Beginning January 12, 2012
Tarek McCarthy, an award-winning filmmaker, will be reaching out to share his insights into living with a rare disease. Diagnosed with VHL in 2004, he underwent multiple surgeries to remove tumors from his brain in addition to the removal of his left adrenal gland. After being “stable” for several years, his recent MRIs have revealed the growth of new tumors. Faced with this latest challenge, he will be sharing the elements in his life that have awarded him the inspiration to help him overcome the hurdles that VHL and other rare diseases present to us all.
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Beginning January 5, 2012
Israel C. "Izzy" Kalman has been working as a school psychologist and psychotherapist since 1978. For over two decades, he has been intensively helping victims of bullying, initially children and after a few years, adults as well. He realized that the same principles apply to interpersonal problems throughout the lifetime.
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Beginning October 27, 2011
Elizabeth Batson’s new book *I Have Needs Too! Supporting the Child Whose Sibling Has Special Needs* combines quotes and drawings from kids whose siblings have special needs with parenting help from a professional. The book offers parents insight and practical advice on how to help their children deal with issues such as embarrassment, the wish for understanding, the sense of responsibility, the importance of fairness, the need for protection, and the sense love and joy that they share with their brother or sister.
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Beginning October 20, 2011
Lisa Nagy, M.D., spent years with doctors trying to figure out what was wrong with her. Eventually she realized that the doctors were not going to wave a magic wand and cure her, that she needed to take some action herself. She cleaned up her environment, minimizing all toxic substances, to make sure that her immune system could focus on making her well, not fighting elements in her environment that were making her sick. It worked!
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Beginning October 6, 2011
Brain Injury and Our Heroes
A recent University of North Carolina study showed that the average college football player receives over 300 blows to the head in four seasons. In the pros it is even higher.
Autopsy studies show that NFL players with early dememtia do have significant anatomical changes to their brains. Dr. Ronald Glasser, in his new book /Broken Bodies/Shattered Minds/ explores the traumatic injuries of soldiers on the battlefield and football players on the gridiron.”
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Dr. Ronald Glasser |
Beginning September 29, 2011
Unbreak Your Health
Pain, are you stranded in the Mountains of Misery or simply lost in a Forest of Symptoms? After a disappointing trip to the Mayo Clinic, author Alan E. Smith admits, "I suddenly became very open-minded about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)."
Like many people he turned to new options after he'd run out of treatments in mainstream medicine. Fortunately he found some therapies that have been very beneficial and have restored much of his health.
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Alan Smith |
Beginning September 22, 2011
Befriended her Cancer and Healed Herself
For Denise DeSimone, cancer was a chance to live a better, more fulfilling life.An active and healthy 49-year-old, DeSimone suddenly faced the threat of having only three months to live when she was diagnosed with stage IV throat and neck cancer. While most would start naming beneficiaries, DeSimone named her cancer and gave it permission to teach her the lessons she needed to learn.
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Denise DeSimone |
Beginning September 1, 2011
Healing Depression and Bipolar Disorder without Drugs
Gracelyn Guyol talks with Joyce about her success healing from cancer and mental depression by overhauling her diet, taking optimum natural supplements, and eliminating chemicals and other potential toxins from her environment that might cause her cells to mutate.
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Gracelyn Guyol |
Beginning August 11, 2011
Pain is Essential for Good Health
Can pain be a good thing?
According to Dr. Joanne Messenger, pain isn’t only good – it’s an essential tool needed for the road to overall mental and physical health. "Disease and pain are your body’s way of telling you what is wrong – like where you need to change what you’re doing,” she says.
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Dr. Joanne Messenger |
Beginning July 14, 2011
Could Sherman's stroke have been prevented?
Sherman Turner thought fighting discrimination in the workplace was his hardest battle - until he suffered a paralyzing stroke, losing most of his memory and his ability to speak. As part of his rehabilitation, his doctors suggested learning another language to "wake up" key parts of his brain. After immersing himself in the Kenyan culture, Turner regained his speech and began the long road to recovery.
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Sherman Turner |
Beginning July 14, 2011
One in 17 Americans will develop Lung Cancer
There is a feeling that people with lung cancer must have done it to themselves. But that is not true. There is a remarkably high rate of lung cancer among women who have never smoked. Why? Joyce speaks with Susan Levin, President of the Lung Cancer Circle of Hope, about what is being done to reduce this rate, and lift the stigma that surrounds lung cancer.
