Specials

Attacking Allergies
An estimated one in five Americans suffers from some type of allergy. Pollen, mold, dust, certain foods and animals cause misery for millions. For some unfortunate few, peanuts or bee stings can be the kiss of death. Starting in mid-June, ideastream launches Attacking Allergies - multiple media coverage to explain what happens when the body’s immune system goes awry… why allergies are on the rise… and what you need to know about one of our nation’s most chronic health problems.

More health specials:
Confronting Colon Cancer
Diabetes: The Constant Shadow
Facing Depression
Fighting Fat
Heart Stories: Confronting the #1 Killer

Recent Coverage

Selling the Product: Drug Advertising
Regional News Stories: Monday, November 19, 2007
By the time this year is over, the drug industry will likely spend more than $12 billion trying to tell you about their products.

Advocacy Group Brings in Doctors to Make Case Against Mittal
Regional News Stories: Thursday, November 15, 2007

Staying Safe from Superbugs
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Superbug Safety
The Sound of Ideas: Wednesday, November 14, 2007
When you go into the hospital, you expect to get healed, right? Well, it's not that they're not doing good work, but one in twenty people pick up infections in hospitals. And if you get an infection in a clean and sterile place like a hospital, it's likely pretty strong. Public health officials call the bacteria that survive in hospitals superbugs, and many are resistant to antibiotics. Wednesday morning at nine, we'll assess the superbug threat and find out how we can stay safe and hospitals can stay sterile.

Your Brain on Violence
The Sound of Ideas: Monday, November 12, 2007
You've heard of the fight or flight response. It can save your life when you're in danger, say, of being shot. It turns out, it may also be part of what can turn an angry teen into a school shooter. Scientists are finding that exposure to violence--and triggering that fight or flight reaction--actually alters the brain and can make a teenage boy, for instance, more likely to be violent himself. It's the roots of violence in the next installment in our Science Cafe series. Join the conversation Monday at nine .

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Resources

Cancer & Depression Resources
In 2008, WVIZ/PBS featured the films The Truth About Cancer and Depression: Out of the Shadows, followed by an opportunity to receive more information about cancer and depression. Please use the links below to access the information from these two special broadcasts.
Cancer Resources
Depression Resources

Focus on Mental Health
Special coverage of mental health issues continues with a series of in-depth reports on policy and issues affecting the delivery of mental health services to people all over Northeast Ohio.

Living With Cancer
ideastream and The Gathering Place partnered with Northeast Ohio community organizations and healthcare facilities to present a special broadcast event, Living with Cancer: Celebrating National Cancer Survivors Day.
Living with Cancer Resource Guide PDF

And Thou Shalt Honor
A caregiver is anyone providing care and support to adult family members or friends who are frail, elderly, chronically ill, or have a disability.
And Thou Shalt Honor Resource Guide PDF

A Lion in the House
"Your child has cancer." Hearing these words will profoundly change a family's life, plunging members into a world of uncertainty, emotional upheaval and excruciating decisions. A Lion in the House tells the stories of five children facing battles with cancer.
A Lion in the House Resource Guide PDF

Funding

Funding for the coverage of health topics comes from the Dr. Donald J. Goodman and Ruth Weber Goodman Philanthropic Fund of The Cleveland Foundation; The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation; Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation; The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation; The McGregor Foundation; The Saint Luke’s Foundation; The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland; The Woodruff Foundation; and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Ohio.