NPR is doing a series on living with cancer you can listen online for
free.
Check your NPR station on Saturdays. In April, they are free.
The station might be in your Windows Media Player bookmarks or Americans
to access local schedule information, links to your station's web site,
and local station content (when available).
http://www.npr.org/stations/
There are 4 one-hour programs in this series.
They're MP3's so slow to download and listen for those on dialup or those
who pay by the hour
If you miss them and/or wish to buy the CD's (see below)
J
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Two striking facts from the National Institutes of Health (NIH):
42% of Americans are likely to get some form of cancer:
65% of patients now survive the disease!
Program Listings for This Series
Journey for Recovery
CD 1: Journey for Recovery (Humankind programs #101 and 102)
Listen online Hear Free Excerpt and Learn More
Part A: Cancer patients confront their fears -- real and imagined; and a
scientific look at the mind/body connection.
Part B: How relaxation exercises and healing imagery can diminish cancer
pain; and the health benefits of keeping a personal diary.
Will to Live
CD 2: Will to Live (Humankind programs #60 and 69)
Listen online Hear Free Excerpt and Learn More
Part A: Cancer patients find a remarkable human connection in supportive
dialogues with other patients.
Part B: Physician Rachel Naomi Remen counsels patients drawing from her
own bout with a life-threatening illness.
Humor and Health
CD 3: Humor and Health (Humankind programs #92 and 93)
Listen online Hear Free Excerpt and Learn More
Part A: Hear professional comedians who are cancer survivors and learn the
health benefits of humor and laughter.
Part B: Playwrights who've used the stage for humor and poignant insight
about their journeys through illness.
The Power of Belief
CD 4: The Power of Belief (Humankind programs #97 and 98)
Listen online Hear Free Excerpt and Learn More
Part A: Whether or not people of faith, cancer patients go deeply into
themselves to ponder their lives.
Part B: A rabbi whose daughter died of cancer teaches martial arts to
young patients, helping them find inner strength.
The Power of Belief
CD 5: A Brief Relaxation Exercise with Dr. Lockewood Rush
Listen online Listen Free Now in its Entirety
A CD of this exercise is included as a bonus in our 5-disk package of
Walking through the Storm.
A 15-minute stress reduction session to calm the body and mind.
Total time: 251 minutes
Richbro - 09 Apr 2007 02:13 GMT
> NPR is doing a series on living with cancer you can listen online for
> free.
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I listen to the free excerpts and this seems like a good report. I
always did like the NPR touch. I'm planning on purchasing the CD set
($24 or something)
Rich