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KVIE'S
Focus on Health

Americans can be generous when they are aware of and profoundly touched by challenging situations. Yet, many issues are overlooked or ignored, and receive less public attention and aid. In an effort to expose issues of health and well-being for awareness and proactive action, KVIE launched a Focus on Health initiative. Comprised of local outreach and a procession of health programs – focusing on worldwide, national, and local issues – KVIE aims to draw attention to issues such as public health, obesity, heart disease, cancer, vaccines, nutrition and AIDS, as well as spark local action to address these issues in our communities.

Weekly Featured Health Programs:

Health Body Healthy Mind, Sundays, 10:00am - 10:30am
This health and wellness television series specializes in helps you make better health and wellness decisions in your life. Every episode focuses on the stories of real people; people who are working to make life better for themselves and their families, despite tremendous medical obstacles. In addition to compelling stories, you'll get advice from top experts in the fields of health and wellness and hear about the latest technological advancements that will bring you right to the cutting edge of medicine.

Second Opinion, Sundays, 10:30am - 11:00am
This half-hour informative, educational and entertaining medical series shows how doctors make decisions. As nationally known doctors and health-care experts talk through real-life cases, viewers acquire a valuable education about disease, diagnosis, treatment and public health policy. The host takes a panel of healthcare professionals through a case, and the discussions break down complex medical issues and let viewers see medical experts struggle to find their way through a series of wrenching decisions.

Special Health Programs in September and October:

Killer Stress: A National Geographic Special
Stress. It’s always been there to save our lives. It’s what made us run from predators and enabled us to take down prey. But today, humans are turning on that same stress response to deal with 30-year mortgages, difficult bosses, teenagers and traffic jams. Some of us are wallowing in corrosive hormones; for the first time, scientists can reveal just how measurable and dangerous that exposure can be. Stanford University neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky and National Geographic search for answers to why stress seems to be killing us.
Airdate : September 24, 2008 Time : 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Airdate: September 25 at 4:pm, September 26 at 4:30am, and September 29 at 12:00am

P.O.V. - Critical Condition
What happens if you fall sick and are one of 47 million people in America without health insurance? “Critical Condition” puts a human face on the nation’s growing health care crisis by capturing the harrowing struggles of four critically ill Americans who discover that being uninsured can cost them their jobs, health, home, savings, even their lives. “Critical Condition” offers a moving and invaluable exposé at a time when the nation is debating how to extend health insurance to all Americans.
Airdate : September 30, 2008 Time: 10:00-11:30pm
Airdate : October 2 at 1:30am

RX FOR CHANGE
This follow-up to P.O.V. “Critical Condition” outlines the presidential candidates’ stands on health care reform and features a discussion with two non-partisan experts who will evaluate the plans. Susan Dentzer, editor of the journal Health Affairs and former health correspondent for THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER, will moderate.
Airdate : September 30, 2008 Time: 11:30pm - 12:00am
Airdate: October 2 at 3:00am

P.O,V. - In the Family
How much would you sacrifice to survive? When Chicago filmmaker Joann Rudnick tested positive for the "breast cancer gene" at age 27, she knew the information could save her life. And she knew she was not only confronting mortality at an early age, but also was going to have to make heart-wrenching decisions about the life that lay ahead of her. Should she take the irreversible preventative step of having her breasts and ovaries removed or risk developing cancer? "In the Family" documents Rudnick's efforts to reach out to other women while facing her deepest fears.
Airdate: October 1, 2008 Time: 10:00pm - 11:30pm
Airdate: October 3 at 2:00am

Grab Hold of the Reins: Women and Cancer
This program profiles three long-term breast and ovarian cancer survivors, focusing on how they reclaim their identity, sexuality, and femininity after the assault of cancer. These women - and the men in their live - talk candidly about how they were able to maintain intimacy despite the challenges that they faced.
Airdate: October 1, 2008 at 11:30pm
Airdate: October 1 at 1:30am

ViewFinder - Cancer: What You Need to Know
Cancer is no longer an automatic death sentence; education can help to save lives. This new documentary examines what our region has to offers for support and treatment of cancer, including breast cancer, prostate cancer, and improvements to childhood cancer treatment. ViewFinder will also explore a possible pancreatic cancer cluster in Oroville and other environmentally-caused cancers in an effort to provide a better understanding of cancer, its causes, and cures.
Airdate : October 8, 2008 at 7:00pm
Airdate : October 10 at 11:30pm

Struggling in Silence: Physician Depression and Suicide
Every year, nearly 400 physicians take their own lives. This program explores this alarming trend. Through touching and sometimes tragic stories, the documentary explores the effect of depression and suicide on a diverse group of physicians, medical students, their families, and entire communities. The film profiles doctors living with a variety of mood disorders and experts offer valuable information about depression's symptoms, treatment, its prevalence in the medical community, and the ongoing struggle to destigmatize mental illness.
Airdate : October 16, 2008 at 11:00pm

Pain of Depression: A Journey through Darkness
This program explores the physical and emotional challenges of an illness which afflicts more than 20 million Americans each year. Compelling stories from depression sufferers reveal its devastating impact on families, friends, and communities. Nationally recognized experts discuss depression's neurophysiology, symptoms, treatments, and the role of family and friends in an individual's recovery. The documentary also touches upon the stigma of mental illness within various ethnic communities, including the Latino population.
Airdate : October 23, 2008 at 11:00pm

KVIE Health Programs

ViewFinder: Supersizing Our Kids In the Central Valley, up to 30% of the region’s children are overweight. This ViewFinder program, supported by the UC Davis Health System, takes a closer look at childhood obesity in the Sacramento area. This program provides important, useful information, such as how the food environment influences what children eat and why certain segments of our population are vulnerable, in an effort to help families make healthier choices immediately.

ViewFinder: AIDS at Home For the first time ever, society is seeing a new group of young people emerging in the world. These are babies who 15-20 years ago were born with HIV/AIDS. In the Sacramento region, half of all new HIV/AIDS cases are among people under the age of 25. AIDS at Home offers a rare glimpse into the lives of people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS and also what is being done as hard-working men and women treat, reach out and try to prevent the spread of the virus.

ViewFinder: Heart of a Woman Heart disease is the number one killer of women, yet it is still primarily thought of as a man’s disease. This episode examines the risks women face, through the use of powerful stories of women who survived heart attacks, including former Stockton City Councilmember Gloria Nomura and marathon runner Diane Wurm.

ViewFinder: Challenge Yourself – Women, Weight and Well-Being In this program, Jennifer Whitney encourages women to take control of their health and well being. Armed with a heart rate monitor to measure activity effectiveness, Whitney offers a variety of ideas on how to get fit and maintain an ideal, healthy body weight.

Breast Cancer: Strength and Courage It's estimated that the lives of three million women in the United States are affected by breast cancer - and along with them, their families and friends. Hosted by breast cancer survivor Jill Eikenberry and her husband Michael Tucker, the program offers a helping hand to breast cancer patients and their loved ones who are grappling with tough issues. Breast Cancer Strength & Courage profiles women who overcame their fear and learned to live life to the fullest, in simple but extraordinary ways.

Caring and Coping: Living with Alzheimer’s Known as “The Long Good-Bye”, Alzheimer’s Disease is a neurological disorder that gradually takes away a person’s memory, thought and speech. Caring and Coping: Living with Alzheimer’s is hosted by Pat McConahay, whose mother was diagnosed with the disease in 1995. McConahay offers practical information about resources and services in the Sacramento region.

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Arcelia Chávez | KVIE Public Television | 916-641-3649 | achavez@kvie.org