Category Archives: Complementary and Alternative Therapies

A Retired CEO’s Views on Healthcare with Sy Sternberg

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & guest co-host Dr. Bob Gwyther will be talking with Sy Sternberg, former CEO of New York Life Insurance Company and Director of ExpressScripts about A Retired CEO’s Views on Healthcare.

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WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, October 31st at 9 a.m.
• Sunday, November 1st at 9 a.m., 5 p.m.
• Monday, November 2nd at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.

WBNE 103.7 FM
• Saturday, October 31st at 3 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.7 FM
• Sunday, November 1st at 7 a.m.

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  • Research that Matters (min 0-9:00) Can hospital routines make patients sicker?; Older adults have trouble navigating the healthcare system; Calcium supplements increase incidence of kidney stones but calcium from diet does not; Opioid painkiller abuse down in number of people, but up in number of pills.
  • Conversations with Sy Sternberg (min 9:01 -32:57)
  • House Calls (min 32:58-40:53) Benign forgetfulness or Alzheimer’s Disease?; Left shoulder pain while walking on the treadmill; Positive scratch test for oak pollen but no noticeable symptoms to backyard trees; High pitched ringing in the ears, what to do.

 

Anger, Prevention, and Treatment with Dr. Marco Iacoboni

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Cristy and Guest Co-Hosts Yee Lam and Catherine Coe will be talking with Dr. Marco Iacoboni, Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA about Anger, Prevention, and Treatment. 

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The show will air:

WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, July 4th at 9 a.m.
• Sunday, July 5th at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Monday, July 6th at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.

WBNE 103.7 FM
• Saturday, July 4th at 3 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.7 FM
• Sunday, July 5th at 7 a.m.

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  • Research that Matters (min 0-10:58) Reducing college rapes; Heartburn medications and heart disease risk; Gun violence and kid’s mental health; Eating the placenta
  • Conversations with Dr. Marco Iacoboni (min 10:58-31:00)
  • House Calls (min 31:00-41:54) Diabetes and worsening of kidneys; DHEA supplement use; Alcoholism medications; Hemorrhoids and colonoscopies

Research that Matters
Reducing college rapes – Free full text of article
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Heartburn medications and heart disease risk – Free full text of article
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Gun violence and kids’ mental health – Abstract of article
News about the study

Eating the placenta – Abstract of article
News about the study

Conversations with Dr. Marco Iacoboni
Dr. Iacoboni’s lab at UCLA
Video about mirror neurons

House Calls
Diabetes and kidneys
Blood pressure and supplement use
Alcoholism: support from Alcoholics Anonymous
Rectal or gastrointestinal bleeding

Burns, Courage and Leadership with Bruce Cairns

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Bruce Cairns photoThis weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be joined by Dr. Bruce Cairns, Faculty Chair at UNC and Director of the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center to talk about about Burns, Courage and Leadership.
 
 
 

Please tune in! This show will air:

WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, November 15th at 9am
• Sunday, November 16th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, November 17th at 6pm and 10pm

WBNE 103.7 FM
• Saturday, November 15th at 3pm

KKAG Retro Radio 88.7FM
• Sunday, November 16th at 7am

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Preventing and Treating Burns with Ernest Grant (YOUR HEALTH Radio November 2010)

Re-airing of Living a Heart-Healthy Life with Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum

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Suzanne SteinbaumThis weekend on YOUR HEALTH®, we’re re-airing one of our most important shows with Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, renowned cardiologist, author, and heart-help advocate, about Living a Heart-Healthy Life.

Please tune in! This show will air:

WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, July 5th at 9am
• Sunday, July 6th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, July 7th at 6pm and 10pm

WBNE 103.7 FM
• Saturday, July 5th at 3pm

KKAG Retro Radio 88.7FM
• Sunday, July 6th at 7am

 
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Two Careers, One Life with Dr. Eduardo Lapetina

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Eduardo working on large paintingThis weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be talking with Dr. Eduardo Lapetina, former professor of medicine at UNC and Case Western Reserve University, Principal Scientist at Burroughs-Wellcome, and renowned artist, about Two Careers, One Life.

Please tune in! This show will air:
WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, May 3rd at 9am
• Sunday, May 4th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, May 5th at 6pm and 10pm
KKAG Retro Radio 88.7FM
• Sunday, May 4th at 7am

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Show Topics: 

  • Research that Matters (min 0-10:30) behavior change & diabetes, probiotics & children, mobile app & alcoholism, optimism & women’s eating
  • Conversations with Dr. Eduardo Lapetina about Two Careers, One Life (min 10:30-31:30)
  • House Calls (min 31:30-40) abdominal pain & gall bladder, Botox & arthritis pain, tobacco use & emphysema, sleep apnea & bipap

Resources:

The title of each painting ideally hints at both its physical appearance and the poetic ambiguity of the long journey that brings it into being. A title should attach a painting to the world beyond its appearance, the world that claims a voice that speaks to the viewer of its unseen message. A fellow artist and friend, Adam Narcross, once said, “Eduardo’s paintings are far from mute. All you have to do is listen, and the whisper you hear is the music that comes from the hand of one of the gentlest souls to grace canvas with the loving caress of a brush or palette knife.”

