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Making Changes
KPFA broadcast date February 23, 2010
Psychologist James Prochaska, PhD, author of Changing for Good, discusses how people make changes in their life and how we can all take control of the process. Resources: Pro-Change Behavior Systems; Changing for Good by James Prochaskal; Resources on mind and mood and on detoxification and addiction
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The Body as an Ecology
KPFA broadcast date September 1, 2009
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD, authors of Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health, discuss a core principle in their practice: the body works as an integrated whole. Selected health issues are used as examples including practical application of the principle to support and restore health. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman; Resources from Your Own Health And Fitness listed by topic
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Mercury Politics
KPFA broadcast date July 14, 2009
Jane Hightower, MD, author of Diagnosis Mercury: Money, Politics, and Poison, discusses her discovery that her Marin County, California patients who ate lots of sushi and tuna had astronomical mercury levels. Resources: Diagnosis Mercury by Jane Hightower; resources on environmental health and resources on detoxification
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Foul Fragrance
KPFA broadcast date March 3, 2009
Researcher Anne C. Steinemann, PhD, from the University of Washington, discusses the stew of hazardous materials in products scented by artificial fragrance. Resources: Anne C. Steinemann, PhD faculty page containing articles on fragance; California Environmental Health Network fragrance information; resources on environmental health and on detoxification
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Exercise and Disease Prevention
KPFA broadcast date January 6, 2009
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett PhD discuss the role of exercise in preventing disease including specific recommendations on forms of exercise and training regimes. Resources: Resources on exercise and musculoskeletal health; also resources on aging, cancer, heart health, insulin resistance, hormones, and stress
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Dependencies: Solutions
KPFA broadcast date December 30, 2008
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD the attachments that create health risks from food to drugs, how to start the change process, and how to support the body in making changes. Resources: Resources on addiction and detoxification, mind, mood, and stress, The Natural Medicine Guide to Addiction by Stephanie Marohn, End Your Addiction Now by Charles Gant,, and Changing for Good by James Prochaska
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Toxic Assault
KPFA broadcast date September 16, 2008
Investigative journalists Philip and Alice Shabecoff, authors of Poisoned Profits, discuss the health effects of the first generation to grow up constantly exposed to industrial toxins. Resources: Poisoned Profits by Philip and Alice Shabecof; Poisoned Profits website www.poisonedprofits.com; resources on environmental health and on detoxification
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Recovery without Pharmaceuticals
KPFA broadcast date July 15, 2008
Charles Barber, recovery counselor and author of Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation, advocates for patient centered therapies rather than drugs in treating psychiatric symptoms and addiction. Resources: Comfortably Numb by Charles Barber; Motivational Interviewing motivationalinterviewing.org; resources on mind, mood, and stress and resources on addiction
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Doing the Simplest Things First
KPFA broadcast date June 3, 2008
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, Phd discuss simple self care techniques for identifying and caring for developing illness. Resources: Resources on food, nutrition, and diet, resources on hormones, women’s health, and men’s health, resources on environmental health, resources on exercise and resources on mind, mood, and stress
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Cultivating Live Cultures for Healthy Gut and Immune Function
KPFA broadcast date May 20, 2008
Sandor Katz, author of Wild Fermentation, discusses home cultivation of fermented foods with live cultures including the health benefits Resources: Wild Fermentation by Sandor Katz available on the website wildfermentation.com/; resources on food, diet, and nutrition
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Aerial Spraying and Detoxification
KPFA broadcast date February 26, 2008
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss the risks posed by aerial spraying against the light brown apple moth and other agricultural pests along with detoxication methods for protection against these exposures Resources: Stop the Spraying www.stopthespray.org; resources on environmental health and on detoxification
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Does Green Mean Non-toxic?
