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Dr. Steven Miles details the role of medical professionals in the abuse and neglect of prisoners in U.S. military prisons in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay.
Dr. Steven Miles, professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School, practicing physician, medical ethicist, and author
Dr. William Winkenwerder, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
In the U.S., each year 500,000 babies are born prematurely. The number has increased 30 percent since 1983. Diane talks with the mother of premature twins, with one of the Senate sponsors of the "Preemie Bill," and with the president of The March of Dimes.
Jenny Minton, Author of "The Early Birds" (Knopf). She is a freelance journalist and former book editor.
Sen. Chris Dodd, (D-Connecticut)
Dr. Jennifer Howse, president of the March of Dimes
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