"Cancer: A Personal 00oyage"
to be aired Friday, June 2
"Cancer: A Personal Voyage, a
documentary chronicling the last
two years in the life of a young
doctor, will be broadcast in
Philadelphia on TV12 Friday,
June 27. at 9 p.m.
MORGAN
The program
is presented
nationally on
public televi-
sion by
WHYY-TV
and is being
carried by all
stations in all
major markets
and many other
cities across the
country.
91 FM will
broadcast a
companion
radio program,
"Cancer: After
the Diagnosis,"
DRAZEN on Sunday,
June 22, at 10 a.m.
Peter J. Morgan, M.D., a physi-
cian who at age 29 learned he had
terminal cancer, is featured in
"Cancer: A Personal Voyage."
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Use science
Renowned climatologist Lau-
rence Kalkstein's research has led
to hot weather alert systems that
help keep people safer and to a
World Wide Web site that alerts
consumers to weather conditions
that encourage itchy skin.
The Lanacane Summer Itch
Index can be accessed Monday
through Friday on the University
of Delaware's Center for Climatic
Research web site at
www.udel.edu/SynClim/scl.html.
It can also be seen Monday
through Friday mornings at 8:07
a.m., now through Labor Day, on
the cable television network Fox
News Channel. Consumers may
also e-mail the center at ItchRe-
lief@aol.com.
In May Washington, D.C.,
joined Philadelphia in adopting
to beat heat-related ski
the University of Delaware's Cen- Kalkst,
ter for Climatic Research's hot calcula
weather alert system, itchy s
The system, created by Kalk- itch al
stein, a climatologist and profes- winter.
sor of geography at the University Kalk
of Delaware, is a computer pro- the sun
gram that compares data repre- ate the
senting an area's past and present of ulm
weather, and atmospheric and prevale
health conditions. It then alerts dance (
public officials when there is a
high probability of heat-related
deaths.
When the alert is issued, cities
respond with emergency actions
that safeguard the elderly and chil-
dren and inform the public. St.
Louis and Phoenix are now con-
sidering using the system.
Last winter, the Lanacane Itch
Information Center contacted
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;tein said, "The purpose of
imer itch index is to evalu-
potential cumulative effect
violet radiation, mosquito
ice and poison ivy abun-
n summer skin problems."
Harbor Healthcare
boasts new champ
The afternoon Yahtzee and
social club at Harbor Health-
care and Rehabilitation Cen-
ter recently named George
Budulas Yahtzee champ, with
a high score of 714 points.
This enthusiastic group
meets at 3:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday in the facili-
ty's activities room. An open
invitation has been extended
to Yahtzee players in the corn--
reunify to engage in the high-
spirited, for-fun-only compe-
tition. For more information
about Harbor Healthcare, or
to learn about its social pro-
grams, call Olive Ward at 645-
4664.
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INFECTIONS -
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1997
SPEAKER: Dr. John J. Ludwicki
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