90.3 WCPN ideastream®: Health

Specials

Coming in April: Fighting Fat
According to the World Health Organization, more people worldwide now die from being overweight and obese than from being underweight. Given this alarming statistic, in April WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream along with The Plain Dealer will focus a multiple media series entitled Fighting Fat on the subject.

More health specials:
Facing Depression
Confronting Colon Cancer
Diabetes: The Constant Shadow
Heart Stories: Confronting the #1 Killer

Recent Coverage

Tuesday Checkup: Salt - Where You Wouldn’t Expect It
Regional News Stories: Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Salt is a major ingredient in the American diet, often appearing in unexpected places.

The Road to Reform
The Sound of Ideas: Tuesday, February 9, 2010
By this time next year, Cuyahoga County will be just weeks into an entirely new form of government: an executive and council which will replace the current county commissioners and most other county-wide elected offices. It's a transition that some say will create the second most powerful officeholder in the state, and those leading it have already called for a 15 percent spending cut and engaged a thousand volunteers to help flesh out the change. Tuesday morning at 9 join host Dan Moulthrop for a conversation with some of those steering the biggest local government overhaul in the state's history.

Three Summit County Hospitals Display Emergency Room Wait Times
Regional News Stories: Friday, February 5, 2010
Curious which hospital ER has the shortest line? Hospitals in Akron, Stow and Montrose put their wait times online and on highway billboards.

Show 1406
Feagler & Friends: Friday, February 5, 2010
Feagler and the roundtable analyze the proposal to run passenger trains between Cleveland and Cincinnati

Haiti Aid Groups Restrict Food Distribution to Women; Psychologist Helps Children Cope
NewsDepth: Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Relief efforts continue in Haiti, and more than a dozen new food distribution points are now operating in the quake zone. After almost three weeks of increasingly unruly confrontations, aid groups on Sunday came up with a new plan to distribute food to women only. U.S. soldiers provided security, checking coupons which had been given out a day earlier, entitling each woman to a bag of rice - enough to feed a family for two weeks. Many of the children in Haiti are sad, lonely, and extremely fearful about their future. But some are getting help from Gertha Francois, a child psychologist who's determined to heal their mental wounds. Ivan Watson reports from Port-au-Prince.

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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
A caregiver is anyone providing care and support to adult family members or friends who are frail, elderly, chronically ill, or have a disability.
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 Dr. Donald J. Goodman and Ruth Weber Goodman Philanthropic Fund of The Cleveland Foundation; The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation; Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation; The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation; The McGregor Foundation; The Saint Luke’s Foundation; and The Woodruff Foundation.