Specials

Coming in April: Fighting Fat
According to the World Health Organization, more people worldwide now die from being overweight and obese than from being underweight. Given this alarming statistic, in April WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream along with The Plain Dealer will focus a multiple media series entitled Fighting Fat on the subject.

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

Recent Coverage

Veterans’ Care in Northeast Ohio
Regional News Stories: Thursday, March 15, 2007

Reforming Medicaid
The Sound of Ideas: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Medicaid spending accounts for 38% of Ohio's budget - that's 12 billion taxpayer dollars. There's little good news here - the numbers are only getting bigger. Reform efforts in Ohio are looking to put the Medicaid house in order, considering new initiatives including the creation of a Department of Medicaid. On The Sound of Ideas, we'll look at those retooling efforts and find out what the big challenges, and possible solutions, actually are. That's Tuesday morning at nine on 90.3.

Using An Old Drug in a New Way Could Save Billions
Regional News Stories: Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Clinic Merging Cancer Research with Biomedicine
Regional News Stories: Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Problems from Undiagnosed Learning Disabilities
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, February 28, 2007

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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; and The Woodruff Foundation.