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KVIE is far more than television. In fact, we don't think of ourselves as being in the business of television. Our business, rather, is really about ideas, learning, arts and culture, and citizenship. Television is simply the means by which we deliver these resources to our community.

As a public service, we profit by improving the community in which we depend for support. We succeed to the extent that our children learn, our viewers become engaged in matters that concern them, and those within our communities join together in a common cause.
   
 

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KVIE'S
Focus on Health

Health Programs Archive

Health Sense
Health Sense explores medical and health issues that you - or someone you love - may face at some point in life. Experts in a wide range of fields offer insight into diagnosing, treating, preventing and surviving these conditions. Health Sense helps you make sense of health care. Health Sense strives to give you the power to take charge of your own health and, in turn, your life.

Healing Quest
This half-hour series focuses on alternative and integrative healing. The program concentrates on practitioners and innovators around the world who are working to better understand this connection and are seeking ways for health care professionals and individuals to use this knowledge in daily life.  Each program appeals not only to those who already have an interest in alternative and integrative medicine, but also to those who are just curious or even skeptical.

Nationally Broadcast Programs

The Pain of Depression: A Journey Through the Darkness, Wednesday, October 3 at 3:00 pm (repeating Sunday, October 7 at 11:00am)
This program explores the physical and emotional challenges of an illness which afflicts more than 30 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. More information about depression, from the producer of this program, Freedom From Fear.


The Mysterious Human Heart, Monday, October 15 and 22 starting at 9:00pm, with repeats the next day at 3:00pm.
Expand and transform your understanding of the heart with the comprehensive series, The Mysterious Human Heart, which explores common misconceptions and documents the latest scientific and medical revelations. The series will include powerful stories of peoples’ experiences with heart disease and interviews with many leading heart-health experts. The human heart can endure abuse and trauma with extraordinary resilience, yet heart disease has become the world's number one killer of men and women alike. Each episode of this series focuses on a different aspect of the heart to tell stories of inspiration and discovery.


Stories from the Heart, Monday, October 15 at 10:00pm, repeating the next day at 3:00pm.
A phenomenal documentary which journeys into the bold new frontiers of cardiovascular heath to reveal the complexity of the human cardiovascular system. The program highlights fascinating case studies, or “heart stories,” of a diverse group of people; including the efficient system of newborns, uncovers the silent threat of hypertension and chronicles the nightmare of a cardiac event. Stunning animations will transport viewers on an incredible journey through the human body to explore cardiovascular health inside and out. The program will then conclude with a brief overview of some of the latest heart health technologies to preview what science hopes to accomplish in the future.

Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge and Rx for Child Survival Campaign.
This 6-part series narrated by Brad Pitt focuses on the vital yet often invisible role of global public healthcare. Although there have been significant breaktrhoughs in public health, its benefits have yet to be extended to many of the poorest nations in the developing world. For more information on the outreach campaign that further connects the Rx for Survival mission and global health topics to our viewers' lives,
visit Rx for Child Surival Campaign .


Frontline: Age of Aids
After two decades of denial, stigma, policy battles, scientific research, heated debates, and global education, HIV/AIDS continues to spread unabated throughout much of the world, particularly in developing nations. FRONTLINE traces the political, scientific, and human stories and asks, “What are the lessons of the past? And how can we use them to stop AIDS now?”

A Lion in the House
This documentary series follows five children, their families, and healthcare workers through five years of fighting cancer at the Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati.



Hepatitis C: The Stealth Epidemic
Presenting you with the first comprehensive examination of the medical, social, political, public health, and economic impact of the lethal Hepatitis C epidemic that affects eight million Americans.


Beyond the Scars
This is the uplifting documentary about a unique summer camp for young survivors of serious burn injuries in Lake Tahoe, California.




Good Medicine
This 2-hour documentary looks at the burgeoning movement today in hospitals, clinics and medical schools to integrate conventional and alternative medicine and to treat the patient as a whole person: mind, body, spirit.



Remaking American Medicine
It focuses on the breathtaking advances being made in improving the quality of patient care, and features compelling profiles of providers and patients who are working together to change fundamentally the way health care is delivered in this country.

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Questions? Please contact
Arcelia Chávez | KVIE Public Television | 916-641-3649 | achavez@kvie.org