasizing the importance of increasing prevention, eliminating health disparities and improving health literacy.</p> <p>Carmona's rise to being "doctor of the nation" is particularly remarkable because of his disadvantaged childhood. He was homeless at age 6 and a high-school dropout at 17. Join us to hear Carmona's insights about our health-care challenges and opportunities - The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Dr. Richard H. Carmona was born to a poor family in New York City. Dr. Carmona experienced homelessness, hunger and health disparities during his youth. The experiences greatly sensitized him to the relationships among culture, health, education and economic status and shaped his future.</p> <p>After dropping out of high school, Dr. Carmona enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1967. While serving, he earned his General Equivalency Diploma and went on to become a combat-decorated Special Forces Vietnam veteran. After leaving active duty, he was able to attend Bronx Community College of the City University of New York through an open enrollment program for veterans. He earned an associate of arts degree and then attended the University of California, San Francisco, where he received a bachelor of science degree (1977) and medical degree (1979). At the University of California Medical School, Dr. Carmona was awarded the prestigious gold-headed cane as the top graduate.</p> <p>Originally trained in general and vascular surgery after medical school, Dr. Carmona completed a <br />National Institutes of Health-sponsored fellowship in trauma, burns and critical care. He is a Fellow <br />of the American College of Surgeons. Recruited jointly by the Tucson (Arizona) Medical Center and <br />the University of Arizona, Dr. Carmona started and directed Arizona's first regional trauma care <br />system, and became the chairman of the State of Arizona Southern Regional Emergency Medical <br />System, a professor of surgery, public health and family and community medicine at the University <br />of Arizona, and the Pima County Sheriff's Department surgeon and deputy sheriff.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38308-richard-carmona-humanitarian-aid-and-foreign-policy">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38259-stem-cells-politics-vs-medicine 2008-06-18T09:37:31Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EmVdZ1Efo1E&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EmVdZ1Efo1E&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38259-stem-cells-politics-vs-medicine"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43219" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/04/02/Former_Surgeon_General_Dr__Richard_Carmona">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona addresses the Bush Administration's position on federal funding for stem cell research, and criticizes the conflicts between medical science and politics. </p> <p>-----</p> <p>Prevention: The Key to Heading off a National Health-Care Crisis with former Surgeon General Richard Carmona, M.D.</p> <p>Carmona describes the current health crisis as preventable and reversible. He notes that chronic disease accounts for 7 in 10 deaths and 75 cents of every dollar spent on health care in the United States.</p> <p>As 17th U.S. surgeon general, Carmona worked to revise our nation's approach to health by emphasizing the importance of increasing prevention, eliminating health disparities and improving health literacy.</p> <p>Carmona's rise to being "doctor of the nation" is particularly remarkable because of his disadvantaged childhood. He was homeless at age 6 and a high-school dropout at 17. Join us to hear Carmona's insights about our health-care challenges and opportunities - The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Dr. Richard H. Carmona was born to a poor family in New York City. Dr. Carmona experienced homelessness, hunger and health disparities during his youth. The experiences greatly sensitized him to the relationships among culture, health, education and economic status and shaped his future.</p> <p>After dropping out of high school, Dr. Carmona enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1967. While serving, he earned his General Equivalency Diploma and went on to become a combat-decorated Special Forces Vietnam veteran. After leaving active duty, he was able to attend Bronx Community College of the City University of New York through an open enrollment program for veterans. He earned an associate of arts degree and then attended the University of California, San Francisco, where he received a bachelor of science degree (1977) and medical degree (1979). At the University of California Medical School, Dr. Carmona was awarded the prestigious gold-headed cane as the top graduate.</p> <p>Originally trained in general and vascular surgery after medical school, Dr. Carmona completed a <br />National Institutes of Health-sponsored fellowship in trauma, burns and critical care. He is a Fellow <br />of the American College of Surgeons. Recruited jointly by the Tucson (Arizona) Medical Center and <br />the University of Arizona, Dr. Carmona started and directed Arizona's first regional trauma care <br />system, and became the chairman of the State of Arizona Southern Regional Emergency Medical <br />System, a professor of surgery, public health and family and community medicine at the University <br />of Arizona, and the Pima County Sheriff's Department surgeon and deputy sheriff.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38259-stem-cells-politics-vs-medicine">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36939-leaches-and-john-mccain 2008-09-08T10:43:19Z britethorn <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Diegd-6ilj0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Diegd-6ilj0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36939-leaches-and-john-mccain"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41609" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Does John McCain think Canadians are using Leaches?? <br />http://www.britethorn.com <br />Written by John T. Kramer <br />Music by Ryan Miera: <br />http://www.myspace.com/ryanmiera</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36939-leaches-and-john-mccain">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/34970-walk-a-day-in-my-shoes-tom-udall-elizabeth-burpee 2008-06-11T10:38:13Z SEIU <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7UQQxhKT7hs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7UQQxhKT7hs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/34970-walk-a-day-in-my-shoes-tom-udall-elizabeth-burpee"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/38438" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>http://www.WalkADayInMyShoes2008.com/</p> </div> <a href="/blog/34970-walk-a-day-in-my-shoes-tom-udall-elizabeth-burpee">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33833-dan-ariely-why-do-placebos-work 2008-06-10T15:32:52Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bHBwHVbUwig&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bHBwHVbUwig&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/33833-dan-ariely-why-do-placebos-work"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/36841" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/03/04/Dan_Ariely_Predictably_Irrational">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>MIT Behavioral Economist Dan Ariely discusses the medical effectiveness of placebos, and outlines how expectations of a given situation will affect our experiences of that situation.