Join a Discussion

Join a Discussion

Get your questions about sports medicine, children's health, aging, diseases, insurance and other topics answered. Just ask the experts in our new daily live health chats, moderated by some of the country's leading health journalists. Here's the basic schedule of topics. Click the specific link to participate in (or replay) these or one of the bonus health chats.

Mondays: Sports medicine and fitness, hosted by Los Angeles Times.

Tuesdays: Children's health, alternating with the topic of aging, hosted by Chicago Tribune.

Wednesdays: Medical conditions and diseases, hosted by Baltimore Sun. Alternating with diabetes and obesity, hosted by Orlando Sentinel.

Thursdays: Health insurance. Hosted by Hartford Courant and Chicago Tribune.

Fridays: Fitness and wellness, hosted by Allentown Morning Call. Alternating with dermatology/plastic surgery, hosted by South Florida Sun Sentinel.

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Chat live with Ruby Gettinger, star of the hit weight-loss reality show "Ruby," on Monday Feb. 14 at 11 a.m. Pacific Time (1 p.m. Central and 2 p.m. Eastern).

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1:00 PM EST, February 15, 2011

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12:00 PM EST, February 16, 2011

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12:00 PM EST, February 17, 2011

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Join us at 11 a.m. CT (12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT) on Thursday, Feb. 17, for an hour-long chat about benefits in the health care law. The chat will be moderated by Chicago Tribune health reporter Bruce Japsen and panelist Dr. Cecil Wilson. Some topics included in the chat will be about changes doctors and medical care providers think need to be made so the legislation will work better for consumers.

Is weight loss surgery right for me?

12:30 PM EST, February 18, 2011

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Is weight loss surgery right for me?

Join us at 12:30 p.m. ET (11:30 a.m. CT/ 9:30 a.m. PT) on Friday, Feb. 18, to discuss the different types of surgeries available to manage obesity.

Anti-Depressants: Are They Over-Prescribed? Are They Effective?

12:00 PM EST, February 24, 2011

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Join us Thursday, Feb. 17 at noon EST (11 a.m. CST/ 9 a.m. PST) to discuss anti-depressants. Are they over-prescribed? Have more effective ones been developed? Now that SSRIs have been around since the 1980s, do researchers have a good idea of what the long-term effects are?

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