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CHICAGO MATTERS: Examining Health

What do eastern remedies and western medicine, clinical medical ethics and Asthma have in common? They were some of the topics explored in Chicago Matters: Examining Health.

From April 5 through June 1, 1999, WBEZ created a forum to better understand the issues Chicago residents face in striving to stay healthy. Reports, personal essays, 30-minute documentaries, town meetings, and a live performance arts evening where young local actors give voice to young Chicagoans concerns about health, were all part of the 1999 series.

WBEZ, in collaboration with Channel 11, The Chicago Public Library, and The Chicago Reporter, examined the ways that scientific advances, local public health initiatives, politics, and our own lifestyle choices all affect our health — both as individuals and as a community.

Listen to WBEZ's broadcasts of the series documentaries, reports and personal essays, and town meetings.