InvestigateTV+: Helping teens stay away from violence
Season 4, Episode 5
(InvestigateTV) — An ex-con shares how he is now using his story to steer teens away from violence through an innovative mentoring program.
Then, InvestigateTV+ follows an inspiring effort helping people with Parkinson’s find strength and community through climbing.
Plus, four generations work together in a candy shop with one secret ingredient holding it all together.
Mentoring program teaches kids to prevent violence
Doctors say that during adolescence the emotional center of your brain, the frontal cortex, matures earlier than the part responsible for impulse control and judgement.
Experts warn when that development gap meets easy access to firearms, the risk of tragedy increases.
A Michigan nonprofit has launched a new mentoring program designed to help teenagers make better choices and avoid the consequences of risky decisions.
How climbing helps people with Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s, affecting more than 10 million people worldwide, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Driven by an aging population and environmental factors, cases are expected to reach 12 million by 2040, the NIH reports.
Parkinson’s is considered a major public health crisis, with few treatment options and no cure.
But some patients living with the disease say an unusual therapy is improving their balance, mobility, strength and cognition: rock climbing.
A 12-hour open-heart surgery helped save his life
For one family, the first moments of parenthood came with a diagnosis they never saw coming - their son had several heart defects.
About one in every 100 babies is born with a heart defect, according to the CDC. Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect in the United States and can range from a small hole to complex conditions that turn a baby’s first hours into an emergency.
Congenital heart disease is a problem with how the heart forms before birth and how blood flows through it and to the rest of the body.
Four generations help run a chocolate business
At Snowflake Chocolates, candy making is in full swing as the family business preps their next batch.
Bob and Martha Pollack enlist four generations of the family to keep their candy business running.
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