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Exercise has a reputation for improving health. Just how much does it take to improve your quality of life?

People are often told to lose weight or quit smoking, but they have trouble following through. Do financial incentives help?

Some doctors worry about giving their patients false hope. Do they worry enough about making sure that patients do have hope when they leave the office? We talk with two prominent physicians about their essay on the power of hope in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Explore the stories behind the health headlines.

 Sherwin Nuland, MD, discussed hope at the TED conference. 


Guests: Catherine de Angelis, MD, Editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association, where the editorial on The Power of Hope was published (Dec. 24/31, 2008).

James C. Harris, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Pediatrics, and Mental Hygiene at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. The photo is of Drs. De Angelis and Harris, who are married to each other.

Alan Greene, MD, founder of DrGreene.com, president of the Society for Participatory Medicine and Clinical Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. His books include From First Kicks to First Steps and Raising Baby Green.

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I am listening to the segment on hope with Dr. Harris And Dr. De Angelis. I just wanted to mention that Jerome Frank, a famous psychiatrist, also at Johns Hopkins during the 40's through the 60's. His work on "the role of hope in psychotherapy" is some of the best reading available. Jerome Frank was a very skilled, compassionate man who humanized his writing as well as his work with patients.

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