Nielsen talks to Chris Leinberger, an expert on 'the science of sprawl,' who says that sprawl is planned, not random or haphazard. For generations, Americans have wrestled with the challenge of providing affordable healthcare for everyone. The American healthcare system is in crisis, but in Massachusetts a group of doctors and activists think they can prod their legislature to create a workable, patient-focused health care system. We'll find out what's happening in Massachusetts and how it could be recreated in other places. It involves the insertion of a tube through the arteries.
Blood then clots around it, neutralizing the aneurysm and preventing rupture.
Ruptured aneurysms in the brain cause one of the four types of stroke. Today, NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports on what leisure has become at the dawn of a new century. In ten years the baby boom generation will begin to reach retirement age. Host Juan Williams talks with guests about issues facing the elderly. NPR's Margot Adler explores how teenagers' computer skills have altered the balance of power in families and schools.