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Why do our headaches persist after taking a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a 50-cent aspirin? Why do we splurge on a lavish meal but cut coupons to save twenty-five cents on a can of soup? We think we're making smart, rational choices. But are we?</p> <p>In a series of illuminating, often surprising experiments, MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely refutes the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways. Blending everyday experience with groundbreaking research, Ariely explains how expectations, emotions, social norms, and other invisible, seemingly illogical forces skew our reasoning abilities. Predictably Irrational will change the way we interact with the world - one small decision at a time - Cody's Books</p> <p>Dan Ariely is the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Behavioral Economics at MIT, where he holds a joint appointment between MIT's Media Laboratory and the Sloan School of Management. His work has been featured in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, Scientific American, and Science.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/33833-dan-ariely-why-do-placebos-work">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33768-india-s-growing-gender-imbalance-25-march 2008-06-16T15:38:25Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uzqZBVw9Y_w&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uzqZBVw9Y_w&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/33768-india-s-growing-gender-imbalance-25-march"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/36769" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>India is facing a growing gender imbalance -blamed on the widespread abortion of female foetuses. In some states, fewer than eight hundred girls are born for every thousand boys. Girls are seen as a financial burden, largely because of the dowries that have to be paid when they get married. Now the Indian government will start paying parents to help them bring up female babies. Al Jazeera's Matt McClure reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/33768-india-s-growing-gender-imbalance-25-march">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31965-cair-rep-condemns-doctors-role-in-uk-terror-plot 2008-09-08T10:37:44Z CAIR <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3iX87ZIKSVY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3iX87ZIKSVY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31965-cair-rep-condemns-doctors-role-in-uk-terror-plot"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34435" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>CAIR-Ohio Board Chairwoman and Pediatrician Dr. Asma Mobin-Uddin condemns the role doctors allegedly played in the recent UK terror plot.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/31965-cair-rep-condemns-doctors-role-in-uk-terror-plot">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31964-cair-rep-discusses-muslim-doctors-and-the-uk-terror-plot 2008-09-08T10:37:44Z CAIR <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dwVgywQXAQw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dwVgywQXAQw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31964-cair-rep-discusses-muslim-doctors-and-the-uk-terror-plot"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34434" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>CAIR Board Member and Pediatrician Dr. Asma Mobin-Uddin on CNN's American Morning.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/31964-cair-rep-discusses-muslim-doctors-and-the-uk-terror-plot">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/31962-american-muslim-physician-condemns-uk-doctor-terror-plot 2008-09-08T10:37:44Z CAIR <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/m7dfJ_s9M88&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/m7dfJ_s9M88&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/31962-american-muslim-physician-condemns-uk-doctor-terror-plot"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34432" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>CAIR Ohio President and Physician Dr. Asma Mobin-Uddin appears on Your World with Neil Cavuto to discuss the UK terror plot.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/31962-american-muslim-physician-condemns-uk-doctor-terror-plot">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30392-preview-of-interview-with-dr-lorraine-day 2008-06-10T03:30:32Z cmnpenryn <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AXUx_juHXXU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AXUx_juHXXU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30392-preview-of-interview-with-dr-lorraine-day"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/32736" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Go to www.consciousmedianetwork.com for the full interview FREE!</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30392-preview-of-interview-with-dr-lorraine-day">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29931-david-rieff-on-mortality-and-modern-medicine 2008-06-15T15:33:00Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bt6a5z0S8Og&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bt6a5z0S8Og&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/29931-david-rieff-on-mortality-and-modern-medicine"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/32220" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/02/02/David_Rieff_Swimming_in_a_Sea_of_Death">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>David Rieff, son of the late author Susan Sontag, gives his thoughts on modern medicine and mortality.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>David Rieff talks about Swimming in a Sea of Death, a memoir and an investigation, and loving tribute to his mother, the writer Susan Sontag, and her final battle with cancer. Rieff's brave, passionate, and unsparing witness of the last nine months of Sontag's life, from her initial diagnosis to her death, is both an intensely personal portrait of the relationship between a mother and a son, and a reflection on what it is like to try to help someone gravely ill in her fight to go on living and, when the time comes, to die with dignity.