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Health Specials

Remaking Nursing - Sara Lee Kessler   Remaking American Nursing explores the critical nationwide nursing shortage, the factors that contribute to it, how it affects patient care and outcome, and what is being done about it in New Jersey.
     
Lead Alert: Playing with Poison   Lead Alert: Playing With Poison explores how to identify lead problems and what to do about them.
     
  Diagnosis Cancer explores the cutting edge of cancer research, including gene therapy, cancer vaccines, and drugs that cut off the blood supply to tumors.
     
  The Gift of Life follows a donor into the operating room and then on a cross-country journey that results in a very special reunion between two men who share a common bond that begins at the DNA level.

Archived Health Specials

Over the years, NJN has produced many award-winning health-related documentaries and specials. From cutting edge cancer research to New Jersey's preeminence in drug manufacturing, NJN has been at the forefront of examining the issues of public health in the state.

Prescription New Jersey is a one-hour documentary which looks at what makes New Jersey such a magnet for drug research, why companies are moving to the state and what goes into drug research.

Pressure Point looks at what high blood pressure is, what causes it and how to prevent it.

Community Conversation is a live one-hour town meeting with the purpose of exploring different facets of public health in the state of New Jersey.

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