Health and Welfare

  • Jan 25, 1993

    AIDS Scam Con the Unwary

    Many people who are infected with HIV are willing to try unproven treatments, some of which appear effective in maintaining health. But many discover that they have simply been duped or led astray by unscrupulous marketers. Reporter Sarah Henry explores the issue through the lens of Viroxan, an underground treatment that failed to provide the miracle cure it promised.

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  • Jan 02, 1993

    EPA Wins on Tobacco Report

    After a long battle with the cigarette lobby, the Environmental Protection Agency finally won its right to release a study on secondhand smoke. The report blames secondhand smoke for abpproximately 3,000 lung cancer deaths among nonsmokers a year. CIR was the first to report on the tobacco lobby's attempt to stop the EPA from labeling second-hand smoke as a human carcinogen.

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  • Oct 31, 1992

    Code Blue

    In this investigation into the battle over health care reform, Reporter Constance Matthiessen reveals that many health care experts have been influenced by insurance companies and the American Medical Association, which have exercised their power to make the concept of national health care seem radical and risky.

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  • Aug 31, 1992

    The Myth of the Drunken Indian

    Brewers want to sell more beer on Native American reservations, and some tribes want brewery money for cultural events. Have both sides forgotten that many Native Americans have drinking problems? Associate reporter Melanie Haiken reveals that binge drinking reflects behavior learned on the frontier, not inherited traits. This CIR story appeared in The Washington Post Health section.

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  • May 02, 1992

    To Save a Generation: The New Hope for America"s "Crack Children"

    They have been called the "children of the damned," a lost generation of babies born to crack-addicted mothers. But a growing body of evidence shows that "crack kids" can make it - if we"re willing to pay the price.

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  • Feb 29, 1992

    Selling Suds on the Reservation

    Brewers want to sell more beer on Native American reservations, and some tribes want brewery money for cultural events. Have both sides forgotten that many Native Americans have drinking problems? Associate reporter Melanie Haiken explores the marketing tactics and decision-making behind the issue.

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  • Dec 31, 1991

    Is There a Cure?

    This cover story reports on the people left behind by health care reform, and examines the influence of 'the medical-industrial complex' on the debate over national health-care reform.

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  • Dec 31, 1991

    AIDS Treatment Fraud

    AIDS scams have become one of the most common kinds in the health care industry. Reporter Sarah Henry explores some of the unorthodox treatments that unscrupulous marketers peddle to desperate patients.

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  • Dec 30, 1991

    Offsetting the Effects of Crack on Babies

    Pervasive reports in scientific literature and in the popular press have painted a hopeless picture of children born to crack-addicted mothers. It is said that many are likely to be plagued by erratic behavior and learning disabilities. But some educators and therapists are disputing these dismal predictions.

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  • Dec 26, 1991

    Quack Attack

    A North Hollywood doctor, accused of AIDS quackery, has been stripped of his medical license for his role in administering a homemade AIDS treatment linked by state authorities to four deaths and two more serious injuries.

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