Health

newsletter_web_banner.png

25wd_bhm_web_banner_0.png

A look at the healthcare system in Cuba with Jerone Stephens

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Health and Healthcare Forum, Hosted by Roberta Hall. Today's guest is Jerone Stephens, a retired political science professor who has studied Latin America, talks about the healthcare system in Cuba. Read more

Cereal Crimes: How "Natural" Claims Deceive Consumers

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
 Host David Naimon interviews Charlotte Vallaeys, director of Farm and Food Policy at the Cornucopia Institute, about her latest report "Cereal Crimes: How "Natural" Claims Deceive Consumers and Undermine the Organic Label--A Look Down the Cereal and Granola Aisle."      ... Read more

Dispatches from the War on Sex: Mississippi's 'personhood' initiative

Airs at: Tue, 11/08/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Voters in Mississippi will decide tomorrow on a 'personhood' initiative which, if passed, would confer legal personhood upon a fertilized ovum. This would of course render abortion illegal, and any other act that interfered with said ovum... Read more

Out Loud welcomes Communi-T and the Queer Resource Center from Portland State University

Airs at: Tue, 11/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
Tonight we highlight two events from the transgender and allied communities. Both of these community events welcome everyone! Our first music break is from Joan Jett's 'Androgynous' We welcome Chloe Flora back to the show to discuss Communi-T, Portland's trans resource fair ... Read more

More Talk Radio on 11/07/11

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Cecil Prescod hosts a show about the so-called Super Committee's possible proposals for cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and the effects the cuts might have on Americans. His guest are Nancy J. Altman, who has a thirty-five year background in the areas of Soci... Read more

The treatment of elders in nursing homes

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Madness Radio
 Hosted by Will Hall   How are our elders treated in nursing homes? Are powerful anti-psychotic medications being used for treatment, or for social control? Does living in a nursing home promote mental health -- or make it worse? Carole Hayes-Collier, psychiatric abuse sur... Read more

Jack Norris and "Vegan For Life"

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Healthwatch
 Host David Naimon interviews Jack Norris, co-founder and president of Vegan Outreach, about his book Vegan for Life: Everything You Need to Know to Be Healthy and Fit on a Plant-Based Diet. "Here is the book I have been waiting for! Now when people ask me all those questi... Read more

Race, slavery, art, Food, and communities today

Airs at: Wed, 10/26/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Hosted by Lisa Loving Portland Playhouse has extended its epic production of August Wilson’s ‘Gem of the Ocean’ (PDF) through the beginning of November. Find out what drives this deep piece of community history with director Brian Weaver, actor Kevin Jones, and host Lisa L... Read more

The Occupy Wall St. movement marches on. Abe and Joe survey the landscape.

Airs at: Tue, 10/25/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Occupy Wall St. continues in New York, Portland and around the globe. Can this outpouring of economic populism elicit real and lasting change? Abe and Joe take your calls. Wanna Help?  Visit Occupy Portland           Read more

Responding to AIDS Denialism

Airs at: Tue, 10/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
Normal 0 On this episode of Out Loud, we looked at a controversial, maligned and explosive topic within the medical and scientific community.  There is actually a small movement of people who question the existence of HIV and AIDS.  Many within the movement refer to th... Read more