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Doctors are struggling to treat two diseases that have reached epidemic proportions in American children: asthma and obesity. Physicians at Boston's Children's Hopsital have given cameras to their young patients to document what goes on outside the doctor's office. And as Madge Kaplan reports, the tapes are revealing a side of kids' lives doctors rarely see, but probably should.

On Morning Edition hear about the perfect accompaniment for preparing the holiday turkey. Music commentator Miles Hoffman joins the show to discuss pizzicato and the joys of plucking stringed instruments.

Every Thanksgiving season, Susan Stamberg shares her classic family recipe for cranberry relish. This year, some NPR fans share their own relish rituals, reviews and serving suggestions.

Dying from a terminal illness in America can be unnecessarily painful. In the last several years, foundations have spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to improve care for the dying. A new report, compiled by the national coalition Last Acts, grades the results of that effort, state by state. NPR's Joseph Shapiro went to a Hospice home in Washington, D.C. -- a place known for providing good care -- to find out why it's still so hard to help people die in comfort. Hear his report Tuesday on Morning Edition.

Five Hollywood studios launch an online movie rental service called Movielink. It's a bid by the studios to avoid becoming the next major victims -- after record companies -- of Internet piracy. If it's successful, Movielink could eventually compete with cable TV. NPR's Andy Bowers reports.

Video game enthusiasts have been able to play against each other online for years. But manufacturers hope the increased availability of high-speed Internet access will bring them online in mass numbers. On Morning Edition, Marty Demarest reports on Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo's varying online strategies for their game consoles.

Four years after the last round of weapons inspectors left Baghdad, chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix arrived in Baghdad Monday, along with International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei and advance inspection teams that the two men will oversee. NPR’s Vicky O’Hara profiles Blix.

A quarter-century after Anwar Sadat's historic trip of peace to Jerusalem, NPR's Bob Edwards examines the late Egyptian leader's legacy. Hear Sadat's 1977 speech to the Israeli parliament at NPR Online.

The food pyramid is an American icon. But a new Harvard study says people are healthier if they eat fewer carbohydrates and more fat than it recommends. Nutritionists are calling for a new pyramid and a revamping of government guidelines for a healthy diet. NPR's Richard Knox reports.

Republican leaders promise to make oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge a key part of the national energy policy debate next year. Conservationists promise to fight the proposal -- and some wish they could call on Mardy Murie for help. NPR's Howard Berkes profiles one of the nation's greatest champions of wild areas, now 100 years old. View a photo galley and video of highlights from Murie's life.