KPFA broadcast date August 28, 2007
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss toxic risks in “green” products and describe how to avoid exposures and boost detoxification pathways. Resources: Resources on environmental health and on detoxification; Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough and Michael Baumgart; Environmental Working Group www.ewg.org; Our Stolen Future www.ourstolenfuture.org; Microwave News www.microwavenews.com; Electromagnetic Fields: A Consumer's Guide to the Issues and How to Protect Ourselves by B. Blake Levitt; Healthy Car www.healthycar.org; Toxic at Any Speed by the Ecology Center www.ecocenter.org; A Small Dose of Toxicology www.asmalldoseof.org
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A Unique Approach to Addictions
KPFA broadcast date June 19, 2007
Patt Denning, PhD discusses Harm Reduction Therapy from her book Over the Influence, an approach based on the belief that people have a complex relationship with drugs and alcohol and that addiction needs to be addressed simultaneously with social, psychological and emotional issues. Resources: The Harm Reduction Therapy Center www.harmreductiontherapy.org; Over the Influence: The Harm Reduction Guide for Managing Drugs and Alcohol by Patt Denning, Jeannie Little, and Adina Glickman; resources on addiction
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Explaining Unexplained Illnesses
KPFA broadcast date April 24, 2007
Martin Pall, PhD discusses his upcoming book which offers a new model for how people with chronic fatigue, multiple chemical sensitivities, gulf war syndrome and fibromyalgia become sick. Resources: Martin Pall, PhD Washington State University research page; Explaining Unexplained Illnesses: Disease Paradigm for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Fibomyalgia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Gulf War Syndrome, and Others by Martin Pall
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Public Health and Toxic Waste
KPFA broadcast date March 27, 2007
David O. Carpenter MD, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University of Albany, where he is also professor of environmental health and toxicology and former dean of the School of Public Health, discusses where and how people are exposed to environmental stressors and what role of public health institutions in protecting us. Resources: Institute for Health and the Environment www.albany.edu/ihe/; Resources on environmental health, resources on detoxification, resources on diabetes, resources on heart health, resources on chronic illness, and resources on EMF and radiation
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Detoxification
KPFA broadcast date March 6, 2007
Health educator Layna Berman discusses the body's natural detoxification pathways and how to boost them using nutrients. Resources: Resources on detoxification and addiction and on environmental health
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Smoking: The Truth
KPFA broadcast date February 21, 2006
Stan Glantz, MD professor of medicine at UC San Francisco and an anti-tobacco activist unpacks the science behind smoking's dangers and overweight's relative safety. Resources: UCSF Tobacco Control Program cc.ucsf.edu/research/tobacco.html; Tobacco Control Archives library.ucsf.edu/tobacco; Smoke Free Movies smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu/; "Nicotine Addiction" Progressive Health Observer #4
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Healing the Whole Addict
KPFA broadcast date September 21, 2004
Medical journalist Stephanie Marohn discusses where traditional addiction treatments fall short. Resources: The Natural Medicine Guide to Addiction by Stephanie Marohn www.stephaniemarohn.com
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Toxic Cosmetics
KPFA broadcast date August 17, 2004
Sonya Lunder of the Environmental Working Groups discusses how personal care products contribute to your toxic body burden. Resources: The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics www.safecosmetics.org
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End Addictions With Nutrient Therapy
KPFA broadcast date February 10, 2004
Physician and researcher Dr. Charles Gant, MD, PhD discusses nutrient-based treatment of addiction Resources: End Your Addiction Now by Charles Gant
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End Your Addiction Now
KPFA broadcast date February 18, 2003
Physician and researcher Dr. Charles Gant, MD, PhD discusses nutrient-based treatment of addiction Resources: End Your Addiction Now by Charles Gant
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Far Infra Red Saunas for Detoxification and Health
KPFA broadcast date December 17, 2002
Dr. Lawrence Wilson, MD, discusses the use and construction of far infra red saunas for detoxification and health promotion
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Detoxifying Metals
KPFA broadcast date July 9, 2002
Dr. Eric Gordon, MD discusses recovery from mercury and other metal toxicity
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Addiction-Free Naturally
KPFA broadcast date June 12, 2001
Herbalist Brigitte Mars discusses her book about the treatment of addiction using non-invasive, natural therapies Resources: Addiction-Free Naturally by Brigitte Mars
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Food Allergy, Addiction and Eating Disorders
KPFA broadcast date January 23, 2001
Health Integrationist Layna Berman discusses causes, treatment and diagnosis
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Evironmental Illness and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
KPFA broadcast date August 15, 2000
Health Integrationist Layna Berman
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Healing Addiction and Eating Disorders with The Diet Cure
KPFA broadcast date May 18, 1999
Julia Ross MA, nutritional psychologist discusses her new book Resources: The Diet Cure by Julia Ross
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Eating Disorders Allergy/Addiction
KPFA broadcast date March 17, 1998
Julia Ross MFCC, director Recovery Systems
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Food Allergies
KPFA broadcast date December 30, 1997
Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist
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Environmental Illness and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
KPFA broadcast date October 28, 1997
Layna Berman, Health Integration Specialist
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Detoxification and Healing
KPFA broadcast date October 7, 1997
Dr. Sydney Baker MD
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Health Strategies for the Highly Sensitive
KPFA broadcast date August 26, 1997
Health Educator Layna Berman
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Surviving the Toxic Crisis
KPFA broadcast date July 22, 1997
Health Educator Layna Berman
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Seven Weeks to Sobriety
KPFA broadcast date June 3, 1997
Dr. Joan Mathews Larson discusses her book Resources: Seven Weeks to Sobriety by Joan Mathews Larson
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Articles

Overworked, Sick, and Injured
PHO #14
When and how much you work increases your risk of ill health, injury, and decreases your capacity to recover.
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Life, Death, and Vegetables
PHO #14
Despite its flaws, a study shows why health starts with doing the simplest things first.
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Antioxidant Myths
PHO #11
Antioxidant Myths: Biased reporting on biased research foster the myth that antioxidants don't work
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Nicotine Addiction
PHO #4
Nicotine Addiction: A new discovery in nicotine biochemistry points to nutrient therapies
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