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Informational programs on Radio Baha'i are aired at 10:00 AM, 7:00 PM and midnight, every day. Below is the schedule of programs and topics for the next few days.

Thursday, Aug. 9 - National Institutes of Health Research Radio

  • News Update
  • Advances in adhesive technology for joint replacements
  • Colleges and communities can reduce alcohol-related harm to students
  • Parents can help their child have a healthy school year

 Friday, Aug. 10 - Parents' Journal (repeat from last Saturday)

  • Topic: Make Your Backyard Play Area Safe 
  • Guest: Donna Thompson, Executive Director of the national Program for Playground Safety
  • Topic: The Power of Play in the Preschool Years 
  • Guest: Marueen Obrien, author of Watch Me Grow: I'm One-Two-Three

Saturday, Aug. 11 - Parents' Journal

  • Topic: Help for Kids with Sensory Processing Problems 
  • Guest: Dr. Lucy Miller author of Sensational Kids
  • Topic: Babies are Born Learners 
  • Guest: Nina Sazer O'Donnell, early childhood learning specialist

Sunday, Aug. 12 - Peace Talks

  • An inspiring story of a man who turned his grief over his slain son into action to teach nonviolence to school kids.
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Today's edition of Insight looks at the state of children in South Carolina. Program host, Bhakti Larry Hough, interviews Bett Williams, Communications Coordinator for the Children's Trust of South Carolina.

South Carolina ranks 43rd overall for child well-being as compared to other states, according to the 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book. "We've got a lot of work to do in South Carolina in terms of child well-being," Williams, told Bhakti in the latest edition of Insight.

The 2012 Kids Count Data Book, released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation using a revised and expanded list of indicators, gives an in-depth look at the status of children in South Carolina in comparison to the rest of the nation.

Indicators were placed into four domains:

  1. Economic Well-Being
  2. Education
  3. Health
  4. Family and Community

"With the expanded list of indicators, increasing from 10 to 16, and framed into four domains, the state can better examine and more fully understand what it is doing well for children and where it can do better, Williams said.

South Carolina's highest ranking is under economic well-being with a rank of 34. Of particular concern, is the 23 percent increase in children whose parents lack secure employment and the 13 percent increase in children living in poverty since 2005. This means that one in every four children (278,000) children live in poverty. For a family of four, this equates to a household income of $23,050 or less. Research indicates that on average families need incomes at twice the poverty level ($46,100) to cover normal, expected expenses such as food, housing, childcare, and transportation. In South Carolina, one in every two children lives below this threshold.

The report also gives South Carolina some small rays of hope, especially in education and health, where there is a trend of improvements. There was a 31 percent decrease in children without health insurance, 25 percent decrease in teens who abuse alcohol or drugs, and a 15 percent decrease in the child and teen deaths.

There was also eight percent decrease in the number of children not attending preschool.

The positive numbers are a good sign, Williams said, but they should not give the state a false sense of success because there are far too many children in the state whose futures at risk.

The 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book with state-by-state rankings and supplemental data is available at http://datacenter.kidscount.org.

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Alzheimer's Disease is the topic of discussion on the current edition of Insight, the Radio Baha'i public affairs talk show, at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight Wednesday, July 25th, and Monday, July 30th. Host, Bhakti Larry Hough, interviews Claudia Harris, Natalie Bankowski of the Myrtle Beach chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, and Ronald Lewis, a minister and  certified professional caregiver who conducts an Alzheimer's Disease support group for caregivers in Hemingway.

For the first 11 years after her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, Claudia Harris of Brittain's Neck dealt with the challenge from afar. She was living and teaching public school in Chicago and making periodic visits to South Carolina. Claudia's father was taking care of her mother.  Then he died suddenly four years ago, leaving Claudia to be her mother's principal caregiver.  Her life changed dramatically, she said.
"It was like a total change because I had to leave my other family and friends in Chicago," Claudia said. "Emotionally it has been a strain because she was a business woman and watching her deteriorate and become so helpless has been difficult. I take it one day at a time, I talk to my friends and I talk to God a lot."

Claudia Harris is just one of 15 million Americans who provide unpaid care for the 5.4 million Americans living with Alzheimer's Disease, according to the Alzheimer's Association.

Alzheimer's Disease is a progressively fatal disease that causes the brain to shrink. It is the 6th leading cause of death in U.S. and the only cause of death among  the top 10 in the U.S. that can't be prevented, cured or slowed. While Alzheimer's Disease is most prevalent among the elderly, early onset Alzheimer's Disease is becoming increasingly common among persons in their 40s and 50s.

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Starting Sunday, July 15th, Radio Baha’i will air a new series of programs called Peace Talks Radio. The program focuses on peacemaking and conflict resolution in its various settings and applications – from the home, to the community, to the nation.

Peace Talks Radio will air Sundays at 10:00 AM, 7:00 PM and at midnight. There will be a new program each week.

The first episode that we will air is, “Peaceful Parenting”. In this program, Victor LaCerva, M.D., talks with host Suzanne Kryder about how adults can help children learn emotional fluency, the practice of naming their feelings with words instead of acting them out with inappropriate behavior. Dr. LaCerva also comments on spanking and bullying. Parent Sarah Malone and her teenage son Kevin joins the discussion with questions and comments.

For more information on Peace Talks Radio, visit their website at: www.peacetalksradio.com

 

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June 28, 2012 – Radio Bahá'í began airing the National Institutes of Health Research Radio program today. The program can be heard at 10:00 AM, 7:00 PM, and at midnight, every Tuesday and Thursday, starting today. This program is a temporary filler for a new health program that is being produced locally that will start in a few months.

The program airing today, which was produced back in January by the NIH, is mostly about diets: news about a link between animal fat and a kind of diabetes, details on some top-ranked eating plans, how an app, and coaching, can help with weight control, and a story about sleep.

The transcript for the program is available on the NIH Website:  http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/podcast/2012/e0151.htm

The story today makes a number of references to websites where you can get more information about the studies. Those references are listed below to make it easier for you.

High animal fat diet increases gestational diabetes risk

How a mother’s diet before and during pregnancy influences her metabolism during pregnancy, which may have implications for the baby’s health at birth, and later in life.  They also point out that this type of study requires confirmation by a clinical trial. For more information on the study visit www.nichd.nih.gov

For details on gestational diabetes, visit the website www.ndep.nih.gov

Top-ranked eating plans from NIH

For more information on both the DASH and TLC eating plans, visit www.nhlbi.nih.gov

Body Mass Index app helps measure health risk

The app is available for free from the BMI calculator page on the NHLBI website as well as from the iTunes store. To download the app or find more information about BMI and the importance of a maintaining a healthy weight, visit www.nhlbi.nih.gov

NIH studies find long-term weight loss methods for clinical practice

these studies will help bring proven weight loss interventions to the front lines of clinical practice. For more information, visit www.nhlbi.nih.gov

Updated NIH Sleep Disorders Research Plan seeks to promote and protect sleep health

The 2011 NIH Sleep Disorders Research Plan provides an opportunity for future research to continue to define the role of sleep as a fundamental requirement of daily life and learn why a wide range of health, performance, and safety problems emerge when sleep and circadian rhythms are disrupted. For more information, visit www.nhlbi.nih.gov

 

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