The Body Show: Prostate Cancer

Healthcare and the environment can intersect sometimes when we least expect it. The use of disposable menstrual products illustrates one way where revisiting a discovery from the past can potentially revolutionize the way we do things now, and help protect the environment and our health.

COPD, or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, is a medical condition that can make breathing feel blowing in and out of a very small straw. What causes this? And are there medications to help? On this edition of The Body Show, the head of the Hawaii COPD Coalition joins the show to discuss the latest in COPD care in the islands. 6:30 PM on HPR-1.

In 2018, Hawaii's Legislature authorized residents with a terminal illness, with six months or less to live, the ability to request medical aid in dying prescriptions from their doctor. How many people actually received medication? Did anyone take it? On this edition of The Body Show, the latest on medical aid in dying in the state.