WVIZ/PBS ideastream®: Health

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

Smoke Free Campaign Working
Regional News Stories: Friday, August 3, 2007

Bridge Safety and Reporters’ Roundtable: A veto denied, a pending lawsuit, and uses of campaign cash
The Sound of Ideas: Thursday, August 2, 2007
Before the roundtable, we chat with a local expert in monitoring bridge safety. Art Huckelbridge has some perspective on the Minnesota tragedy--he trains the Ohio Department of Transportation and his students at Case Western Reserve University in how to track the health of aging bridges. As far as the roundtable goes: The Ohio Supreme Court just handed down a decision against Governor Ted Strickland. You may remember his veto of a bill former Governor Bob Taft had failed to sign. Well, according to five justices, Governor Strickland wasn't minding the constitution. Also in the news this week, the city of Euclid prepares for a Federal lawsuit, the BWC gets a new board, the democratic party chair uses campaign money to pay his rent...to his wife. You're invited to join us for the reporters' roundtable, Thursday morning at nine.

Hate Letters or Civility? How to Reclaim Neighborhoods
The Sound of Ideas: Tuesday, July 31, 2007
What's the best way to reclaim a neighborhood from crime? Midnight basketball? Better schools? More dads at home? or does the answer lie in hate letters to accused criminals? Cleveland councilman Mike Polensek's recent missive to an alleged drug dealer tapped into a flood of public frustration. According to the vocal majority, the anger is justified, and patience for civility is waning. Tuesday morning at nine, we'll talk with Polensek and others about what works when confronting the forces of crime and disrespect. You're invited to join us.

Lawmakers’ Healthcare Tour Kicks Off
Regional News Stories: Tuesday, July 31, 2007

State Lawmakers Hit the Road for Health Care Reform
Regional News Stories: Monday, July 30, 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.