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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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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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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.
 
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Download the episode from the Carolina Digital Repository

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

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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

Science & Laboratory Medicine with David King

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KingThis weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be talking with David King, Chief Executive Officer and President of LabCorp, about Science & Laboratory Medicine.

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

  • Research that Matters (min 0-9:30) adults & smart phones, electronics & migraines, raw milk & lactose intolerance, animal vs. vegetable protein
  • Conversations with David King about Science & Laboratory Medicine (min 9:30-30)
  • House Calls (min 30-40) memory & testing, hip fractures & elderly, dog bites & infection, UNC health care

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Using Cellphones to Improve Your Health with Dr. Guy Rachmuth

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On this weekend’s edition of YOUR HEALTH®, Adam & Cristy will be talking with co-founder of the HEALTHeME program, Dr. Guy Rachmuth about using cellphones to improve your health.

Please tune in! We’re on the air:
– Saturday at 9am
– Sunday at 9am & 5pm
– Monday at 6pm & 10pm

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Is your cell phone causing you cancer? (Or not)!

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We are sure almost everyone heard something about the recent research reports about cell phones and cancer.   But is there any truth to this claim?  Billions of people use cell phones (about 7 billion people in the world, and over 5 billion cell phones).  Thus, we are critically interested in this recent study.

Cell phones emit radiofrequency energy, or radio waves, a form of non-ionizing radiation, and concern about the cancer causing risk of this energy is what is feared.   Cell phones are held above the neck, so cancers of the head, brain or neck would be expected to go up exponentially over time if the risk is real.

One large international study in 2010, the Interphone study, found no link between cell phone use and cancer.  Most recently, the World Health Organization looked at multiple studies over multiple countries.  The idea was to find out whether people who held the cell phone up around their faces, ears and brains, developed cancer.  They concluded that cell phones may cause cancer, some risk could exist, and they recommended classifying cell phones in the same carcinogen category as coffee.

Because the research is still ongoing and none of it appears to be overwhelming at this point, we don’t suggest you take any drastic measures at this point. It might be a good idea to do something like invest in a Bluetooth or keep your phone on speaker, but other than that, we do not recommend drastic changes.  After all, clearly there will be downsides to having Bluetooth devices in everyone’s ears?

Seeing with your ears with Dr. Amir Amedi

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Amir AmediThis weekend on YOUR HEALTH® we’ll be joined by researcher and senior lecturer in the Department of Physiology at Hebrew University, Dr. Amir Amedi on Seeing with Your Ears, neuroscience research for the blind.

 

Please tune in! We’re on the air:
– Saturday at 9am
– Sunday at 9am & 5pm
– Monday at 6pm & 10pm

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Professor Glassman and Emerging Technologies in Public Health

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH®, Professor Bernard Glassman will join us to discuss emerging technologies in public health. Professor Glassman is the owner of 3AM Communications and a professor in the UNC School of Public Health.

Please tune in! We’re on the air:
– Saturday at 9am
– Sunday at 9am & 5pm
– Monday at 6pm & 10pm

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Show Topics:

  • Segment 1 (minute 0-11): Google & tracking diseases, UNICEF using cell phone technology for reporting, use of technology in the exam room
  • Segment 2 (minute 11-22): pictures & diagnosis, app  for microscopes, what to trust on Google
  • Segment 3 (minute 22-31): electronic medical records, supercomputers & health care, flu shot
  • Segment 4 (minute 31-41): physician interaction, Wii Fit vs. traditional exercise

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Dr. Kim Discusses Health Apps & Medical Smartphones

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Joe KimThis weekend on YOUR HEALTH™, medical technology expert and physician, Dr. Joe Kim joins us to talk about medical smartphones-how your phone can improve your health.
Dr. Kim is the Vice President of Medical Affairs and Technology at Medical Communications Media Inc, as well as the founder of NonClinicalJobs.com and the Society of Physicians with Non-Clinical Careers (SPNCC).

Please tune in! We’re on the air:

    • Saturday at 9am
    • Sunday at 9am and 5pm
    • Monday at 6pm and 10pm

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Show Topics:

  • Research That Matters (minute 0-5): fruit salad & blood sugar, money & weight loss
  • Weekend Warriors (minute 5-10): Turf Toe
  • Conversations with Dr. Joe Kim on medical smartphones – how your phone can improve your health (minute 10-31)
  • House Calls (minute 31-40): warning signs of diabetes, getting sick, Aetna & UNC