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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 May:

Caring For Your Parents
As the population ages, many adults are grappling with an unprecedented social, cultural, economic, and personal transition as they become the primary caregivers for their aging parents. This documentary takes an intimate look at today’s struggle to keep parents at home, the tensions between siblings, and the complexity of shifting caregiver roles. A half-hour panel discussion follows the broadcast.
Airdate : April 2, 2008 Time : 9:00pm - 11:30pm

Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
This 4-part series investigates findings that are shaking up conventional understandings of what makes us healthy - or sick. Mounting evidence demonstrates how social conditions and institutional forces are vital to our health, and that the perpetrators of illness are not only germs and viruses. This series will illuminate the pathways by which social conditions affect our physiology and suggest innovative initiatives for health equity.
Airdate : April 3, 2008 Time : 10:00pm - 12:00am
Airdate : April 10, 2008 & April 17, 2008 Time : 10:00pm - 11:00pm

The Truth About Cancer
This program seeks to answer the question, “Why does anyone still die of cancer?,” by examining where we stand in fighting the battle against cancer. Part science, part personal catharsis, part character-driven storytelling, this powerful documentary shares poignant stories of patients battling the disease and follows several medical professionals who are working to promote screening and develop cancer treatments.
Airdate : April 16, 2008 Time : 9:00pm - 10:30pm

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 : April 16, 2008 Time : 7:00pm - 7:30pm

Men Get Depression
How is it possible in the country leading the world in medical science, one in four men have a disabling illness that torments them and their families and most never receive treatment for it? Men of all ages, ethnic origins, and walks of life get depressed. So, why don’t men look for help? They may feel weak or ashamed - that it’s not “manly” to feel sad. Men Get Depression is a public awareness campaign that will help men and their families dealing with depression understand they are not alone.
Airdate : May 8, 2008 Time : 11:00pm - 12:00am

Depression: Out of the Shadows
Depression is a public health crisis that rivals all other diseases in its burden on society, yet the condition is remarkably under-diagnosed and under-treated. By weaving together the history, science and treatment of depression with intimate portrayals of families and individuals coping with its wide-ranging effects, this documentary will provide a comprehensive portrait of depression never before presented on American television.
Airdate : May 21, 2008 Time : 9:00pm - 10:30pm

ViewFinder - Depression: Into the Light
While depression is a pervasive and sometimes debilitating illness, there is a great deal of hope for people suffering from the disease. Hope for the future is in raising awareness, eliminating stigma, and getting people into treatment. There is no shame in depression. Depression: Into the Light is the first step in raising that awareness, talking about depression, and encouraging individuals, family, and friends to take action.
Airdate : May 21, 2008 Time : 7:00pm - 7:30pm

Beautiful Son
In 2003, Hawaii filmmakers Don and Julianne King realized something was wrong with their 3-year-old son, Beau. Around the age of 2, Beau started losing his ability to speak, his coordination, and was becoming disconnected from the outside world. Determined to help Beau, his parents brought him to the best doctors in the U.S. and took along a video camera. Two months later, Beau was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Beautiful Son is the story of an illness reaching epidemic proportion, now affecting one in 150 children.
Airdate : May 29, 2008 Time : 10:00pm - 11:00 pm

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