http://healthshow.org/ Tasty whole-grain public radio en-us bbarrett@wamc.org Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:03:49 -0500 http://WWW.healthshow.org/archive/week_2010_03_07.shtml#002878 It’s finally happened. The health insurance reform debate has gone on for so long that those irrational shouts about death panels are now known as the good old days! But both sides in the debate seem to realize that the end is near. On this week’s Health Show we’ll open up our reform school again and see where the process stands. Then we’ll hear about a new movement in alternative pain control...community acupuncture centers that helps make drug free pain control affordable. And our friend Sandy D will let us eavesdrop on an argument she’s having with her inner fat girl. http://WWW.healthshow.org/archive/week_2010_03_07.shtml#002877 Timothy Hoff, a professor of health policy and management at the University at Albany School of Public Health in Albany, New York. Tim is also the author of the book Practice Under Pressure - Primary Care Physicians And Their Medicine in the Twenty First Century. ]]> http://WWW.healthshow.org/archive/week_2010_03_07.shtml#002876 The World Health Organization estimates that 20 percent of people worldwide have some form of chronic pain. The American Chronic Pain Association’s web site estimates that chronic pain costs the US economy nearly 300 billion dollars a year. Acupuncture is a common destination for those with chronic pain. But sessions can be expensive...sometimes around 80 dollars a pop. A new movement called Community Acupuncture is aimed at making the treatment more affordable. Rachel Dornhelm visited an Oakland clinic that’s offering these treatments.]]> http://WWW.healthshow.org/archive/week_2010_03_07.shtml#002875 Getting to an ideal weight required a lot of hard work and self control. Staying at an ideal weight? Our friend Sandy Daigler says it requires all that and ignoring her inner fat girl. Sandy Daigler is a writer and architect living in Troy, New York. Now that she’s running again her inner fat girl can’t keep up. http://WWW.healthshow.org/archive/week_2010_02_28.shtml#002874 In recent years medical advances in the detection and treatment of breast cancer have been almost non-stop. Campaigns to make women aware of their risks and options have reached near saturation levels. But what happens after the treatment is over? On this week’s Health Show, we’ll talk to a breast cancer doctor and her mother about their new book, Living Well After Breast Cancer. We’ll also a new ad campaign about breast cancer genetic testing that has some expert worried...and we’ll travel to Kenya, where a notorious urban ghetto is growing a healthy corner. http://WWW.healthshow.org/archive/week_2010_02_28.shtml#002873 Dr. Marissa Weiss gave some answers in the book Living Beyond Breast Cancer. She’s back now with an updated volume called Living Well Beyond Breast Cancer. Dr. Weiss has been a breast oncologist for over 20 years and is currently is the director of breast radiation oncology at Lankenau Hospital in Ardmore, Pennsylvania...just outside of Philadelphia. She is also the founder and president of breast cancer dot org. Joining Dr Weiss is her co-author and mother Ellen Weiss, who is also a breast cancer survivor.]]> http://WWW.healthshow.org/archive/week_2010_02_28.shtml#002872 University of Michigan's Andi McDonnell has more.]]> http://WWW.healthshow.org/archive/week_2010_02_28.shtml#002871 Kibera, in Kenya, could be one of the most unhealthy places in the world to live. It is one of the world’s most notorious slums. But recently, something exciting is happening: a local organization of former prisoners has turned a garbage dump into an organic farm. Residents, who are often short on cash, can purchase cheap, chemical-free vegetables around the corner from where they live. Radio Netherlands’ Michael Kaloki went to check it out. http://WWW.healthshow.org/archive/week_2010_02_21.shtml#002870 When you stop and think about it...we all know what it takes to live a healthier life. A good diet, regular exercise, normal safety precautions...nothing but simple common sense. So why do so many of us ignore the obvious? On this week’s Health Show we’ll find out the biggest obstacle to healthy living may be our brain. Then we’ll find out how the island on Zanzibar has been so successful in controlling Malaria...and we’ll hear the story of father Damien, who’s treatment of outcast lepers earned him sainthood...and cost him his life. http://WWW.healthshow.org/archive/week_2010_02_21.shtml#002869 Dr. Kelly Traver understands that the human brain resists change. She believes that only when we learn the secrets of how to get our brain to work for us, not against us, can we make permanent healthy lifestyle changes. She explains those secrets and shows us how to use them in her new book “The Program - The Brain Smart Approach To The Healthiest You”. By discoveries in neuro-science, with the latest information in medicine, nutrition and fitness Dr Traver developed the program and initially tested it on her patients, who ranged in age from 20 to 81, and the results were startling. The Health Show’s Joe Donahue asked Dr. Traver if the major reason so many people who try to adapt a healthy lifestyle fail is the human brain is just set up that way.]]> http://WWW.healthshow.org/archive/week_2010_02_21.shtml#002868 The World Vision Report’s Peggy Wehmeyer reports. ]]> http://WWW.healthshow.org/archive/week_2010_02_21.shtml#002867 Father Damien is a saint. The Belgian priest was declared a saint last October for ministering to patients with Hansen's disease who had been abandoned on the island of Molokai in the 1800's. Back then, people in Hawaii were banished from their homes because of fear of the infectious disease. Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy, affects the skin and nerves, sometimes causing disability and disfigurement. During that time there was so cure for it, so patients were sent to the isolated areas. They were treated as outcasts until Father Damien, arrived in the late 1800's to care for them. He eventually contracted the disease and died. Independent producer, Heidi Chang, spoke with some of the last remaining Kalaupapa patients, who say Father Damien's spirit of compassion continues to inspire many today. Saint Damien is considered the patron saint of outcasts, including those with Hansen's disease, HIV/AIDS and other afflictions.]]> http://WWW.healthshow.org/archive/week_2010_02_14.shtml#002866 If you’ve ever had heart surgery, I’m gonna go out on a limb here and guess that it was done by a male surgeon. There are just a handful of female cardiothroacic surgeons in the world. On this week’s Health Show, we’ll talk to one and find out about her career...and her unique understanding of women’s heart issues. We’ll also hear about a part of the health insurance conversation no one really wants to be a part of: COBRA. And we’ll find out how to protect your family against carbon monoxide poisoning. http://WWW.healthshow.org/archive/week_2010_02_14.shtml#002865 Dr. Kathy Magliato. She not only had to survive the same years of long hours of schooling and training as her male colleagues...but she also had to deal with sexism and a lack of female mentors on her way to becoming one of the country’s top heart surgeons. Dr. Magliato is an attending cardiothoracic surgeon at Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Torrance, California and director of women’s cardiac services at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California Her new book is called “Healing Hearts - A Memoir Of A Female Heart Surgeon”. It’s published by Broadway Books.]]> http://WWW.healthshow.org/archive/week_2010_02_14.shtml#002864 Sally Herships reports, COBRA's financial bite is enough to make anyone sick. ]]>