</p> <p>Rieff confronts the blunt feelings of the survivor - the guilt, the self-questioning, the sense of not having done enough. And he tries to understand what it means to desire so desperately, as his mother did to the end of her life, to try almost anything in order to go on living.</p> <p>David Rieff is a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine. He is the author of seven previous books, including the acclaimed At the Point of a Gun: Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention; A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis; and Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the Failure of the West. He lives in New York City - Cody's Books</p> </div> <a href="/blog/29931-david-rieff-on-mortality-and-modern-medicine">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/28386-a-duty-to-heal 2008-06-09T15:35:49Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pdgBi7luCb8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pdgBi7luCb8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/28386-a-duty-to-heal"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30531" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2007/09/19/Dan_Gediman_This_I_Believe">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Dr. Pius Kamau reads his essay "A Duty to Heal." This excerpt is taken from a program on the book "This I Believe," featuring Dan Gediman.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Dan Gediman, the executive producer of NPR's This I Believe, joins local contributing essayists to read from This I Believe.</p> <p>Featuring many renowned contributors - including Isabel Allende, Colin Powell, Gloria Steinem, William F. Buckley, Jr., Penn Jillette, Bill Gates, and John Updike - this collection also contains essays by a Brooklyn lawyer; a part-time hospital clerk; and a man who serves on Rhode Island's parole board. The result is a stirring and provocative trip inside the minds and hearts of a diverse group of people whose beliefs - and the incredibly varied ways in which they choose to express them - reveal the American spirit at its best - Tattered Cover</p> <p>Before coming to the U.S. in 1971, Dr. Pius Kamau studied medicine in Spain, England and his native Kenya. A thoracic and general surgeon, Kamau also writes a column for the Denver Post. He is currently organizing a medical group to work in Sudan.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/28386-a-duty-to-heal">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/18717-riz-khan-street-talk-13-nov-07 2008-06-14T21:29:18Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_GFXTDWpoL8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_GFXTDWpoL8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/18717-riz-khan-street-talk-13-nov-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/18405" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>On Riz Khan Street Talk we look at the The Excused Absence Network, an American company that offers fake excuse notes that appear to come from doctors or hospitals. We also ask people in Belgrade what they would do if they were leader for a day.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/18717-riz-khan-street-talk-13-nov-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/15767-inside-iraq-iraq-s-healthcare-crisis-12-oct-07-part-2 2008-06-15T21:30:38Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WRG-i8lScXI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WRG-i8lScXI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/15767-inside-iraq-iraq-s-healthcare-crisis-12-oct-07-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/15563" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Inside Iraq looks at the crisis facing Iraq's healthcare system. Experts say that as many as half of the estimated 655,000 civilian deaths in the war so far might have been avoided if proper medical care had been provided but billions of dollars intended for the reconstruction of the country's medical and hospital network have gone missing while 18,000 doctors have left the country and the remaining ones have been the targets of kidnappings and murder.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/15767-inside-iraq-iraq-s-healthcare-crisis-12-oct-07-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/15766-inside-iraq-iraq-s-healthcare-crisis-12-oct-07-part-1 2008-06-15T21:30:37Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/me1Q5NkPUf0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/me1Q5NkPUf0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/15766-inside-iraq-iraq-s-healthcare-crisis-12-oct-07-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/15562" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Inside Iraq looks at the crisis facing Iraq's healthcare system. Experts say that as many as half of the estimated 655,000 civilian deaths in the war so far might have been avoided if proper medical care had been provided but billions of dollars intended for the reconstruction of the country's medical and hospital network have gone missing while 18,000 doctors have left the country and the remaining ones have been the targets of kidnappings and murder.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/15766-inside-iraq-iraq-s-healthcare-crisis-12-oct-07-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/15529-nobel-winner-andrew-fire-on-ethics-politics-and-science 2008-06-15T21:31:11Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xtfYjL3F-MU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xtfYjL3F-MU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/15529-nobel-winner-andrew-fire-on-ethics-politics-and-science"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/15362" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2007/09/07/Genetic_Landscape_What_is_RNA_Interference">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Andrew Fire answers several questions relating to ethics, politics, and science research.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Andrew Fire discusses "The Genetic Landscape: What is RNA Interference?"</p> <p>Fire knows more than most people about the mysteries of genetics. Come learn about genetics and RNA interference from the winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in medicine, for advances in gene silencing - a process that allows cells to selectively turn off specific genes. Research in this area jump-started a new biological field by opening the door to previously inaccessible lodes of genetic information - The Commonwealth Club</p> <p>Andrew Zachary Fire is an American professor of pathology and genetics at Stanford University.