Health Show
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The Health Show #1312
We hear an awful lot about “awareness” in health care. The breast cancer awareness campaign has, over the years, made a huge difference in the way the
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The Health Show #1311
I’ve often said to colleagues that if I want to get a lot of mail...and usually nasty mail...I need to a story on either vaccines or Lyme disease. So today
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The Health Show #1310
Advances in medical technology have made it possible to screen children for a huge number of conditions by the time they are two. That’s two DAYS. On today
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The Health Show #1309
Sakeenah Francis was living a comfortable, successful life. A college graduate with a career and a young family...until schizophrenia tore that life and
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The Health Show #1308
The bombing of the Boston Marathon has a lot of people asking questions. Questions like why. Like who was involved. Like is the danger over. We’re asking
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The Health Show #1307
OK parents, I’m looking at you. How old was your child when you first started adding solid food to the little bundle’s diet. According to a new survey, if
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The Health Show #1306
About one in every 100 people in the US are living with epilepsy. It is a condition that most people have heard of...but don’t really understand. And the
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The Health Show #1305
It seems like you can’t turn on the radio or read a health blog anymore without finding something else that will eventually kill you. Sunshine, artificial
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The Health Show #1304
Think about what happens when someone has a traumatic health condition. The condition is stabilized, treated...and then the patient goes through rehab. It
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The Health Show #1303
In 1977, the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind was released with the tag line: “we are not alone”. You know what, we really aren’t. And it has
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The Health Show #1302
To tell you the truth, I didn’t think the name “Superstorm Sandy” would stick. But it has...and as the areas that were affected by Sandy continue to
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The Health Show #1301
Over the years there have been two words that have summed up the most effective weapon in the fight against cancer...all cancer: early detection. Now
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The Health Show #1300
Once a woman is diagnosed, treated and cured of breast cancer...her journey is far from over. In fact, it’s more than likely just beginning. On today’s
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The Health Show #1299
Do you have high blood pressure? Are you sure? Most people with high blood pressure have no signs or symptoms, even if their blood pressure readings get
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The Health Show #1298
Over the past decade there have been an explosion of new laboratory tests for disease plus a steady movement to electronic health records. At least in the
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The Health Show #1297
David Goldhill is president and chief executive officer of G-S-N, The Game Show Network. He is also an author and crusader for a consumer based universal
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The Health Show #1296
There are times when you listen to The Health Show and every feature flows into the next with a clear theme and obvious plan. Well not today. On today’s
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The Health Show #1295
Here’s one of those statements of indisputable fact that you love so much: nobody’s eye sight gets better as they age. There have been recent advances in
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The Health Show #1294
We’ve had nasty flu seasons before...but this year is turning out to be something especially gruesome. The season started about a month early and there is
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The Health Show #1293
Most of the time on this program, I feel like I can hold my own in most discussions. There are some topics however. Take menopause. Whenever we talk about this part of a woman’s life I feel like half the audience is saying “yeah, what do you know about it”. That’s why I call on smart people to help me. On today’s Health Show, we’ll talk about menopause, or, most accurately, perimenopause.We’ll also hear the story of a Midwestern farming family who solved financial and health problems by...
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The Health Show #1292
Nobody has ever won an election by saying that Medicare is bad. In fact, people who say that tend to lose elections by large numbers. So, it’s no surprise
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The Health Show #1291
You meet the most interesting people doing a show on health every week. Some are brilliant, some are funny and some...you just want to take home with you and introduce them to mom. On today’s Health Show, we’ll visit one more time with some of the most interesting people we ran across this year.We’ll hear from a pair of brothers who both needed heart transplants, talk to a New York actress who turned a life altering accident into a one woman show...and get some more words of wisdom about...
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The Health Show #1290
Every year on The Health Show we hear about new conditions and treatments that shape the world of health care and point it new directions. But with everything that’s new one thing remains constant: heart disease is going to kill a whole lot of us.On today’s Health Show, we’ll rerun a conversation we had last February with a pair of heart specialists who published a complete guide to heart health in 2012.We’ll also welcome back our friend Judah Leblang who found out about his own heart...
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The Health Show #1287
We’re going to start today’s show with one of those obvious statements you love so much: A stroke is a medical emergency. The faster you recognize that you or someone you are with is having a stroke, the better the chance of survival. Not everyone does. Stroke is the forth biggest killer in the US and the number one cause of long term disability. On today’s Health Show we’ll hear about the latest methods of turning stroke victims into stroke survivors.And you know how every so often you need...
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The Health Show #1286
Penn State, Syracuse University, the Catholic Church...these are just a few...the most publicized institutions that have been scandalized by child sex abuse. Many of the abusers have been caught and put in jail. But does that bring closure to the men who were abused? On today’s Health Show, we’ll speak to a psychotherapist about the emotional health issues facing male survivors of child sex abuse.We’ll also learn what officials in Massachusetts are doing to combat what they call the number...
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