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Susan Levin |
Beginning June 30, 2011
Maximizing Kidney Transplantation: the Road Forward
Kidney disease is skyrocketing, but less than 4% of patients with kidney failure are being transplanted for a more normal life. Kidneys4Lives founders Malcolm Broderick and Ed Broderick believe that the solution is largely societal, not medical. They speak with Joyce about their effort to connect people with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) with the kidneys they need to improve their health and their quality of life.
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Beginning June 23, 2011
Open Mike!
Joyce opens the phones to talk about VHL
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Beginning June 9, 2011
Courage Comes in Many Forms
David G. Hallman speaks with Joyce about his new book, August Farewell, his account of the last days spent with his partner of 33 years, Bill Conklin. Bill was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and they chose to spend those last days of quality time together.
David and Joyce talk about the importance of thinking through how we would want the end of our own life to go, and communicating that to our loved ones, so that they are in the position of carrying out our wishes rather than making difficult decisions without our guidance.
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David G. Hallman |
Beginning June 2, 2011
Developing Local Medical Resources
George Washington University Medical Professor and 2009 Humanitarian of the year recipient, Dr. Glenn Geelhoed, MD just returned this year from one of his hundred medical missions to the outreaches of Sudan. Dr. Geelhoed has been taking his medical and surgical training to serve ‘the bottom billion’ for nearly 2 decades and his medical approaches are unconventional, unparallel and unbelievably successful.
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Dr. Glenn Geelhoed |
Beginning May 5, 2011
Kidney Dialysis: Shades of Life
Joyce speaks with Dr. Mohammad Akmal, a respected U.S. dialysis director, and Vasundhara Ramanujan, the mother of a kidney dialysis patient, who have collaborated on a book, SHADES OF LIFE, giving a personal glimpse into the physical, emotional, and psychological impact of kidney disease. The book educates people with kidney disease and people healthy enough to consider donating a kidney to help a family member or other person in need. It is also a tool for people who have degenerative kidney disease who may be at risk of kidney failure.
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Vasundhara Ramanujan |
Beginning April 25, 2011
Husband's New Endeavor - Advice for Gifford's Recovery
Janet Cromer has a good idea of what astronaut Mark Kelly and his wife, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords have ahead of them, as Giffords recovers from being shot in January. A career nurse, Janet is author of the book "Professor Cromer Learns to Read: A Couple’s New Life after Brain Injury", a chronicle of how she tended to her husband’s recovery, and how it affected their emotional health and physical health, as well as their marriage.
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Janet Cromer
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Beginning April 14, 2011
10 Mistakes every Patient makes and How to Fix Them
Joyce speaks with patient advocate and author Trisha Torrey, a nationally recognized writer, speaker and workshop teacher on issues related to patient advocacy, who refers to herself as "every patient's advocate". She is author of the book, You Bet Your Life! The 10 Mistakes Every Patient Makes (How to Fix Them to Get the Healthcare You Deserve.)
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Trisha Torrey |
Beginning April 7, 2011
The Mystery of Risk
What behaviors during pregnancy may lead to developmental, learning, and behavioral difficulties in our unborn children? What level of alcohol is safe? Joyce talks with Dr. Ira Chasnoff about these and other issues that may influence the lives of our children, and how to work with at-risk children if you are the parent or adoptive parent of such a child.
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Dr. Ira Chasnoff |
Beginning March 24, 2011
Womenopause - Feeling good about Menopause
There are very few things that are a certainty in life other than death, but for women there is one other – they will all go through menopause in some form or other; in fact, there are over 37 million women in this country going through it right now! Joyce talks with Drs. Lovera Miller and David Miller, the authors of Womenopause, a book that is packed with vital information and helpful hints to help women get through this natural transition with ease.
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Beginning March 17, 2011
Fibroids and skin bumps - what do they have in common?
Many women experience fibroids in the uterus. In some cases, fibroids can be one signal of a set of issues called a "syndrome" that includes additional risks. Joyce speaks with Julie of the of the HLRCC Alliance about syndromes that include fibroids.
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Beginning March 10, 2011
Obesity Action Coalition
Obesity is now in epidemic proportions in the United States, especially among children. From the National Institutes of Health to the Congress and the States, there is a great deal of action being taken to address this problem. Will it be helpful? What are the most promising actions that we can all take to help us trim down and maintain our health? James Zervios, Director of Communications for the Obesity Action Coalition joins Joyce to talk about their strategies.
