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So you say your eyes are scratchy and your contact lenses are uncomfortable? Well guess what! Stop blaming the contact lenses. Why? Stay tuned to find out.

Join Ereka Vetrini and Access Health on this episode! We're talking about award-winning baby care products, stage based nutrition, and asthma triggers.

Asthma triggers are all around us—which is why it’s crucial to learn all about them. Michele Cassalia of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America joins us to share some great tips for those who suffer from asthma.

If you’re one of the estimated three quarters of American moms who has breastfed a baby, you probably know that transitioning to bottle feeding – or at least having the option of bottle feeding – is important.

Watch a very special episode of Access Health and get all the facts, resources, and testing information on hereditary cancer. First, learn what you need to know about your family history of cancer. Then find out about the 60-second hereditary cancer risk quiz that could save your life. Hear from some of the most knowledgeable experts in the field, including Certified Genetic Counselor Marianne Lotito and Angelina Jolie’s breast surgeon, Dr. Kristi Funk.

Join Ereka Vetrini as we go behind the mystery of the second most common blood cancer: Multiple myeloma. We'll learn about this rare disease and the progress that's being made in treating it. We'll hear from patients, advocates, and caregivers about their progression through clinical trials, as well as advice on managing symptoms. Then, we'll meet up with survivor James Bond on a stop over in Cambridge to hear about his 23-year battle. Also, journalist Tom Brokaw, who is also a multiple myeloma patient, offers some snippets of advice from his latest book, "A Lucky Life Interrupted."

On this episode of Access Health, meet experts on treating breakthrough cancer pain and quitting smoking. For those diagnosed with cancer at any stage, the physical and emotional challenges are profound.  But according to cancer experts, about 60 percent of chronic cancer pain patients may suffer from a type of pain so intense and excruciating, it “breaks through” their around-the-clock pain medication.  Sadly, this so-called Breakthrough Cancer Pain may cause many patients to suffer in silence because they don’t believe any viable treatment exists to address it.  Access Health takes a closer look at this type of pain and a class of medication that may help.

You can’t say exactly why you tried your first cigarette. But you know exactly when it happened. And now, you know how hard it is to quit. Despite the fact that your pack-a-day habit costs more than $2000 a year on average – and is the leading preventable cause of disease, death, and disability in the United States – it's been close to impossible to quit. Until now.

You can’t say exactly why you tried your first cigarette. But you know exactly when it happened. And now, you know how hard it is to quit. Despite the fact that your pack-a-day habit costs more than $2000 a year on average – and is the leading preventable cause of disease, death, and disability in the United States – it's been close to impossible to quit. Until now.