Maté, Gabor

Summary: "In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2022

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Summary: On World AIDS Day 2003, WHO and UNAIDS released a detailed and concrete plan to reach the 3 by 5 target of providing antiretroviral treatment to three million people living with AIDS in developing countries and those in transition by the end of 2005. It was a vital step toward the ultimate goal of providing universal access to AIDS treatment to all those who need it. This program travels to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: A killer flu outbreak isn't just a developing-world nightmare. The influenza virus is so adaptable that the West is as vulnerable as anywhere else. This program outlines the history of influenza and explores current research into what steps, if any, might prevent a future flu pandemic. Viewers are shown how the virus mutates to resist vaccines and has an uncanny ability to jump species...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: New and lethal strains of TB are emerging worldwide which cannot be treated by conventional drugs. One estimate puts the number of new MDR TB cases per year as high as 400,000. After 40 years without any research into new drugs, the race is on to find a cure for MDR TB. This program travels between Peru and South Korea as it examines both the current impact of TB super strains in the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: When polio vaccines were first developed, many experts thought the disease would be fully eradicated within decades. Tragically, as this film shows, it has survived in places like Afghanistan and northern Nigeria. These locations are now acting as disease reservoirs, with children the hardest-hit demographic and with travelers re-infecting other countries once thought invulnerable....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004

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Summary: For those who have never faced deep-rooted emotional or psychological problems, it can be difficult to see why maintaining mental health requires more than the capabilities of any one individual. While personal accountability remains an important step toward wellness, the complex demands of society do contribute to mental illness and create obstacles to healing. This program examines mental...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010

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Summary: Virtually every child in the world, rich or poor, is infected early in life by a vicious bug called rotavirus. The lucky ones show no symptoms-they simply become immune. Others develop severe diarrhea. Given the best medicine, the victims recover. However, in developing countries, where even simple rehydration therapy may be hard to come by, rotavirus is lethal, killing around 400,000 children...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011

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Summary: Uganda is at a turning point in its fight against malaria. In Kampala's Mulago hospital, a staggering percentage of admissions are due to malaria and it is the highest cause of death amongst patients. The parasite is becoming resistant to the standard treatments, and infecting children of younger ages. Just as worrying-some mosquitoes are becoming immune to the insecticide commonly used on...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011

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Summary: While mosquito-borne diseases like malaria emerge from stagnant ponds and puddles, it is fast-running water, in conjunction with the blood-sucking black fly, that creates a breeding ground for river blindness. Black flies carry a microscopic nematode larva that, thanks to a penny-sized nodule under the skin, can be easily detected after it has grown and reproduced inside a human host, but not...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011

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Summary: From bee sting therapy in Taiwan to the insertion of live maggots into wounds in some parts of the United States, folk therapies often seem mysterious and are frequently portrayed as quackery-but they can also be effective. This program examines that paradox, crossing cultural and national boundaries to examine bizarre forms of medicine. Viewers may come to the realization that, despite the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010

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Summary: Many who followed the Terri Schiavo case struggled to make sense of the flurry of opinions it generated. This NewsHour program, recorded during the last days of Terri Shiavo's life, presents two opposing yet thoroughly reasoned perspectives on the issues. Beth Israel Medical Center neurologist Dr. Russell Portenov explains the medical justification for removing the feeding tube, while Dr....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007

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Summary: In this program, NewsHour correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on life and death in Sun City, Arizona, a vibrant retirement community where hospice is the preferred form of end-of-life care. Dartmouth Medical School's John Wennberg and others consider the desire of many senior citizens with terminal illnesses to make peace with death rather than fight it. They also confront the fact that...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Summary: America's managed care system was designed to provide coordinated preventive and long-term healthcare better than individual doctors could in yesterday's fragmented fee-for-service system. Have HMOs lived up to that promise? In this program, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith investigates Kaiser Permanente-the largest nonprofit HMO in the U.S.-and its social mission of lifetime...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: What is the most costly element of America's trillion-dollar healthcare system? Surprisingly, experts believe it is the medical quality gap and medical errors, which they estimate take more than 90,000 lives each year. In this program, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith examines New York's tough performance reports on doctors and hospitals doing open-heart surgery; profiles a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: Science has made leaps and bounds in its assault on AIDS-but do antiretroviral drugs guarantee a long life? Why does the disease still cause widespread suffering in Africa, despite the development of new medicines? Author and actor Stephen Fry investigates, traveling across the U.S., Great Britain, and Uganda as he studies the medical obstacles to an AIDS-free world. Fry highlights good news,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: In the 21st century we can prevent, treat, or cure most of the deadliest diseases known to humankind - and yet millions die  every year because the benefits of modern medicine and public health fail to reach them. What are the obstacles to providing care to populations in need? This program chronicles innovative health programs and charismatic leaders who are providing care to millions of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Summary: Before there was an understanding of infectious disease, few weapons were available to fight it. This program chronicles the groundbreaking work of early researchers, such as Louis Pasteur, who unmasked germs as the source of illness. Today, vaccines have made huge strides against epidemics but the world still faces major challenges in getting basic vaccines to those who still need them, and in...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Summary: Today's emergency rooms are being used as a safety net for a healthcare system that leaves tens of millions of Americans uninsured-and that net is about to break. Because ERs are required to treat every patient who comes through the door, people with nowhere else to turn are joining the critical-care crowd. This ABC News program reports on America's emergency room crisis, in which many ERs,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Summary: Ron was an active 76-year-old when he underwent articular surface replacement, or ASR, for one of his hips. Soon after his surgery a lump the size of a grapefruit developed on the side of his leg. Five operations later, he can barely walk. Another case study features Catherine, who had ASR in her early 40s and now suffers from toxic levels of cobalt in her system. Ron and Catherine are among...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011

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Summary: When it comes to malpractice awards, there will always be those who call them exorbitant and others who call them just. But how exactly do juries calculate a figure for damages? How do they determine what the quality of life-or even life itself-is worth in dollars and cents? This ABC News program introduces viewers to a jury that, after finding a doctor to be negligent, had to then answer...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Summary: Young thugs brag about their "raskol" gang ritual of raping women and girls. A truck driver picks up a teenage prostitute out on the highway-just part of his routine. A "hostess supervisor" at a Port Moresby brothel explains that he might tell clients to use a condom with his girls, but that sometimes he's too tired to bother. Such are the human tragedies in this look at Papua New Guinea's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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