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The Healthcare Bill: Yes/No?

Airs at: Tue, 12/22/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 The Senate has just passed a healthcare bill.  Is it worth our support?  Dr. Paul Gorman, a physician at OHSU and member of  Physicians for a National Health Program talks with Laurie Mercier  about what's been lost in the legislative process, and what it will take to get ... Read more

Health Care Reform, and Citizen Soldier's Study on the Mental Health of our Soldiers

Airs at: Tue, 12/22/2009 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris It's an end-of-the-year grab bag as Abe and Joe toss around a number of hot topics, and then hand them off to callers. On the docket are the health care 'reform' bill, a study from Citizen Soldier on the mental health of our soldiers, and... Read more

Nadine Grzeskowiak, a Gluten Free RN, talks about Gluten related disorders.

Airs at: Mon, 12/21/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Today we hear Health and Healthcare Forum with host Roberta Hall. Her guest is Nadine Grzeskowiak, who describes herself as a gluten-free RN. She practices throughout Oregon and focuses on the education, research and counseling of clients who struggle with gluten-related d... Read more

Max Rameau and the Take Back The Land Movement

Airs at: Wed, 11/18/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
 Max Rameau  is the founder of the Miami-based organization Take Back the Land. In 2006, the organization seized control of a vacant lot and built a shantytown called Umoja Village. Take Back the Land then began a campaign of taking over bank-owned foreclosed homes and movi... Read more

Dr. Don Thieman on the Health Care Industry

Airs at: Mon, 12/14/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 KBOO reporter David Rosenfeld speaks with Dr. Don Thieman, a former medical director of Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon. Thieman is now a medical director for CareOregon, which administers the Oregon Health Plan. With a front row seat to some of healthcare’s toughes... Read more

Dietician Nancy Sullivan on diet and nutrition for people in hospice

Airs at: Mon, 12/14/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Health and Health Care Forum Hosted by Roberta HallToday, we'll hear Part Two of a two-part interview with dietician Nancy Sullivan who works with people in hospice. Read more

Evening News on 12/14/09

Airs at: Mon, 12/14/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Dr. Don Thieman, a former medical director at Regence Bluecross Blueshield of Oregon says people have nothing to fear in the current push to reform healthcare. By and large those in government have our interests at heart much more than people in the insurance industry, he s... Read more

Queer Open House & Recruitment for The Other Team, Queer Youth Radio Show

Calling all Portland area youth:: do you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning or are an ally to the queer community? KBOO is hosting two open houses for The Other Team recruitment: Sunday Dec 20 from 3-5 pm and Monday Dec 28 from 5-7 pm. We need YOU... Read more

Voices from the Edge: What's behind Oregon's domestic violence murders-suicides?

Airs at: Thu, 12/10/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Fourteen Oregonians died last month in five murder-suicides and one attempted murder suicide. Why this sudden outbreak now of men using guns to murder their spouses, ex-spouses and themselves when domestic violence homicides in Oregon have been on the decline? In 1997, 22 d... Read more

Dietician Nancy Sullivan talks about nutrition and diet in hospice care.

Airs at: Mon, 12/07/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Health and Healthcare Forum with host Roberta Hall. Robert Hall hosts Part One of a two-part interview with dietician Nancy Sullivan, who works with people in hospice.  Read more