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http://www.healthshow.org/ – When I finally leave this world, I'm going to will my e-mail in box to science. The amazing amount of cyber stuff this poor thing lugs around every day is astounding. And most of it is of dubious usefulness. But we do like getting nice letters from our listeners about stories they like during the year. Not only is it good for our ego...but it helps us choose which ones to rerun at the end of the year! On this week's Health Show...let the reruns begin!

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http://www.healthshow.org/ – You could be the strongest person on the face of the Earth...that wouldn't protect you from the effects of a stroke. Granted, actor Kevin Sorbo only played the strongest man on the face of the Earth on the TV show Hercules...but you get the point. On this week's Health Show, a conversation with Kevin Sorbo about the strokes that changed his life.

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http://www.healthshow.org/ – We've been hearing a lot lately about the shortage of certain life saving drugs. It's a problem that has been around for some time and is finally getting some media attention. But there's another problem with certain medications that is causing concern around the world. On this week's Health Show, the growing problem of counterfeit pharmaceuticals.

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http://www.healthshow.org/ – There's a lot of talk about cancer research. But what does that really mean? Just what are scientists looking at, or looking for? Well there's a recent clinical trial that is attacking cancer at the roots. On this week's Health Show, we'll learn about cancer stem cells...and how they may be a key to finding cures.

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http://www.healthshow.org/ – There are few topics as controversial in the US as race. Combine that with bio-ethics and a cutting edge author and you have a provocative book that is already making waves. On this week's Health Show...a conversation with that author who says health care officials may be practicing racial profiling.

And once you get all stressed out about that topic, we'll talk to another author...and hear how she says meditation can help you relax and find Real Happiness.

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http://www.healthshow.org/ – It's been over a year since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law and once that happened many of us hoped we'd never have to hear about it again! Not so fast there. The law won't go fully into effect until 2014...and before then it has many legal challenges to overcome. On this week's Health Show...an update on health care reform.

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http://www.healthshow.org/ – The good news is: we're all living longer. That includes cancer survivors. Since the early 70s the number of cancer survivors living in the US has increased fourfold...and that number is expected to go up significantly in the next 10 years. On today's Health Show we'll hear about a new report on the growing number of aging cancer survivors.

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http://www.healthshow.org/ – One of the issues we heard a lot about during the health insurance reform debate was this: if everyone is covered, who's going to provide all that extra health care? On this week's Health Show we'll hear about the growing importance of nurse practitioners in the health care system.

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http://www.healthshow.org/ – In 1970, a group of feminists got together and published a 136 page booklet called "Women and Their Bodies". A year later, it was put together as a book and sold a quarter million copies under its new name "Our Bodies Ourselves". Now, 40 years and 4 million copies later, there is a new edition of this iconic book on women's health. On this week's Health Show, we'll talk to a member of that original group about the new edition.