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Do you feel helpless in the face of "the system?" This show is to help you learn how to take control and steer your way to health. Hear how others have met these challenges and overcome them. Learn how you can do so too. This program is a forum to share your experiences, ask your questions, and learn how to create and manage your health care team. Make the healthcare system work for you!

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Joyce talks with Eve (not her real name) about her experience as a caregiver through her husband's chronic illness and death. She then talks with Dr. Sheryle Baker about Eve's experience, and about the changes that occur in the... more
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Energy Healing is a category of healing arts that can help with many mysterious complaints for which there are no names in Western medicine, but which are very real in the traditional medicine of India, China, and Japan. They have to do... more
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New cancer recommendations made by a National Cancer Institute (NCI) working group could reduce unnecessary treatment by eliminating the fear factor linked with some early-stage cancers. However, there is a need for diagnostic... more
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Lee Ducat and Dr. Arthur Rubenstein speak with Mike and Joyce about their upcoming conference, "Mental Health Issues of Diabetes," to be held in Philadelphia on October 7. For more information about registration and a copy of... more
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Fran Mott has been the Chapter Leader in Michigan for the VHL Family Alliance since 1994. What that means is that she is in charge of taking care of people with von Hippel-Lindau throughout Michigan. Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) is a genetic... more
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Michele Rosenthal shares her story of surviving an illness so rare none of her doctors had seen it. As a teenager she nearly died. As an adult she has struggled to overcome the shock of medical trauma and its aftermath. Having... more
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What if you could overcome your fears? What would you do, and how different would you be??Most people have no idea of what they're capable of; I think they're almost trained by fear to not attempt the amazing things they dream of.... more
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Joyce and Mike speak with Dr. Michael Wald, Director of Nutrition Services at Integrated Medicine of Mount Kisco, New York http://www.intmedny.com Dr. Wald suggests six blood tests that you should ask your doctor to run. These are tests... more
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Illness and disease often force people to face incredibly complex and emotional choices. It is natural for patients to value and rely on their doctors' advice in such frightening situations. Even so, the jargon that doctors use and the many... more
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When Josh Sommer was a freshman at Duke University, he was diagnosed with chordoma, a rare bone cancer for which there was a 30% cure rate, no approved drugs, little research and a seven year average survival.That was six years... more
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