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Beginning March 3, 2011
Charting a New Course After Tragedy
Christine Whitehead knows all about second chances. When she was barely seven years old, her parents died five months apart of unrelated causes, she found herself at the center of a bitter custody battle between her maternal grandparents -- Hungarian immigrants who lived close by -- and her paternal aunts, whom she knew only slightly. Having lived through those life changes, she battled -- and beat -- anorexia on her way to law school. Today, Christine is a divorce attorney and author of the book Tell Me When It Hurts.
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Christine Whitehead |
Beginning February 17, 2011
Advice for Caregivers
One in four will need someone else to decide for them as they face the end of their life. Each one of us is now, or will be at some point in the future, making decisions for someone or will be needing that service ourselves. Viki Kind, a medical editor and hospice volunteer who specializes in medical ethics, talks with Joyce about her book, "The Caregiver's Path To Compassionate Decision Making: Making Choices For Those Who Can't (Home Nursing Caring)."
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Viki Kind |
Beginning February 10, 2011
Eat to Live!
Contrary to popular belief, you don't have to live the rest of your life in pain or on medication. Dr. Joel Fuhrman speaks with Joyce about how he uses nutriton to reverse disease, reduce high blood pressure, lose unwanted weight, lower your cholesterol levels, prevent heart disease and cancer, and improve your health - all without relying on drugs and fad diets. The importance of good nutrition is emphasized in Dr. Fuhrman's dietary program, Eat To Live.
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Dr. Joel Furhman |
Beginning February 5, 2011
Natural Ways to Beat the Flu
Not only can herbal and homeopathic remedies help you avoid getting the flu, if you do get sick, they can help alleviate some of the problems associated with the flu. Joyce speaks with Dr. Gary Kaplan of the Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine in McLean, Virgina, about prevention and care for avoiding or minimizing the impact of the flu.
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Gary Kaplan, O.D. |
Beginning January 27, 2011
Wellness: heart, brain, and nervous system in harmony
Dr. Deborah Rozman co-author of "Stopping Emotional Eating" and co-founder of HeartMath (www.heartmath.com), joins Joyce to talk about "heart coherence" -- a way of measuring the improving the way your heart, brain and nervous system work in harmony with each other.
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Dr. Deborah Rozman |
Beginning January 26, 2011
Inspire youself - get support on the internet
Danielle Leach, Director of Partnerships at Inspire.com, the leading platform for online support communities for health, talks with Joyce about the importance of support -- speaking with someone else who has "been there, done that" -- especially when you are thrown into the unknown by a medical crisis.
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Beginning January 20, 2011
New Antibody Therapy to Fight Cancer
Robert Brooke, CEO of Genesis Biopharma, talks with Joyce about their new antibody therapy, recently approved by the European Patent Office for use as a therapeutic treatment in multiple cancers. Genesis Biopharma is developing its anti-CD55 antibody therapy to neutralize a key cancer defense mechanism that has been found to be over-expressed in more than 80% of solid tumors.
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Robert Brooke |
Beginning January 13, 2011
Listening Reflecting Healing
You have just received a diagnosis, and it lands like a bombshell. Genetic counselor Mary-Frances Garber speaks with Joyce about her private counseling practice, helping people come to terms with a diagnosis of a complex genetic disease and its implications for their own and their family's health. Ms. Garber tells us how to break the problem down into manageable chunks and begin to take charge
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Mary-Frances Garber |
Beginning January 5, 2011
The Secret to Smarter Kids
Music education expert Sharon Burch talks with Joyce about the multiple benefits of music education in a child¹s brain development. She has developed an effective method using fiction and fantasy to teach musical concepts to her preschool through third grade students. Freddie the Frog is the star and the students' favorite musical friend and best teacher. Freddie's adventures teach children the secret code of musical notation, and this helps their brains "think smarter."
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Sharon Burch
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Beginning December 30, 2010
Eat Right and Thrive!
Kevin Graham, author of Weight Loss Empowerment: 50 Ways to Lose Your Luggage, talks with Joyce about the best indicators of overall health and well-being. Kevin will raise your spirits and empower you to enjoy the holidays without guilt as he reveals how to prepare for a holiday get-together, why it's good to feel hungry, and how to make fat people look skinny -- instantly!
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Beginning December 23, 2010
Stay away from this on the holidays (Hint: it isn't alcohol)
Sheryl Kurland is a patient advocate and co-owner of Orlando Patient Advocates (Florida). As an independent patient advocate, she provides a range of services, from identifying the right doctors and conducting resarch on treatment to arranging for medical services and overseeing care for hospitalized patients. Her research shows clearly that a hospital or emergency room is not a good place to celebrate the holidays. She offers six "magic words" to protect yourself during times when hospital staffing
is at it lowest and patient counts are high. Be sure to avoid the "patient pothole"!
