American pediatricians released new guidelines today recommending that children as young as 8-years-old take drugs to fight high levels of cholesterol and that screening should begin at age 2. 30 to 60 percent of children with high cholesterol are going un- diagnosed, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Our guest is Tara Parker-Pope wrote about the recommendations today in the New York Times.
"Girls of Riyadh," the romantic chronicles of four young upper-class Saudi women, written by a young Saudi woman, caused a sensation in the Arabic world when it was first released in 2005. It's now out in paperback in the US. We speak with author Rajaa Alsanea (RAH-jah All-SAH-neh).
Amid the controversy over McCain's military record, we look at what the presumptive Republican presidential candidate's experience in the Vietnam War really was. Our guest is Robert Timberg, author of the biography "John McCain: An American Odyssey." Timberg is also a graduate of the Naval Academy w