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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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We all have fears and insecurities as well as strengths and resilience. The trick is to keep them in balance. We speak with Deb Hogan, of Walk Out of Worry Ministries. Locked in fear for many years, she has grown through her fear to... more
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Joyce and Mike speak with Michelle Bellon about her new novel, ?The Complexity of a Soldier,? in which she depicts a soldier going through post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Successfully integrating a soldier back into civilian life requires... more
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Dr. Gilbert Ross speaks with Mike and Joyce about stopping smoking, getting that harmful smoke and tar out of your life, and reducing the harm that they they inject into our bodies and our atmosphere. Dr. Ross is Medical Director of the... more
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In celebration of National Food Day, Susanne Robertson from Community Services talks with Mike and Joyce about their unique service to prepare meals for people who need some additional nutritional support. Here is... more
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For years we have heard that Laughter is the Best Medicine. A doctor in India founded a movement of Laughter Yoga which has spread to more than 60 countries. Got nothing to laugh about? You can get the same benefits from... more
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In August at the Providence, Rhode Island, International Film Festival, Joyce was privileged to view the first ever showing of a new documentary film "I Once Was Blind" by Charlene and Jeffrey Chapman. They filmed and... more
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People who lose a spouse often feel like they have lost a limb. People who have been a caregiver for many years go through a jarring transition when their spouse dies -- they essentially lose their job, and sometimes with it their compass, their... more
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Joyce and Mike speak with Dr. David F. McDermott, Director of the Kidney Cancer Program at Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center in Boston, Massachusetts, and Program Chairman of the 11th Annual Kidney Cancer... more
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Dr. Hansen talks with Joyce and Mike about his ideas for reinventing the American healthcare system from the inside out -- getting the physicians to make changes that will improve patient outcomes. "There is no question that we have... more
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Mike and Joyce talk with Dr. Mario Lacouture, a board-certified dermatologist with special interest in dermatologic conditions that result from cancer treatments. His clinical career has been focused on the recognition and management of side... more
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