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Animal Assisted Therapy
Nearly three-quarters of Americans have at least one pet. In the United States, more money is spent on dog and cat food than on baby food. And for centuries, doctors and researchers have tried to harvest this intangible love for animals in the healing process. Animals have been used to help patients recover from all kinds of ailments, diseases and surgeries - to lift spirits and bring a smile, to make patients feel better. Some studies show a more profound benefit: that animals help people become less anxious and perhaps even respond better to mental health therapy. As part of our yearlong Making Sense of Mental Health series, WBHM's Steve Chiotakis reports that for kids undergoing mental health treatment, the healing often begins on all fours.
Help for Honduras
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Activist Doctors and AIDS
Millions of people the world over have HIV/AIDS. As the infection rates go down in some countries, they go up in others. A group here in the U.S. thinks AIDS doctors need to take a more activist approach to fighting the disease.
Mind’s Eye: Art & Mental Illness
Scientists are increasingly focusing on whether there's a common gene that predisposes people to creativity and mental illness. There's long been a link between the two and many famous artists and musicians had mental illness. WBHM's Tanya Ott and reporter Adam Allington explore the inner-connectedness.
Alzheimer’s Poetry Project
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Green Tea Rx
Red wine has long been touted as a cancer fighter, but another beverage may be even more beneficial. A study conducted at UAB shows that green tea not only prevents cancer, but may stop the growth of some tumors. WBHM's Rosemary Pennington spoke with one of the researchers.
Mental Music
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New AIDS Drug
There is a pantheon of drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS -- the problem is that the virus mutates, keeping up with it is proving to be a problem. Researchers at Rutgers University, though, have created a drug they think could mean longer-lasting treatment for AIDS patients.
Public Health 911
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Economic Irony
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Watermelon 101
It’s an age-old puzzle. You’re standing in front of dozens of gorgeous watermelons…how do you choose the best one? The experts say there are two schools of thought on that… […]
Food Safety
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Living with Arthritis: Joseph’s Story
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Hormone Replacement Therapy: Risks & Benefits
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Unclaimed Baggage
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The Parable of Harry Potter
On a recent Sunday morning at Unity Church, on the southside of Birmingham, a couple of dozen kids, ranging in age from about six to 12, file down a stairway […]
Thera-pooch
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