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New Hampshire is one of two states participating in an outreach program that urges seniors to get tested for diabetes.

Program advocates say that identifying seniors who have the illness - or are likely to develop it - will save lives and money.

But a researcher out of Dartmouth warns that diabetes is one disease where screening can do more harm than good.

NHPR’s Dianne Finch reports.

Mental health issues are getting a second look lately, in part because of a few incidents in recent days- a mall shooting in Omaha by a teenager said to have mental health problems and last month’s hostage situation at Hillary Clinton’s Rochester campaign office where a mentally disturbed person specifically said he wanted to talk to Senator Clinton about the lack of mental health services in the Granite State. We’ll take a look at where mental health care is in the state – including how access, affordability, and attitudes may or may not have changed.

Guests

• Louis Josephson, President and CEO of Riverbend Community Mental Health in Concord
• Nancy Rollins, Director of the Division of Community-Based Care Services at the Department of Health and Human Services
• Paul Gorman, Board Member with the NH Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and President and CEO for West Central Behavioral Health, the community mental health center associated with the Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center. He was formerly Director of Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Developmental Services for the state of New Hampshire, served as the Superintendent of New Hampshire Hospital (NHH), the single public psychiatric hospital in New Hampshire and was the Director of the West Institute at the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center. He also worked for a private psychiatric hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

Shoppers have been hearing reports of over 70 safety recalls that have removed 25 million toys from store shelves nationwide, and both shoppers and toy shop owners are paying attention.

Kate Kirkwood has a problem a lot of us would like to have.

She's got about 3 million dollars in federal and city funds to hand out... that money she's eager to distribute can go a long way toward getting the lead out of the city's housing.

She described the program to NHPR's Mark Bevis.

Today we observe Veteran’s Day.

And now a story of one veteran and his battle to rebuild his life here at home.

His name is Tim Ferrell.

He came back from Afghanistan depressed and drinking, but he is trying to get better.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports he is now reaching out to other vets.