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Children's Health

'Sesame Street' Takes On Obesity, Healthy Diet

When Sesame Street begins its 36th season on public television today, children who tune in will be getting lessons in exercise and healthy eating along with tips on spelling and math. The residents of Sesame Street -- even Cookie Monster -- are trying to reverse a trend.

'Sesame Street' Takes On Obesity, Healthy Diet

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Doctor Discusses Increased Meth Use in Rural Southeast

Michele Norris talks with Dr. Jeffrey Guy, director of the Vanderbilt Regional Burn Center, about the rise in methamphetamine lab burn victims he sees at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee.

Doctor Discusses Increased Meth Use in Rural Southeast

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Monday

The Schiavo Case

Footing the Bill for the Costs of Long-Term Care

How much does it cost to take care of a seriously ill patient, and who foots the bill? NPR's Madeleine Brand examines the potential costs of long-term medical care for seriously ill patients like Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman kept alive for 15 years with a feeding tube and now close to death.

Footing the Bill for the Costs of Long-Term Care

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The Schiavo Case

Echoes of Earlier Right-to-Die Battle in Schiavo Case

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Edward "Chip" Robertson, who wrote the court's 1988 opinion in the case of Nancy Cruzan. Cruzan was left severely brain damaged after a car accident, and the battle over keeping her alive has many similarities to the case of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman at the center of a heated debate on right-to-die issues.

Echoes of Earlier Right-to-Die Battle in Schiavo Case

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Friday

Opinion

Schiavo Case is Grayest of Gray Areas

Commentator Kelly McBride says despite efforts by many parties to reduce the Schiavo case to black and white for their own purposes, it represents the grayest of gray areas. McBride heads the ethics department at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies.

Schiavo Case is Grayest of Gray Areas

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National

Legal Options Narrow for Terri Schiavo's Parents

A federal judge rejects for a second time a request by Terri Schiavo's parents to restore their daughter's feeding tube. The U.S. Supreme Court and Florida judges rebuffed the parents' appeals Thursday.

Legal Options Narrow for Terri Schiavo's Parents

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Thursday

Children's Health

CDC Warns of Disease Transfers from Animals

The Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention issue new guidelines aimed at minimizing the risk of disease transmissions from animals to humans. The move comes after several Florida children contracted severe kidney disease following visits to petting zoos earlier this month.

CDC Warns of Disease Transfers from Animals

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Law

Slate's Hey Wait a Minute: Schiavo's Disability Rights

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with disability rights attorney and Slate contributor Harriet McBryde Johnson about case of Terri Schiavo, who has lingered for 15 years in a persistent vegetative state. Johnson is disabled herself, and argues that the removal of the feeding tube without Terri Schiavo's express consent is a form of discrimination against the disabled.

Slate's Hey Wait a Minute: Schiavo's Disability Rights

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Health Care

Making End-of-Life Decisions for a Mother

Susan McMillan's mother, Ethel Barry Carter, is 86 and suffers from severe dementia. She is one of thousands of people in America who receive hospice care every day. McMillan, a nursing professor and creator of the Center for Hospice, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Studies at the University of South Florida, shares her mother's story.

Making End-of-Life Decisions for a Mother

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Law

High Court Rejects Schiavo Parents' Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court turns down an appeal from the parents of Terri Schiavo to keep their brain-damaged daughter alive. Meanwhile, Gov. Jeb Bush asks a Florida court to turn custody of Schiavo over to a state social welfare agency.

High Court Rejects Schiavo Parents' Appeal

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Wednesday

Children's Health

'Baby Talk' Speeds Language Learning

A new study in child development shows that babies learn language faster from adults who speak to them in "Parentese," that high-pitched, singsongy, exaggerated and often silly way that adults speak to their newborns.

'Baby Talk' Speeds Language Learning

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