On August 7, 2010, Dr. Barbara Rimer will join YOUR HEALTH to discuss innovations to improve public health.

Dr. Rimer is Dean and Alumni Distinguished Professor at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC Chapel Hill. She is the author of over 260 publications and has received numerous awards, including the Director’s Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She currently is Vice-Chair for the Task Force on Community Preventive Services at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and she was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2008. Read more about innovations to improve the public’s health in the Spring 2010 issue of Carolina Public Health Magazine.

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• Research that Matters (min 0-10:35)
  • Glucosamine No Remedy for Lower Back Pain, Says Study
    • News about the study
    • Article abstract
  • Why Some Communities Embrace Environmental Conservation and Others Don’t
    • News about the study
  • Chemicals that Eased One Environmental Problem May Worsen Another
    • News about the study
  • The Mental Health Effects of the Oil Spill
    • News about the study
• Conversations with Dr. Barbara Rimer (min 10:35-31:41)
  • VIDEO: Dr. Rimer reads a letter she wrote to Jackie Kennedy
    • Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation
  • Gillings Innovation Labs
• House Calls (min 31:41-40:00)
  • My father takes a lot of medicine and his doctor suggested he talk with a pharmacist. Talking with a pharmacist was very helpful.
    • Get to Know Your Pharmacist
  • I get urinary tract infections (UTI) a year. Antibiotics get rid of the infections. My doctor insists on seeing me when I have symptoms. I found another doctor who will prescribe an antibiotic when I have UTI symptoms. What do you think?
    • Urinary Tract Infections
  • How do you test for early Alzheimer’s Disease and does it matter?
    • Tests for Alzheimer’s Disease
    • Early Signs and Symptoms of Alzheimer’s
  • Thirdhand smoke could be connected to my son’s ear infections. My doctor gave me the facts and offered to help me quit smoking.
    • Third Hand Smoke
    • UNC Tobacco Treatment Program