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Remember those old cigarette commercials urging women to smoke with the slogan “You’ve come a long way, baby!”. Well women have come a long way thanks to cigarettes...equality with men in developing lung cancer. On today’s Health Show, a look at women and lung cancer. We’ll also talk to an actress and lung cancer survivor who’s trying to bring fellow survivors out of the closet. Commentary about the proposal to consider smoking when giving a film a PG-13 or an R And a portrait of a choir who...

When we sit down to discuss the topics to cover on The Health Show, we have many different criteria for the decisions we make. Sometimes it’s a breaking story, or new research, or a great interview. And sometimes, it’s because something has a cool name. On this week’s Health Show, we’ll tell about a surgical tool called the Gamma Knife! We’ll also hear a report on a minimally invasive procedure to help control strokes. Dr. Stephanie Beling arrives with a miracle cure for, well, just about...

They call it puppy love or infatuation or a school age crush. But sometimes these young relationships can be called something else...abuse. On this week’s Health Show, an author and teen abuse survivor will alert us to the signs that a teen romance has gone wrong. We’ll also hear how some new college students are finding that campus life is leading to depression We’ll ask the question: Is the new food pyramid more a political document than a guide to good health? And a woman who has spent a...

The move to ban all smoking in the workplace is picking up steam world wide...but now some employers are taking the drive a step further. On this week’s Health Show, we’ll report on a health care facility that will no longer consider hiring smokers. Then we’ll head to the ball park and hear how some little leaguers are being pushed right to the disabled list. We’ll find out how to prevent the most common summer burns. And we’ll hear about a drive to help find health care coverage for...

Over the years, one of the topics we’ve covered with great interest is communication, wether it be between doctors and patients, nurses and doctors or any other combination of the health care players. But what happens when one of those players is old and suffering from dementia? On today’s Health Show, our elder mental health series deals with communicating with a mind that’s grown cloudy with age. We’ll also go to the other end of the mental health picture, and look at what’s being done to...

Some people search for years to find a career that’s a perfect fit for their life and personality. For others, the career just kinda finds them. On this week's Health Show, we’ll talk to registered nurse Tilda Shalof about her career and her latest book: The Making Of A Nurse. Then we’ll hear about a new theory linking early exposure to lead with Schizophrenia. And we’ll visit a center in Queens, New York that is helping unemployed people with disabilities learn skills that will help them get...

For years there have been grumblings about the influence big pharmaceutical companies have on the American health care system. But those companies have had a lot of help getting that influence. On this week’s Health Show we’ll find out how doctors and big pharma have been playing together. We’ll also learn about the evolution of pain medication, and how better meds have led to more relief...and abuse. And we’ll look at a book that remember a time when your meds all grew in your back yard.

For a while there it was all you heard about. Chickens were dying in Asia, viruses were mutating, infection rates were multiplying and then...well not much of anything. On today’s Health Show we’ll talk about what ever happened to that Avian Flu pandemic that was supposed to be right around the corner. Then we’ll talk to a breast cancer survivor about her new book that’s called a step by step guide to navigating your way from cancer diagnosis to healing. And another survivor will share her...

Whether it is a threat from Mad Cow Disease, E.coli bacteria, genetically modified ingredients or just a desire to buy local, many North Americans have become very aware of their daily nourishment and questions where their food really comes from. On this week's Health Show, we’ll hear about the local food movement and find out how much work it takes to have a local diet. Then, since it’s that time of year when many people dig out their rods and reels, fire up the boat and go fishing...we’ll...

By now most of us have heard about the new vaccine against cervical cancer. On this week's Health Show, we’ll talk about it with the American Cancer Society. We’ll also hear about an organization promoting women’s health globally...and try to find out why it’s so hard to get men to go to the doctor.

The fight against cervical cancer is concentrating on the Human Papilloma Virus. On this week's Health Show, we begin a two part look at the virus and it’s controversial vaccine. We’ll also hear about a neighborhood program educating African American women about breast cancer...Find out why talking to doctors is so hard...And chart a road map for cancer survivors.

A new program is helping long term care patients leave institutions and return home. On this week's Health Show, we’ll hear what happens when the money follows the person. We’ll also profile the CEO of a non-profit drug company...find out when you should start saving up for tooth fairy hand outs...and hear a little "donut-rage"!

So, have you been diagnosed with a syndrome lately? On this week's Health Show, we’ll talk to a doctor who says there is a new epidemic sweeping the country: a diagnosis epidemic. We’ll also shine a light on protecting your skin from the sun...and try to find out just what’s going on in your head when you fall in love.

It’s motorcycle season again...and that means millions will be riding without head protection. On this week's Health Show, whatever happened to helmet laws? We’ll also explore the high risk of colon cancer in African American women...and hear a listener’s fond memories of her first colonoscopy.

It’s taken many years but even some of the most conservative religious groups are battling HIV/AIDS. On this week's Health Show, we’ll visit a mosque that’s joined the fight. We’ll also explore depression in women and seniors...and get a refresher course on age related Macular Degeneration.

Magazines and TV shows are saturated with stories about losing weight and fad diets. On this week's Health Show, we’ll look at how all that talk about diets is affecting young people. We’ll also look for signs that dieting has crossed the line into an eating disorder. Then we’ll hear about a project that has some unlikely people on the other end of a tattoo artist’s needle.

For many who enter the profession, becoming a doctor means being a helper and a healer. But it also means facing death...for some on a daily basis. On this week's Health Show, we’ll find out how some doctors, and one patient, deal with death. We’ll also hear about new research that may hold out hope for people who suffer from migraine headaches.

You’ve had the surgery and you’ve lost the weight...now what? On this week's Health Show we’ll talk to a plastic surgeon about what can be done with all that leftover skin. We’ll also hear from one of the world’s leading experts on addiction...and learn it’s never too early to eat your veggies.