</p> <p>Fire is one of the laureates of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Craig C. Mello, for the discovery of RNA interference (RNAi). This research was conducted at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and published in 1998. Fire is currently professor of pathology and of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine, which he joined in 2003.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/15529-nobel-winner-andrew-fire-on-ethics-politics-and-science">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/13439-should-parents-be-allowed-to-choose-their-child-s-sex 2008-06-16T15:34:24Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rqzXa7Z0HN4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rqzXa7Z0HN4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/13439-should-parents-be-allowed-to-choose-their-child-s-sex"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/13465" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1477">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Philosopher Michael Sandel and medical researcher William Haseltine debate ethical issues in genetic engineering, in a conversation with the Aspen Institute's Elliot Gerson.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>"The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering" with Michael Sandel and William Haseltine speaking at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival. Elliot Gerson moderates the discussion.</p> <p>Some of the most inspired and provocative thinkers, writers, artists, business people, teachers and other leaders drawn from myriad fields and from across the country and around the world all gathered in a single place - to teach, speak, lead, question, and answer at the 2006 Aspen Ideas Festival. Throughout the week, they all interacted with an audience of thoughtful people who stepped back from their day-to-day routines to delve deeply into a world of ideas, thought, and discussion.</p> <p>Michael J. Sandel is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, where he has taught political philosophy since 1980. He is the author of many books, including "The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering" (Harvard University Press, 2007). His writings also appear in general publications such as The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, and The New York Times.</p> <p>William A. Haseltine is chairman of Haseltine Global Health, LLC, a virtual pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing new and more efficient means to develop new life saving drugs and medical devices. He is also president of the Haseltine Foundation for Medical Sciences and the Arts, a foundation that supports access to high quality health for the poor and middle class of developing countries and that also fosters a dialog between sciences and the arts. </p> <p>Elliot Gerson is executive vice president for Seminars and Public Programs at the Aspen Institute. Gerson is responsible for the Aspen Institute’s seminars, including the Executive Seminar, topical and custom seminars, and those offered in Socrates programs. He also manages the Institute’s public programs, including the Aspen Ideas Festival and the World Biomedical Forum. As American secretary of the Rhodes Trust, he manages the US Rhodes Scholarships.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/13439-should-parents-be-allowed-to-choose-their-child-s-sex">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/13307-head-in-a-box 2008-06-16T15:36:35Z mikegravel <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/004zHpa9M20&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/004zHpa9M20&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/13307-head-in-a-box"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/13334" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/13307-head-in-a-box">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5623-elinor-christansen-waiting-lists-and-universal-healthcare 2008-06-07T09:36:14Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jKh1V29b3Jw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jKh1V29b3Jw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/5623-elinor-christansen-waiting-lists-and-universal-healthcare"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/4897" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=967">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Dr. Elinor Christansen, former President of the American Medical Women's Association, rebuts the argument that a national health program would result in longer wait times for Americans in need of medical care.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Dr. Elinor Christiansen, a member of Physicians for a National Health Plan and president of Health Care for All Colorado, discusses the U.S. health care crisis and proposes a simple solution to make comprehensive health care accessible and affordable to all. -- Tattered Cover Bookstore</p> <p>Elinor Christiansen has been a member of American Medical Women's Association since 1955 when she earned her MD from Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (now known as MCP-HU).</p> <p>Her diverse medical career has involved a private practice in general practice in Ohio; maternal and child health in the inner city clinics of Denver, CO; School Health for Denver Public Schools; college health at Colorado Women's College for 2 years; and 18 years at University of Denver Student Health Service where she was a staff physician and also medical director the last 9 years. She was also part of the clinical faculty in Family Medicine at University of Colorado School of Medicine and Medical Director and staff physician at Columbine Family Health Center.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/5623-elinor-christansen-waiting-lists-and-universal-healthcare">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/3847-stop-calling-alberto-gonzales-general 2008-06-08T09:33:27Z youngturks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u5CGsRqJd2c&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u5CGsRqJd2c&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/3847-stop-calling-alberto-gonzales-general"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/3098" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Young Turks: Hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ben Mankiewicz. And a PhD doesn't make you a real Doctor. Watch live from 6-9AM ET on www.theyoungturks.com. Listen from 6-9AM ET on Air America Radio</p> </div> <a href="/blog/3847-stop-calling-alberto-gonzales-general">Watch the video</a>