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• 1079
  January first is the third birthday of the controversial Medicare Prescription Drug Program. It’s a unique program that is government funded but run by the private sector...and that means consumers have some work to do. On today’s Health Show, we’ll talk about what you should look for when shopping for Medicare D. We’ll also talk about racial differences in survival rates for patients with rectal cancer. We’ll hear from a woman who took her cancer diagnosis as a call to action. And there may be a new health food for pregnant women...chocolate!
• MEDICARE MEDS - THE SEASON FOR CHANGES IS HERE
  This is the season when a lot of us review the past year and perhaps look to make changes. If you’re on Medicare, one of the things you should be looking at is your Medicare Part D prescription drug plan. From now until the end of the year you can make changes in your plan...and there’s a lot to review. Here to talk about what you should be looking for is Gail Shearer, director of Consumer Reports’ Best Buy Drugs. Gail, the Medicare Prescription Drug program is set up strangely for a government program.Here are some web sites mentioned in this story:The government's Medicare Part D site.The Medicare Rights Center.Consumer Reports Health.
• Racial Differences In Rectal Cancer Survival
  A recent study is offering new insight into one of the reasons why African Americans with rectal cancer have a much higher mortality rate than white Americans who suffer from this disease. Andi McDonnell reports.
• Cancer - A Crazy Sexy Call To Action?
  It's hard to imagine that cancer could be a gift. But we've all heard the stories of people who finally started living when they were told they might die. Kris Carr is one of those people...and a diagnosis of cancer turned her life into a one-woman crusade to get people to wake up and start living. She spoke with The Health Show’s Susan Barnett. Find Kris Carr's site My Crazy Sexy Life here.
• Pregnant? Mangiare The Chocolate!
  Chocolate is supposedly an aphrodisiac. There’s no doubt that truffles presented in a golden box, bon-bons that melt in your mouth, or a big, chunky bar will excite pretty much anyone. Preliminary research shows that chocolate may also help with the results of that love. Pregnant women who eat a small amount of chocolate every day are healthier and deliver stronger babies. Nancy Greenleese reports from Perugia, Italy.
• 1078
  There has never been a shortage of crime solvers on television. And doctors, from Marcus Welby to Dr. House there are MDs on TV just about every night of the week. Crime solving doctors...that’s a different animal. On today’s Health Show we’ll talk to the author who is behind the hit TV series Bones which features just that...a doctor who helps solve mysteries. We’ll also talk about a new approach to keeping kids healthy in school. Green purchasing...and how it keeps kids healthy and saves municipalities money.
• KNOW YOUR BONES
  So far the fall has been pretty good for NY Times best selling author Kathy Reichs. First “Devil Bones” her 11th thriller was published by Scribner. Then Fox premiered a new season of the hit series Bones, based on her books and featuring her character forensic scientist Tempe Brennan...who, oddly enough, writes books about HER character Kathy Reichs. The Health Show’s Joe Donahue spoke with Reichs about how she came to write about medicine and mystery.
• Green Purchasing For Health & Profit
  Keeping kids healthy can be a daunting task for any parent...especially when those kids start going to school. With hundreds of little noses sending out hundreds of thousands of little germs...parents need all the help they can get. That’s why many school districts around the country are looking into green purchasing of school supplies, to help foster a healthy school environment. Here to talk about this is Clair Barnett, President of the Healthy Schools Network in Albany, NY...and Alicia Culver, Executive Director of the Green Purchasing Institute of Berkeley, California.
• 1077
  When the health concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered Americans is discussed, the first thought to flash across most minds is HIV/AIDS. But health care is health care. On this week’s Health Show, we’ll take a long look at the health care concerns of the LGBT community. We’ll also hear about new research that suggests vitamins could reduce your chance of noise related hearing loss...and we’ll find out about a success story in treating the problem of Malaria in the southeast Asian country of Myanmar.
• L G B T HEALTH
  LGBT health care...it sounds like the name of a new downtown clinic. Actually, we’re talking about the health concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans gendered Americans. While the LGBT community shares the same health care concerns as all Americans, they face added pressures from lack of communication to not being able to get health insurance at any price. Here to talk about these concerns is Rebecca Fox, the National Director of the National Coalition for LGBT Health. Even though there are some special needs, when we talk about LGBT health we’re really just talking about regular health care.
• Vitamins & Hearing Loss
  Researchers have discovered that a particular cocktail of vitamins – when mixed with magnesium – may actually prevent noise-induced hearing loss. Here’s Andi McDonnell with more.
• Fighting Malaria In Myanmar
  According to the World Health Organization, malaria, along with AIDS, are the two most devastating global health problems of our time. Together they cause more than four million deaths a year. They are both diseases of poverty. However a preeminent malaria specialist insists the overall effect of Malaria is greater than that of AIDS, saying that since HIV/AIDS has hit the developed world there is more of a rush to find better treatment. But there have been success stories in the fight against Malaria. Radio Netherlands’ Marnie Chesterton reports.
• 1076
  It just keeps getting more and more complicated. Taking care of you and your family’s health now means you needs more than just health information...you need to understand the insurance and legals systems, too. On today’s Health Show, we’ll talk about that with a nurse and a paralegal. We’ll also have a chat with Dr. Stephanie Beling about the growing number of American taking drugs for chronic conditions. Then we’ll hear a story about the unusual place some of those drugs are showing up.
• A LITTLE HEALTH + A LITTLE LAW = A LITTLE BOOK
  Information can be a life saver. It can also turn your brain into a confused mass if you don’t know what to do with it. And when you or a loved one is faced with a medical emergency...the facts will be flying. And it’s not just medical information, there are insurance and other questions that can only be deciphered by knowing your legal rights. In a nutshell...that’s the premise behind the new book Medical Tips From The Inside - Things You Need To Know. Here to talk about it are the co-authors of the book. Corine Mogeni