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  • Mammograms may pose a particular risk to women with genetic mutations that predispose them to breast cancer.
    X-Ray Tests May Heighten Cancer Risk In Susceptible Women
    Researchers concluded that exposure to diagnostic radiation before age 30 is associated with an increased breast cancer risk in women with a certain genetic mutation. They recommend that if a girl or young woman needs diagnostic evaluation via X-ray or CT scan for any reason, she should undergo MRI, which does not use radiation.
  • Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm making one of her points Thursday at the Democratic National Convention.
    VIDEO: Jennifer Granholm's High-Energy Address To The DNC
    President Obama and Vice President Biden are naturally getting the big headlines. But it's former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm who is getting a lot of the buzz this morning. Watch her very spirited appearance.
  • Top Speechwriters Grade Conventions
    President Obama's acceptance of the Democratic nomination capped two weeks of speeches at the political conventions. Host Michel Martin discusses hits and misses with Mary Kate Cary, former speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush; and Paul Orzulak, former speechwriter for President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore.
  • Last month, Japanese police officers arrested activists holding Chinese and Taiwanese flags who landed on Uotsuri Island, one of the islands of Senkaku (in Japanese), which is known as Diaoyu in Chinese.
    Little Islands Are Big Trouble In The South China Sea
    Tiny, uninhabited island chains that ring the South China Sea and reach even farther north are at the center of bitter, multinational battles — many dating to the end of World War II.
  • Russia Talk Throws DNC And RNC Back To Cold War
    Robert Siegel speaks with Susan Glasser, editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine, about Russia. Speakers at both the Republican and Democratic conventions brought up America's relations with the country.
  • The Secrets In A Cigarette
    In his book Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition, historian Robert Proctor reveals little-known secrets of the cigarette, starting with the ingredient list: antifreeze, cocoa shells, liquorice and over 100 other additives.
  • Complaints about disorganized health care are rampant.
    How Broken Is The U.S. Health Care System? Let's Count The Ways
    Nearly a third of spending on health care in the U.S. is wasted. There's lots of inefficiency, excess overhead and some outright fraud, too. But the biggest slice of the waste pie is unnecessary care.
  • Valley Fever cases missed because of lack of awareness
    The soaring nationwide figures for valley fever don’t tell the whole story.Problems with screening for the disease and tracking it over time mean that…
  • When Valley Fever Struck Celebrated Winemaker, Doctors Missed It
    Todd and Tammy Schaefer appear the picture of good fortune and good health.Tall, fit and well dressed, the couple met in Malibu, where they established…
  • Bluff The Listener
    Our panelists tell us three stories of creative engagement proposals, only one of which is true.
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