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Confronting Colon Cancer
Thursday, Sept. 24 at 8:00 PM
Hosted by ideastream’s Rick Jackson, the show follows the stories of several people in Northeast Ohio who are confronting colon cancer. Nearly every phase of this disease is explored—from detection to diagnosis, from treatment to steps anyone can take to decrease their chances of getting this disease.
Learn more about colon cancer, browse a list of resources, tell us your own cancer story, and find out when you can view the TV program and listen to special reports, all on the Confronting Colon Cancer website.
Encore presentations: Thursday, Sept. 24 at 10:30 PM; Sunday, Sept. 27 at 3:00 PM; both on WVIZ.
Other ideastream Health Specials:
Heart Stories: Confronting the #1 Killer
Diabetes: The Constant Shadow
Recent Coverage
A new era for hospital care in Lake County
Regional News Stories: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
A new era for hospital care in Lake County begins today as a new state-of-the-art hospital opens its doors to patients. ideastream's Bill Rice reports.
Court Examines Kiddie Porn Law
Regional News Stories: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
The Ohio Supreme Court is looking over an Ohio law that was created to protect children when they're online, after an appeals court ruled the law was too broad to be constitutional. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler reports.
Brain Fitness with Dr. Michael Merzenich
Around Noon: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Around Noon will not be heard today so ideastream® can bring you a special call-in program on Brain Fitness with Dr. Michael Merzenich creator of The Brain Fitness Program.
Tuesday Checkup: Understanding open enrollment
Regional News Stories: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
As Congress works to craft healthcare legislation, open enrollment is fast approaching at many companies. It's a time of the year when employees can make changes to their health coverage. In a year that health insurance costs are expected to get even higher and salaries are stagnant at best, what, if anything, can people do to cut down on their healthcare costs? ideastream®'s Eric Wellman has this week's Tuesday Checkup, a collaboration with the Plain Dealer. He spoke with reporter Sarah Jane Tribble about her story.
Regional News Stories: Monday, October 19, 2009
The state has ordered another 219-thousand, 800 doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine, which should start arriving at providers' offices Tuesday or Wednesday.
The Sound of Ideas: Monday, October 19, 2009
When it comes to the H1N1 Virus, misinformation and hysteria is way easier to find than reliable information you can use and act on. We’ll try to rectify that Monday morning at 9. We'll get your questions answered; we'll hear from a school that closed last week due to suspected infections and we'll talk to a representative from the Cleveland Clinic about their free vaccination program.
The Sound of Ideas: Friday, October 16, 2009
When a friend faces a serious illness, we usually want to offer support but are at a loss for words. Often, we respond with "let me know how I can help." Turns out that suggestion isn't always helpful. On the Sound of Ideas®, Regina Brett and guests talk about how loved ones, family, friends or colleagues can comfort someone battling cancer. We'll hear from a cancer therapist, a baffled family member and recovering cancer patients about what really helped, things said that seemed downright idiotic, and hear some funny moments, all the result of well-meaning people. Tips for supporting people with cancer -- what helps and what doesn't, Friday at 9 on 90.3.
Feagler & Friends: Friday, October 16, 2009
Mr. Feagler and a panel of journalists discuss some of the week's top stories.
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Resources
Cancer & Depression Resources
In 2008, WVIZ/PBS featured the films The Truth About Cancer and Depression: Out of the Shadows, followed by an opportunity to receive more information about cancer and depression. Please use the links below to access the information from these two special broadcasts.
Cancer Resources
Depression Resources
Focus on Mental Health
Special coverage of mental health issues continues with a series of in-depth reports on policy and issues affecting the delivery of mental health services to people all over Northeast Ohio.
Living With Cancer
ideastream and The Gathering Place partnered with Northeast Ohio community organizations and healthcare facilities to present a special broadcast event, Living with Cancer: Celebrating National Cancer Survivors Day.
Living with Cancer Resource Guide PDF
And Thou Shalt Honor
1 in every 4 households includes a caregiver. 80% of home care services are provided by family members. A caregiver is anyone providing care and support to adult family members or friends who are frail, elderly, chronically ill, or have a disability. This website has been prepared by WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream with the assistance of local caregiving professionals and related organizations as a companion to And Thou Shalt Honor: Caregiver Town Hall Meeting.
And Thou Shalt Honor Resource Guide PDF
A Lion in the House
"Your child has cancer." Hearing these words will profoundly change a family's life, plunging members into a world of uncertainty, emotional upheaval and excruciating decisions. A Lion in the House tells the stories of five children facing battles with cancer.
A Lion in the House Resource Guide PDF
Funding
Funding for the coverage of health topics comes from The Cleveland Foundation; Dr. Donald J. Goodman and Ruth Weber Goodman Philanthropic Fund of The Cleveland Foundation; The George Gund Foundation; The Community Foundation of Lorain County; The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation; The McGregor Foundation; and The Woodruff Foundation.
Funding for Heart Stories comes from the Dr. Donald J. Goodman and Ruth Weber Goodman Philanthropic Fund of The Cleveland Foundation, and by The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation, The Woodruff Foundation, The McGregor Foundation and The Community Foundation of Lorain County.
HEALTH FORUMS
The need for information about health has never been greater. ideastream is responding to this need by undertaking an ongoing health programming initiative. To inform this effort, ideastream invited health professionals in the region to participate in a series of discussions between June 9-18, 2009, about the local health assets and challenges.
Read the report about these meetings here.
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Podcasts
Health Podcast
This podcast explores developments in science and health care with a uniquely northeast Ohio lens. The region has some of the world’s premiere medical centers. The physicians they employ and the research they’re conducting serves as a jumping off point for many of our stories and conversations. This podcast brings you inside northeast Ohio’s medical community from the doctors’ office, to the operating room to the research laboratory. The podcast is updated every Monday.
Series
Prostate Chronicles
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men - about 220,000 cases will be diagnosed this year. It is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men. Last spring when doctors told ideastream®’s David C. Barnett he has the disease he decided to use this very personal life event as a vehicle to do what David does so elegantly in his reporting for 90.3 WCPN and WVIZ/PBS… tell a story.
Life's Blood: A Wasted Resource Becomes Life-Saving Therapy
Having a baby is a happy time – and the last thing parents want to think about is the possibility their child may someday have a life-threatening disease. But the birth of a child is just the time to plan ahead – by collecting and saving their child’s cord blood. Health reporter Gretchen Cuda examines the differences between public and private cord blood banking, follows the cells from the delivery room to the lab where they are processed, and talks to experts about the therapeutic potential of these remarkable cells.
Children's Health
In 2005-2006, ideastream took an extensive multiple media look at Children's Health. The project was designed to help educate parents, teachers and caregivers about ways to improve the health of the children in their lives and build further awareness of the long-term societal health crisis that produces unhealthy children.
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