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Nobody said that being a parent was going to be easy...but parents of kids with food allergies have to be on guard just about all the time. On this week’s Health Show, we’ll talk to the head of an on line support group about kids with food allergies...and what needs to be done to protect them from things like...the lunch room. Then we’ll hear the history of the drug Warfarin and find out why so many companies are working so hard to find a way to make it obsolete. And we’ll have a conversation with the director of the Academy Award winning short documentary film Freeheld...the story of an ex-cop fighting rapidly spreading cancer...and her local politicians.
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KIDS WITH FOOD ALLERGIES
Food allergies are not common...but they can be deadly. According to the American Academy of Family Physicians about 6 to 8 per cent of children age four and under have a true food allergy...along with 2 to 4 per cent of adults. Here to tell us more about the facts and dangers of food allergies is Lynda Mitchell, president of Kids With Food Allergies, a non-profit on-line support community for families raising children with food allergies. Find the Kids With Food Allergies Web Site HERE!
HEALTH UPDATE with Dr. Philip Stieg
Prescription drugs aren’t the only option when it comes to treating a declining sex drive. On this week’s Health Update, Dr. Philip Stieg takes a look at some, perhaps dubious, herbal alternatives.
The Race To Replace Warfarin
Some 60 years ago, the University of Wisconsin Madison got a patent for a drug originally used as rat poison. Warfarin later became the most widely-prescribed blood thinner in the world. It has drawbacks, but no easy to manage alternative has been found. Shamane Mills reports.
The Award Goes to...FREEHELD!
Detective Lieutenant Laurel Hester spent 25 years investigating tough cases in Ocean County, New Jersey...a career that continued until she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Unknown to her, that diagnosis would be the beginning of her most public battle...the fight to transfer her police pension to her domestic partner Stacie Andree. Their story is the subject of the Academy Award winning documentary “Freeheld”, which chronicles Laurel's struggle with her elected officials - the Ocean County Freeholders - who repeatedly deny her request to leave the pension she earned to Stacie, a benefit which is automatic for heterosexual married couples. Cynthia Wade is director of “Freeheld”. Bob Barrett spoke with her before the film was even nominated for the best documentary - short subject Oscar and asked what brought her to Laurel’s story.
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