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Chicago Matters: Examining Health: Forever Young
Americans are fixated on youth, even as unprecedented numbers of us are aging, and as life expectancy climbs. This program will explore how seniors today strive to stay healthy through traditional and alternative forms of practice and prevention.
Posted on 6.7.1999 |
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Chicago Matters: Examining Health: Asthma in Chicago- a Deadly Concern
Even as science learns more about it, asthma rates continue to climb, especially in Chicago which has one of the country's highest asthma death rates. This documentary will examine asthma as a major public health concern and tell personal stories of people coping with this chronic illness.
Posted on 6.3.1999 |
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Chicago Matters: Examining Health: A Danger to Themselves or Others
On any given day, there are 10,000 men and women in Cook County Jail. About ten percent suffer from mental illness. This documentary will explore the care these pre-trial detainees receive — from diagnosis to acute care to release. It will shed light on a place rarely seen and often misunderstood by the outside world.
Posted on 6.1.1999 |
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Chicago Matters: Examining Health: Clinical Medical Ethics
Doing the Right Thing in Health Care's Brave New World
What is a life worth living? When is it time to die? As modern medicine's tools grow more powerful, these questions are asked each day, in every hospital in the country. This program will profile the people who answer them — clinical medical ethicists.
Posted on 5.31.1999 |
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