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Rene Hellen of River Region Human Services talks about a program that provides in-home counseling to teens who abuse alcohol and drugs.

Vonceil Levine, a bereavement specialist with Haven Hospice, discusses how children can be helped when they're in grief.

Mike Milliken of the First Coast's Long-term Care Ombudsman Program offers tips on picking a nursing home.

Jacksonville resident and patient advocate German Vivas talks about what it's like to depend on Florida's Medically Needy program.

Jeff Goldhagen, chief of community pediatrics at UF and Shands Jacksonville, talks about gaps in mental health care.

Bed bugs are back, says Robert Teal, service manager for Terminex's Jacksonville-area operations.

Why just 30 percent of Americans are registered as organ and tissue donors.

Craig Kobrin, an interventional radiologist at Orange Park Medical Center, discusses new technology at the hospital that allows doctors to bust up a leg clot on the spot.

Cindy Watson, executive director of the Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network, discusses why the HIV/AIDS remains so high locally.

Cindy Funkhouser of the Sulzbacher Center talks about the possible consequences of de-funding the state's homeless programs.

Radiation levels in Jacksonville are at normal background levels despite the nuclear disaster in Japan, a radiation expert says.