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Troubled Doctors: Addiction & Depression in Medicine

Photo by Alwin Kruijt

Statistics show that healthcare workers become addicted and depressed at the same rates as the general population. However, the fiduciary responsibility that a practitioner has to patients is paramount. There is no leeway for impairment when it comes to patient safety. With this in mind, a non–profit called the Washington Physicians Health Program has a mission to help depressed, alcoholic and drug addicted healthcare workers get into treatment. The program will then monitor and endorse a physician's recovery for five years after treatment. Forty–eight states have similar programs, but with a 75% success rate Washington state is considered one of the best. KUOW's Patricia Murphy explores physician addiction and depression in a three part series, Troubled Doctors: Addiction & Depression in Medicine.

Dance, Dance, Evolution!

PNB corps de ballet dancer Josh Spell as Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Photo © Angela Sterling.

When you say "ballet" many people still think "tutus and toe shoes". But these days, choreographers and dancers are pushing ballet in new directions. Yes, you still see toe shoes and sometimes tutus at Pacific Northwest Ballet. But the dancers and PNB Artistic Director Peter Boal say, to keep an old artform vibrant, it must have new energy. KUOW's Marcie Sillman spent the past six months behind the scenes at PNB, watching principal dancer Olivier Wevers create a new dance for ten of his fellow company members. She has this three part series about ballet and the artists who create it.

Dance Dance Evolution

Edited by Steve Scher

Cracking the Climate Code

Diagram of Downtown Olympia submerged in water

Olympia would be covered with water if sea level rise reaches three feet. Courtesy of City of Olympia

Most scientists agree: Increased greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are causing turmoil. Whether you call it climate change or global warming, these experts agree that we should expect new weather patterns to have significant impacts on our environment and on the way we live.

In Washington State, researchers, politicians and environmental activists are asking tough questions about our region's climate. KUOW News staff, along with the staffs of Weekday and the Conversation, present "Cracking the Climate Code". Through feature reports and interviews with experts, we bring you an in-depth investigation of some of the most pressing scientific, environmental and political climate change questions that face the Pacific Northwest.

Cracking the Climate Code

Edited by Marcie Sillman