(soundbite of les pommes de ma douche's "trompettes de la renommee") transcript provided by npr, copyright npr..

for the next several days, with relatives keeping a constant vigil, robert held the hand of his wife, who was hooked up to an iv and lethargic from pain medication...; author, dr. barbara starfield, revered public health expert at the johns hopkins school of public health; �is us health really the best in the world?�..