Second Language Instruction Featured on Profiles Series

Language is something that can unite us as a people. Without the spoken word, it is much more difficult to exchange ideas and advance as a society. On an upcoming report from the Profiles Series, audiences will see how new immigrants to the United States are getting a foundation in English to help them integrate into American society.

New Netflix Series Creating Excitement

For listeners of the podcast “Serial,” the idea of true crime as a series has been upped to a new level. Last season’s case about Adnan Syed’s conviction for the murder of Hae Min Lee drew national attention, and arguably the added attention contributed to a new look at the case for the legal system.

Now, Netflix has entered the true crime genre with “Making a Murderer,” a 10-part documentary about Steven Avery, who spent 18 years in prison wrongfully convicted of one crime, but upon his release was quickly arrested, charged, and convicted of murder. The series makes its debut on December 18.

Profiles Series Reporting on Healthcare Advances

Our healthcare system is constantly innovating to better serve patients. In research settings and in hospitals around the country, strides are being made that are greatly enhancing patients care.

On the Profiles Series, audiences can see the latest in this fast-changing field.

New innovations in laboratories and in research hospitals around the country are giving doctors new tools in the fight against illness and disease. Many new medications are now being crafted from new knowledge about disease that is being gleaned from the molecular level, where scientists are learning about the very building blocks of disease.

For surgeons in the operating room, new tools are helping them improve prognoses for patients after surgery while also reducing recovery time. New less invasive procedures mean that doctors now can avoid damaging healthy tissue around the surgical site. This means that patients can expect fewer complications and a shorter road to recovery.

Patient records are vital to quality care, and healthcare professionals are seeing changes in the institutional side of the medical field that are changing how they keep vital records. Electronic medical records are allowing them to store vast volumes of information online, where it can be accessed from anywhere and quickly updated. It is adding convenience for both the patient and the health care provider by eliminating bulky paper records.

Executive Producer Walter Waiters, senior associate producer Joel Walters, associate producers Ryan Chadderton, Rachel Van Drake, Randi Gardner, Scott Kuntz, and Ralph Gonzalez are working on these new healthcare reports.

The Profiles Series TV show will explore innovations in healthcare in upcoming reports. Check local listings.

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