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RECENT COVERAGE

President Bush to Talk Energy & Healthcare in Cleveland Today

Regional News Stories: Tuesday, July 10, 2007

President Bush will make a stop in Cleveland today and spend time talking with energy technology and healthcare businesses. ideastream's Tasha Flournoy reports.

Plans Underway for New State Mental Health Hospital

Regional News Stories: Monday, July 9, 2007

Plans are underway to build a new State Mental Health Hospital in Northeast Ohio. Architects have been hired, blueprints are being drafted, all without a specific location. Local mental health advocates say the hospital should stay in Cleveland, near the majority of its patients. But that's meeting some resistance. Meanwhile, at least one Cleveland suburb is jumping at the chance to get the hundreds of construction and professional jobs that would come with the project. More from ideastream Health Reporter, Lisa Ann Pinkerton.

Finding the Right Hospital

Regional News Stories: Monday, July 9, 2007

If you're in the market for a new car, you turn to Consumer Reports. If you're looking for a college, there's U.S. News and World Report. But what if you're looking for a hospital? Finding the right place for care can be a tough decision, because depending on where you look, different sources give different advice. What should you take into account when choosing a hospital? ideastream's Eric Wellman spoke with Dr. Charles Emerman, chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at MetroHealth Medical Center.

Finding Care Can Be a Tough Decision

Regional News Stories: Monday, July 9, 2007

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Feagler & Friends: Friday, June 29, 2007

Tokyo Company Chooses NE Ohio for North American Headquarters

Regional News Stories: Thursday, June 28, 2007

The Tokyo company, Eye Plus Plus, uses camera images and electronic stimulation to help the visually impaired see the world around them. Now, the company has chosen Northeast Ohio for its North American headquarters. ideastream's Health Reporter, Lisa Ann Pinkerton has more.

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Feagler & Friends: Friday, June 22, 2007

Case Receives Grant for Lithium Study

Regional News Stories: Tuesday, June 19, 2007

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has given Case Western Reserve University more than $17 million to study how the generic drug lithium can be used in children with Bipolar Disorder. ideastream's Health Reporter, Lisa Ann Pinkerton has more.

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RESOURCES

HealthWatch
Each month, ideastream presents information about various health-related topics under the title HealthWatch.

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; The George Gund Foundation; The Community Foundation of Lorain County; The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation; The McGregor Foundation; and The Woodruff Foundation.

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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

Ohio Ready To Learn Phase One – Exploring Literacy and Language
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Focuses on the Early Learning Content Standards, particularly the area of phonological awareness.

Ohio Ready To Learn Phase Two – Learning Discipline
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Learning Discipline Learning Discipline Based on a curriculum designed by Family Communications, Inc.

Ohio Ready To Learn Phase Three – Assessment Using the ASQ:SE
Saturday, February 7, 2009
The Ages & Stages: Social Emotional Questionnaire

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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.