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MEDICAL CARE FROM MUSLIMS
Poor neighborhoods have few doctors, and residents in poor areas rely on free clinics. But did you know that one of the few free clinics in south Los Angeles is run by a group that has been eyed with suspicion since 9-11? Hena Cuevas reports.
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CURING EPILEPSY
Hundreds of parents have been told by doctors that the best thing they can do for their baby is to remove as much as half of its brain. Why? It's the best known cure for severe epilepsy. How can a child function? You'd be amazed. Val Zavala meets a family from Long Beach who has been through the ordeal with their little girl, Hannah.
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PARALYZED OVERNIGHT
He wasn't in a car accident or injured in anyway. Then literally overnight he was paralyzed from the waist down. How do you adjust to life in a wheelchair at age 51. Hena Cuevas meets Allen Rucker, the author of The Best Seat in the House.
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MEDICAL CARE IN THE EXPRESS AISLE
Tired of trying to get a last-minute appointment with your doctor for something really simple? You'll like a new trend. It puts clinics where the customers are. They're convenient, but are they good medicine? Roger Cooper looks at the growing number of clinics in drug stores.
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PROJECT WALK
We visit a remarkable place that claims it can get paralyzed people moving again – people who have suffered serious spinal cord injuries. They say they achieve more movement than traditional rehabilitation approaches. How do they do it? Hena Cuevas went to Carlsbad in San Diego County to see for herself.
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HIDDEN HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN
She was told she had little chance of getting heart disease. Then she had two heart attacks. Many doctors don't recognize heart disease in women. As Val Zavala reports, that is often because women can have perfectly clear arteries and still have cardiovascular disease. It took a woman's study to solve the mystery. Val Zavala meets one patient with hidden heart disease and the doctor who helped her.
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WHOOPING COUGH ON THE RISE
We think of it as a children's disease from a bygone era. But now whooping cough – or pertussis – is resurfacing in teenagers and adults. As Toni Guinyard tells us that has prompted health officials to launch a vaccination campaign for the sake of individuals and the public.
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GOING PUBLIC WITH LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE
By the time his doctor gave him the bad news, Leo Greene already knew he had ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. He took it as a death sentence. But Leo is a newspaper reporter, and decided his final assignment would be his own story. Val Zavala profiles Leo Greene who is using his story to bring much needed attention, money and research to this devastating disease.
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PROSTATE CANCER: WATCHFUL WAITING VS. TREATMENT
He didn't want the side effects of impotence and incontinence. So Eric Kaldor opted for "watchful waiting." Some doctors say aggressive surgery and radiation are not always needed to keep the cancer at bay. Sam Louie looks at the debate over the best way to treat the second most frequent form of cancer in men.
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EARLY MORNING ROUNDS ON SKID ROW
They put on the lab coats and a backpack of medical supplies and head out at 6:00 AM. They treat patients where they live – on the streets of downtown L.A. What can you treat on the streets? Everything from TB, hepatitis and mental problems. Can this pilot program help stem the spread of AIDS and other diseases? Hena Cuevas went along with these dedicated health professionals to find out.
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GRANDCHILDREN AS ALZHEIMER'S CARETAKERS
What happens when a family doesn't want a grandparent with Alzheimer's to go to a home? It often means teenagers become caretakers. This is especially true in Asian and Latino communities where family ties are strong. Hena Cuevas met one family who has to face that question.
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DISEASE CONTROL CHIEF
Avian Flu, SARS and biological terrorism are just a few of the threats that Laurene Mascolo has to monitor. She is L.A. County's head of communicable diseases. How does she size up the pandemic risk for Southern California? What should we fear most? What are the day-to-day things we can do to stay clear of pandemics? Anne McDermott gets advice from the top disease control expert.
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BODY COOLER
Stanford researchers found a way to cool the body down in record time. Now there is a device that lowers body temperature in record time. This can be lifesaver for soldiers, and a performance enhancer for athletes. But Sam Louie also found that it helps patients with multiple sclerosis live a more normal life.
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DOCTOR-RUN HOSPITAL IN CHINATOWN
Dr. George Ma is an internist practicing in Chinatown who has seen the access-to-care problem worsen. So he and his partners bought a bankrupt hospital ten years ago and started an HMO called CareFirst. It has 200,000 members and includes subsidies for low-income patients. Is it working? Is it a model for other low-income communities?
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MELANOMA ON THE RISE
Reporter Hena Cuevas looks at a developing epidemic of the most lethal form of skin tumors among Latinos. Latinos traditionally have lower rates of melanoma. But recently researchers have seen a 7% rise of certain skin tumors in Latino men. Why this disturbing increase?
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CASINO MONEY TO THE RESCUE?
Reporter Sam Louie visits the one free urban clinic that treats L.A. County's 77,000 Native Americans. In Orange County there are none. Now the federal government is proposing to cut off all assistance to the Native American clinics. Some say casino profits should cover the shortfall, but others say that's not practical.
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