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Beginning December 9, 2010
Laugh Yourself Thin
For Melanie Rotenberg, M.D., humor has been a life preserver while riding the rough seas of nursing home and hospice work. She started in the field as a 15-year-old CNA, earning $2.65 an hour. “It helped pay for college,” she said. Now a physician with a speciality in physical medicine and rehabilitation, she still works predominantly with people in nursing homes and hospice.
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Beginning December 2, 2010
The Art of Civil Discussion
What is changing about us that we seem to have lost the ability to disagree in a civil manner and discuss? According to Charles Glassman,MD, our uncivil behavior stems from the way our brains operate. Our ingrained survival instincts are eing tested as the issues of the day become overwhelmingly stressful, and the fear of the future is causing our natural "fight or flight" response to kick in. Dr. Glassman offers five was to tame our impulses and control our knee-jerk reactions.
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Charles Glassman, M.D.
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Beginning November 18, 2010
Help your Immune System to Treat and Beat Cancer
When Carolyn Gross was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer she was offered the same treatmet boh her grandmothers had received thirty years earlier: mastectomy with chemotherapy and radiation. After doing careful research, Carolyn decided to try an innovative immune therapy. Cancer-free for seven ears, Carolyn now works as a patient advocate and holistic health coach.
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Carolyn Gross |
Beginning November 7, 2010
Menopause and PCOS: Talking about Women's Health
Do you have issues that you are just too embarrassed to discuss with your doctor? Do you think you are the only one with this problem, so you keep it to yourself? Whether it's a lumb or a bump, a rash or a pain, you are likely not alone, and you can finally get the answers you deserve without feeling uncomfortable. Karen Roush, RN, MSN, FNP, BC, joins Joyce for a discussion of women's health issues that women often find too embarrassing to raise with their doctors and to talk about her two books on polycystic ovary syndrome and on menopause.
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Beginning October 28, 2010
Diagnosing VHL in Brazil
Joyce is just back from the 9th International Medical Symposium on VHL in Rio de Janeiro. One day of basic science, one day devoted to optimal treatments for the various kind of VHL tumors, and one day designed specifically for the families. We had 40 people from all over Brazil, and representatives from the patient organizations in four European countries, US, and Argentina. What has this meeting accomplished? Why is it important to get an accurate diagnosis of a rare disease like VHL? Why do we need to convene people worldwide in order to make progress in understanding and treating rare diseases?
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Beginning October 7, 2010
Every day, the presence of your own dog exerts a healng influence over you -- and you are not even aware of it. Sharon Sakson, author of PAWS & EFFECT: The Healing Power of Dogs, has tracked down scientific research that proves there are at least five ways the pet by your side is healing to you. Dogs can sniff out low blood sugar levels in diabetics, help autistic children, sense when a seizure is coming on, and provide natural, holistic relief for those living with mental and physical illness.
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Beginning September 30, 2010
Each day of our lives is spent finding new ways to be well. So what are we supposed to do when, overnight, we find our lives have changed and we are told we may never be well again? When doctors can’t tell us, “You’re going to be ok.” How do we deal with this scenario …when no one ever taught us ‘how to be sick?’ In 2001, Toni Bernhard, a lawyer, professor, wife and mother, was living a busy and fulfilling life until, while on a short, romantic trip to Paris, she contracted a viral infection from which she has yet to recover.
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Beginning September 23, 2010
Joyce speaks with Alex Lifshitz of Sphera International, one of the many companies specializing in "medical tourism." Medical travel has become a growing trend in the healthcare industry. Patients all over America choose to travel abroad for surgeries and procedures as an effective way to get safe low-cost/high-quality care. Alex and Joyce discuss the advantages and disadvantages of having surgery outside the United States.
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Beginning September 16, 2010
Carol Kivler has battled depression for decades. Over the past 20 years se has had over 50 successful ECT treatments during my four major bouts with clinical depression. ECT has become my “ladder out of the depression pit” for which I am most grateful. ECT, or electroconvulsive therapy, is commonly known as "shock therapy." Carol shares with Joyce her success with Electric Convulsive Therapy, and encourages others to consider this modality as a way of getting out of deep depression.
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Carol Kivler |
Beginning September 7, 2010
Glenn Rockowitz has laughed at the face of death four times. He's still counting. This remarkable man's book, Rodeo in Juliet describes his survival of cancer against all odds and his ultimate achievement of personal happiness in the face of the most dire personal ordeals imaginable. Glenn shares with Joyce his powerful perspective on the value of life.
