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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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Every day, the presence of your own dog exerts a healng influence over you -- and you are not even aware of it. Sharon Sakson, author of PAWS & EFFECT: The Healing Power of Dogs, has tracked down scientific research that proves... more
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Each day of our lives is spent finding new ways to be well. So what are we supposed to do when, overnight, we find our lives have changed and we are told we may never be well again? When doctors can’t tell us, “You’re going to... more
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Joyce speaks with Alex Lifshitz of Sphera International, one of the many companies specializing in "medical tourism." Medical travel has become a growing trend in the healthcare industry. Patients all over America choose to... more
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Carol Kivler has battled depression for decades. Over the past 20 years se has had over 50 successful ECT treatments during my four major bouts with clinical depression. ECT has become my “ladder out of the depression pit” for which I... more
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Glenn Rockowitz has laughed at the face of death four times. He's still counting. This remarkable man's book, Rodeo in Juliet describes his survival of cancer against all odds and his ultimate achievement of personal happiness in the face... more
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Have you ever had to get a copy of your scans to send to another doctor for a second opinion? Sometimes the second doctor simply asks for another set of expensive scans because it's too much bother to get the existing ones. Joyce... more
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Joyce talks with Judy Wolff about her dog Tucker, a laborador retriever, who was paralyzed by a fibrocartilaginous embolism (FCE). With care and patience, Tucker has made a remarkable recovery. Judy shares their experiences,... more
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Sleep disturbances are a common complaint in head and neck cancer patients and have been shown to decrease quality of life. A recent University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center study shows that this may be due to increased... more
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Michael Gusmano, Ph.D., a research scientist from the Hastings Center, discusses with Joyce his new book on Health Care in World Cities. The Hastings Center is a nonpartisan research institution dedicated to bioethics and the... more
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After 50 years of good health, Wendy Scheinfeld has been struggling for four and a half years to get a diagnosis of what may have caused swollen red and oozing skin all over her body. She has been to nearly 30 specialists in a wide variety... more
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