Back When However We Move We Dance the TuneFinding My Way to the Stars IIIts Still a Brilliant WorldOn the Train from Past to FutureThe Deep Solace of SpringThe Shadows of My Solitude

Glaucoma & Blindness Prevention with Dr. Scott Lawrence

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LawrenceSpecial guest host, Dr. Keyona Gullett, Resident Physician at UNC Family Medicine, will join Adam to talk with Dr. Scott Lawrence, Assistant professor at UNC Family Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology and Director of UNC’s Glaucoma Program, about Glaucoma & Blindness Prevention.

Please tune in! This show will air:
WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, April 26th at 9am
• Sunday, April 27th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, April 28th at 6pm and 10pm
KKAG Retro Radio 88.7FM
• Sunday, April 27th at 7am
 
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Eye Lid Problems with Dr. Amy Fowler (YOUR HEALTH Radio July 2012)

Hypnotherapy: A Road Less Travelled with Bill O’Hanlon

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Bill O’HanlonSpecial guest host, Dr. Caroline Roberts, will join Adam to talk with renowned psychotherapy speaker and author, Bill O’Hanlon about Hypnotherapy: a Road Less Traveled.

Please tune in! This show will air:
WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, March 8th at 9am
• Sunday, March 9th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, March 10th at 6pm and 10pm
KKAG Retro Radio 88.7FM
• Sunday, March 9th at 7am

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Download the episode from the Carolina Digital Repository

Show Topics:

  • Research that Matters (min 0-10) alcohol & memory, tonsillectomy, music videos & cancer patient, mortality & obesity
  • Conversations with Bill O’Hanlon about Hypnotherapy: A Road Less Traveled (min 10-31)
  • House Calls (min 31-40) body image & teenagers, diuretic & blood pressure, Alzheimer’s diagnosis, pericarditis & exercise

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Living a Heart-Healthy Life with Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum

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Dr. Suzanne SteinbaumThis weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be talking with Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, renowned cardiologist, author, and heart-help advocate, about Living a Heart-Healthy Life.

Please tune in! This show will air:
WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, February 22nd at 9am
• Sunday, February 23rd at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, February 24th at 6pm and 10pm
KKAG Retro Radio 88.7FM
• Sunday, February 23rd at 7am
 
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You may also be interested in:

Surviving Heart Attacks with Julia Allen (YOUR HEALTH Radio March 2015)

The Importance of Genetics and Heart Disease (Research that Matters October 2012)

Domestic Violence & Children with Dr. Megan Bair-Merritt

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Dr. Megan Bair-MerrittThis weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be talking with Dr. Megan Bair-Merritt, Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Medical Director of Child Witness to Violence Program at Boston Medical Center, about Domestic Violence & Children.

Please tune in! This show will air:
WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, February 1st at 9am
• Sunday, February 2nd at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, February 3rd at 6pm and 10pm
KKAG Retro Radio 88.7FM
• Sunday, February 2nd at 7am

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From Abuse to Abundance with Dr. Jamila Battle (YOUR HEALTH Radio April 2017)

Violence in intimate relationships and its effects with Melinda Manning (YOUR HEALTH Radio May 2017)

Domestic Violence with Kit Gruelle (YOUR HEALTH Radio June 2010)

The President, Obamacare, and Your Health: Thoughts of a Family Medicine Leader with Dr. Sam Weir

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Sam WeirThis weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be talking with Dr. Sam Weir, Associate Professor of UNC Family Medicine , about The President, Obamacare, and Your Health: Thoughts of a Family Medicine Leader.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Additional Commentary: The Affordable Care Act and Your Health

Sherry HayThe consequences of being uninsured are paramount. Individuals often enter care late, and care is not coordinated.  The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a blueprint for reforming our healthcare system, the biggest in decades. The law is extensive in breadth and scope, e.g. expanding preventive services available to individuals covered by Medicare, offering individuals financial assistance to make healthcare more affordable through the insurance marketplaces, to changing how services are reimbursed. These changes align with the three key issues that face our healthcare system today as outlined by Dr. Sam Weir in his recent interview on Your Health Radio. Those issues, as he states, include access, quality, and cost of healthcare.

It is clear to me that many of the 1.5 million uninsured people in North Carolina need help in understanding the ACA and what the insurance marketplace could mean for them. I have been participating in a variety of community events over the past six months to answer questions about the ACA and then to help people navigate the new marketplace.  For example, here at UNC Family Medicine, we identified our uninsured households sending them information about the ACA as well as offering them assistance through trained counselors on our staff.  People have come with earnest questions and hope of gaining insurance, many for the very first time.  We have had success in a variety of ways from successfully helping people chose a plan, to answering questions about Medicare, to enrolling people into Medicaid.

At the center of it all, Dr. Weir notes that these changes can establish for people a relationship with a primary care team at a patient centered medical home. I couldn’t agree more and believe all Americans deserve access to high quality, low cost healthcare.  I feel better knowing we have this blueprint for change, and leaders like Dr. Weir who not only know the issues but are apart of the solutions.

Sherry Hay, MPA, is the Director of Community Health Initiatives and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Paul Grundy and the Patient Centered Medical Home (YOUR HEALTH Radio July 2010)