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Glenn Rockowitz
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Beginning September 2, 2010
Have you ever had to get a copy of your scans to send to another doctor for a second opinion? Joyce talks with Amy Vreeland of LifeIMAGE about their new product that aims to avoid duplicate exams and eliminate unnecessary patient exposure to excessive radiation. This is important news as duplicate scanning of patients can also lead to patient discomfort and higher health care costs. Already adopted by three large cancer centers, this kind of "cloud computing" product has benefit for patients and for the bottom line.
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Amy Vreeland |
Beginning August 26, 2010
Joyce talks with Judy Wolff about her dog Tucker, a laborador retriever, who was paralyzed by a fibrocartilaginous embolism (FCE). With care and patience, Tucker has made a remarkable recovery. Judy shares their experiences, some day-to-day logistical suggestions, in the hope that others may give their dogs a chance to recover. Tucker's story is not only inspirational to other dogs, but also to us humans.
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Judy Wolff |
Beginning August 19, 2010
Sleep disturbances are a common complaint in head and neck cancer patients and have been shown to decrease quality of life. A recent University of Michigan Cancer Center study shows that this may be due to increased symptoms of pain and dry mouth related to radiation treatments. Reducing these factors could be warranted to improve sleep hygiene and essentially enhance quality of life. Joyce talks with Dr. Sonia Duffy, Ph.D., R.N., professor of nursing at the U-M School of Nursing and otolaryngology.
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Beginning August 12, 2010
Michael Gusmano, Ph.D., a research scientist from the Hastings Center, discusses with Joyce his new book on Health Care in World Cities. The Hastings Center is a nonpartisan research institution dedicated to bioethics and the internet.
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Michael Gusmano, Ph.D. |
Beginning August 5, 2010
After 50 years of good health, Wendy Scheinfeld has been struggling for four and a half years to get a diagnosis of what may have caused swollen red and oozing skin all over her body. She has been to nearly 30 specialists in a wide variety of fields, none of whom has been able to come up with a name and a recommendation for treatment for the ongoing allergic and immune system issues that have plagued her since the initial episode. Perhaps you can help her? or find some glimmers of hope in her situation that might help you.
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Beginning July 29, 2010
Even if you eat wisely and exercise often, you and other stress junkies are at HUGE risk for illnesses like heart disease, cancer and stroke. Help save yourself and your ticker by listening to acclaimed heart specialist John M. Kennedy, MD. Move beyond a stressful lifestyle with his minutes-a-day BREATHE technique that eliminates anxiety anywhere, anytime, embracing a sense of calm and focus in any workplace or homelife.
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Beginning July 15, 2010
What does the new Health-Care Law Mean to You?
Brenda Gleason, M.A., M.P.H. is the president and founder of M2 Health Care Consulting, a strategic policy and communications firm and a professor at the George Washington University School of Public Health. Her latest book, 8 Things we can Do to Fix the System, gives practical solutions any of us -- sick or healthy, rich or poor, insured or not -- could start doing today.
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8 Things we can do
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Beginning July 8, 2010
For Rape Victims, it's still like the Old West
Joyce speaks with Nancy Williams who worked for Women’s Services, Inc, a domestic/sexual violence center, about the emotional and psychological impact of rape on a woman’s feelings of self-worth and security.
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Beginning July 1, 2010
The Miracle of True Love
Aimée Salas from the island of Curacao in the Dutch Carinnean has written a book about her life-changing experience when diagnosed with von Hippel-Lindau disease. On an island with a total population of 150,000 she found herself with a diagnosis of a rare disease, needing a surgery that was not possible on her island. But with faith and the help of family and friends she found the medical help she needed, survived the surgery, and maintains her faith and her optimism.
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Beginning June 24, 2010
Solve Chronic Pain Problems Quickly
Even on the Air!
Chronic pain can become debilitating. Specialists may have checked your bones, nerves, blood vessels, discs or arthritis and found nothing, but pain may be stored in the muscles, triggering distant parts of the body. Tasso Spanos, a Certified Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist , will talk with Joyce about pain. He is willing to take calls on the air to see if he can resolve your chronic pain through targeted exercise and stretching.
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Beginning June 17, 2010
Is "Clean Living" to blame for Allergies?
Immune health researcher Stuart Reeves, Ph.D., discusses with Joyce the “Hygiene Hypothesis,” the theory that sterile environments fail to challenge the immune system. “Unwittingly, Americans’ too-clean behaviors hamper the immune system from educating itself on the appropriate responses to environmental factors such as dirt and microorganisms,” says Dr. Reeves.
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