Health Corner

Sunday, January 13 and March 2, 2008
9:30 a.m. / 8:30 a.m. Central
Show 502 

Do the benefits outweigh the risks? Absolutely, say immunization experts from the Centers for Disease Control. Find out why childhood vaccines are more important today than ever before. Health Corner visits Daisy Fuentes. Learn why she's on a mission to help girls and young women embrace fitness and their own unique body shape. Dr. Lisa shares her family's story about Gift, a boy from Zambia disfigured during a storm. Thanks to the generosity of many, Gift is getting reconstructive surgery and discovering a whole new world. Meet Mrs. Janke—teacher and caregiver-- who provides her kindergartners valuable life lessons with the help of Caleb, a student with physical challenges. Leeza and Dr. Jamie explain how special needs children and their classmates benefit from "mainstreaming". Athletes in ancient Greece used honey to boost their performance, and so can you with Dr. John La Puma's ChefMD®-approved recipe for sweet and tender honeyed Chinese chicken. A fabulous wardrobe on a budget? Florida Perry Smith shows you how. Plus, Jill Repp with ideas to keep your little ones occupied and comfortable when they're home sick, and Denise Austin with an upper body exercise you can do in the kitchen. All that, and so much more.