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Powerful Patient

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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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Paris Williams spent years as a champion hang glider pilot. He then experienced a mental crisis that could have been labeled psychosis, but he avoided getting diagnosed or ?helped? by psychiatry, and instead worked through his... more
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Joyce talks with Rebecca Bloom about her book, Eat, Drink, and be Married. When college friends Kate, Nina and Zoë take holiday from their busy schedules on opposite coasts to join their former roommate, Hannah, for her... more
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Dr. Wen talks with Joyce and Mike about the importance of clear lines of communication with your doctor. My mother is my role model and my inspiration for what I do every day. She was diagnosed with breast cancer when she... more
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Editing the audio. It should be available after 6 pm EDT 9/20/2012. Those of us with VHL understand that receiving a diagnosis of a rare genetic syndrome changes our perspective on life. We live under a shadow of uncertainty, striving... more
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The American Association for Cancer Research released the AACR Cancer Progress Report 2012 at a National Press Club event on Wednesday, Sept. 12. The report, which was published simultaneously in Clinical Cancer Research, a... more
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Max McCoy speaks with Joyce about his recent personal adventure, exploring the depths of his own genome. It's an ongoing adventure worthy of some of his fictional heroes -- unexpected twists and turns, sometimes more information... more
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Joni Aldrich, internet radio host on the Cancer Support Network, focuses on issues of support for patients and caregivers going through the cancer experience. Joni Aldrich was raised in a home where the words ?I can't? were never... more
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Dr. Rebecca Dresser, editor of and contributor to a new book on medical ethics and cancer, was diagnosed with head and neck cancer six years ago. While she has written and taught extensively about the legal and ethical dimensions of a... more
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Joyce talks with Mike Lawing, a colleague and friend through patient advocacy work. Mike is a delightful guy with a rich Southern drawl. Mike Lawing was diagnosed with kidney cancer 15 years ago. He has spent those years taking... more
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Dr. Maryanne McGuckin is a trusted expert in infection prevention and the author of The Patient Survival Guide; a guide we should all have on hand before we, or a loved one, head to the hospital. She is highly respected in the medical field... more
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