Category Archives: Health and Technology

Your Health, Your Decisions

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam, Cristy & guest co-host Dr. Caroline Roberts talk to Dr. Robert Alan McNutt, president and CEO of YouChooseMedical and author of Your Health, Your Decisions: How to Work with Your Doctor to Become a Knowledge-Powered Patient, about why patients and doctors should approach healthcare as partners and how to do so.
Dr. Robert Alan McNutt

Please tune in! The show will air: 

WCHL 97.9 FM

  • Saturday, June 3, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Sunday, June 4, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Monday, June 5, at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM

  • Sunday, June 4, at 7 a.m.

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You may also like:

Doctor, Your Patient Will See You Now, with Dr. Steven Kussin (YOUR HEALTH Radio June 2012)

The Critical Impact Urban Design Can Have on Our Health

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & guest co-host Jonathan Waldmann, M.D. will talk with James Sallis, Ph.D., distinguished professor and chief of the Division of Behavioral Medicine at the University of California San Diego and program director of Active Living Research, about the critical impact urban design can have on our health.
James Sallis

Please tune in! The show will air: 

WCHL 97.9 FM

  • Saturday, April 15, at 9 a.m.
  • Sunday, April 16, at 9 a.m.
  • Monday, April 17, at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM

  • Sunday, April 16 , at 7 a.m.

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  • Research That Matters (min 0-9:43) Pets can help owners manage mental illness; User-friendly medication packaging design can boost patient safety; Collaboration between media, medical journals often leads to misinformation, hysteria; Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) apps may have inaccurate, harmful information
  • Conversations with Dr. James Sallis (min 9:43-29:05)
  • House Calls (min 29:05-40:00) What do we do about head lice and what are the health risks?; What do you think about Botox treatments?; How do you treat and prevent cold sores?; What problems are caused by thyroid nodules?

Re-air: Industry Support of Research: Tales of Deception

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH®, Adam and Cristy welcome Stanton Glantz, Ph.D., professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and director of the UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, who will share tales of deception that has resulted from industry supported research.

Noah Berger

Photo credit: Noah Berger

Please tune in! The show will air:

WCHL 97.9 FM
• Saturday, February 11, at 9 a.m.
• Sunday, February 12, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Monday, February 13, at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM
• Sunday, February 12, at 7 a.m

 
 

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Monitoring Marijuana Use as Attitudes, Behaviors and Legislation Change

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & guest co-host Bob Gwyther talk with Dr. Alejandro Azofeifa, epidemiologist with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, about monitoring marijuana use as attitudes, behaviors and legislation change.

Dr. Alejandro Azofeifa

Please tune in! The show will air:

WCHL 97.9 FM

  • Saturday, January 21, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Sunday, January 22, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Tuesday, January 23, at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM

  • Sunday, January 22, at 7 a.m.

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  • Research That Matters (min 0-9:26) Television cooking shows overlook safe food handling practices; Social networking by doctors may save patients’ lives; Giving more pregnant women thyroid medicine may reduce risk of complications; White coat hypertension may indicate risk for heart disease in some people
  • Conversations with Dr. Alejandro Azofeifa (min 9:26-29:46)
  • House Calls (min 29:46-40:00) How do I keep my newborn healthy until he is vaccinated since there are so many other parents not vaccinating their children?; When should I talk to my daughter’s pediatrician about her anxiety over flying?; If I eat healthy and have good lifestyle habits, is there any benefit to taking a daily multivitamin?; What questions should I ask when getting a second opinion about a hip replacement?

You may also like:

Marijuana and Mental Illness (YOUR HEALTH Radio, Research that Matters, September 29, 2018)

The Media’s Portrayal of Mental Illness (YOUR HEALTH Radio October 2016)

Re-air: Precision medicine and the medicalization of the smartphone

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH®, Adam and guest co-host Bob Gwyther, MD, will have a fascinating conversation with Dr. Eric Topol, cardiologist, author and director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, about precision medicine and how it can be facilitated by, as he says, the “medicalization of the smartphone.”

Eric Topol, MD

Please tune in! The show will air:
WCHL 97.9 FM

  • Monday, December 26, at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM

  • Sunday, December 25, at 7 a.m.

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Download the episode from the Carolina Digital Repository

Industry Support of Research: Tales of Deception

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH®, Adam and Cristy welcome Stanton Glantz, Ph.D., professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and director of the UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, who will share tales of deception that has resulted from industry supported research.

Noah Berger

Photo credit: Noah Berger

Please tune in! The show will air:

WCHL 97.9 FM
• Saturday, December 17, at 9 a.m. 
• Sunday, December 18, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Monday, December 19, at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM
• Sunday, December 18, at 7 a.m

 
 

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Race and gender in the medical profession

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH®, Adam and guest co-host Bob Gwyther will be talking with filmmaker and producer Crystal Emery about her new documentary Black Women in Medicine, as well as race and gender in the medical profession.

Please tune in! The show will air:
Crystal Emery

WCHL 97.9 FM
• Saturday, November 19, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Sunday, November 20, at 9 a.m.
• Monday, November 21, at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM
• Sunday, November 20, at 7 a.m.

 
 

 
 

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Re-air: The Healthcare and Health Policy Landscape—What Voters Should Know in Advance of the Upcoming Election

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH®, Adam and guest co-host Leah Ranney, Ph.D., will be talking with Jonathan Oberlander, Ph.D., professor and chair of social medicine at UNC’s School of Medicine and professor of health policy and management at UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health, about the healthcare and health policy landscape—what voters should know in advance of the election.

Please tune in!Jonathan Oberlander, Ph.D.

The show will air:

WCHL 97.9 FM
• Saturday, November 5, at 9 a.m.
• Sunday, November 6, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Monday, November 7, at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM
• Sunday, November 6, at 7 a.m.

Listen to the show!
Download the episode from the Carolina Digital Repository
 

The Media’s Portrayal of Mental Illness

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH®, Adam and guest co-host Bob Gwyther, MD, will talk with Beth McGinty, Ph.D., assistant professor of health policy and management and mental health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, about the media’s portrayal of mental illness.

Beth McGinty, Ph.D.

WCHL 97.9 FM
• Saturday, October 22, at 9 a.m.
• Sunday, October 23, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Monday, October 24, at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.7 FM
• Sunday, October 23, at 7 a.m.

 
 

 
 

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Download the episode from the Carolina Digital Repository
 

You may also like:

Marijuana and Mental Illness (YOUR HEALTH Radio, Research that Matters, September 29, 2018)

New Narratives in the Field of Mental Health (YOUR HEALTH Radio May 2017)

Combining Mental Health and Primary Care (YOUR HEALTH Radio August 2015)

Precision medicine and the medicalization of the smart phone

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH®, Adam and guest co-host Bob Gwyther, MD, MBA, will have a fascinating conversation with Eric Topol, MD, cardiologist, author and director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, about precision medicine and how it can be facilitated by, as he says, the “medicalization of the smartphone.”

Eric Topol

WCHL 97.9 FM
• Saturday, October 8, at 9 a.m.
• Sunday, October 9, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Monday, October 10, at 6 and 10 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.7 FM
• Sunday, October 9, at 7 a.m.
 
Listen to the show!
Download the episode from the Carolina Digital Repository