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

Medical Mart Site Expected By End of Year
Regional News Stories: Friday, August 31, 2007

Miami University to Continue Benefits
Regional News Stories: Friday, August 31, 2007

You and Your Mesenchymal Stem Cells
The Sound of Ideas: Wednesday, August 29, 2007
The future of medicine may lie in adult stem cells, particularly mesenchymal stem cells. Those are the ones that eventually turn into bones and connective tissue. The problem is tracking them down. Researcher Arnold Caplan of Case Western Reserve University says, "These are rare cells in a new born one in 10,000 marrow cells is a mesenchymal stem cell; in a teenager its 1 in 100,000..." And the odds get worse from there. Still this branch of medicine -- called regenerative medicine -- holds hope for the future. We'll talk about it on the Sound of Ideas. Wednesday morning at nine.

Rare Stem Cell Conference Begins Today
Regional News Stories: Monday, August 27, 2007

Football Season Reawakens Concussion Debate
Regional News Stories: Monday, August 27, 2007

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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.