Tag Archives: Health Screening

A Different Sort of Plague—The Spread of Health Misinformation

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam and guest co-host Dr. Jamila Battle talk with Dr. Brian Southwell—director of the Science in the Public Sphere Program at RTI International, a UNC professor in both the School of Media and Journalism and the Gillings School of Global Public Health, and editor of the new book Misinformation and Mass Audiences—about a different sort of plague…the spread of health misinformation.Dr. Brian Southwell

You can catch the episode on:

WCHL 97.9 FM

  • Saturday, August 11 at 9 a.m.
  • Sunday, August 12 at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Monday, August 13 at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM

  • Sunday, August 12 at 7 a.m.

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You may also like:

Health vs. Hype: “What’s Real and What’s Not” (YOUR HEALTH Radio June 2018)

Health Fraud with Dr. Stephen Barrett Founder of Quackwatch.org (YOUR HEALTH Radio January 2011)

Screening for Medical Disease with Dr. John Mandrola

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam and guest cohost Dr. Jessica Anderson will be talking with Dr. John Mandrola, Electrophysiologist and Columnist for Medscape about Screening for Medical Disease.

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The show will air:

WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, February 27th at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Sunday, February 28th at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Monday, February 29th at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.7 FM
• Sunday, February 28th at 7 a.m.

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

The Superwoman Complex and Your Health

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam, Cristy and guest co-host Dr. Catherine Coe will be talking with Dr. Nicole Swiner, family physician, author and former family medicine resident-physician at UNC-Chapel Hill about How to Avoid the Superwoman Complex.

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

WBNE 103.7 FM
• Saturday, August 8th at 3 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.7 FM
• Sunday, August 9th at 7 a.m.

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Download the episode from the Carolina Digital Repository

Avoiding Harm in Healthcare with Dr. Katherine Hughes

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam and Cristy will be talking with Dr. Kathryn Hughes, surgeon, blogger, and leader about Avoiding Harm in Healthcare.IMG_1345 copy

Please tune in!
The show will air: WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, June 6th at 9 a.m.
• Sunday, June 7th at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Monday, June 8th at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.
WBNE 103.7 FM
• Saturday, June 6th at 3 p.m.
KKAG Retro Radio 88.7 FM
• Sunday, June 7th at 7 a.m.

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

  • Research that Matters (min 0-10:05) Health literacy and heart failure survival, risk of medical scans, don’t let kids sleep in their car seats, and screening for ovarian cancer.
  • Conversations with Dr. Katherine Hughes  (min 10:05-30:28)
  • House Calls (min 30:28-38:54) Requirements for handicap parking permits, UNC Family Medicine renovation, and benefits of having an ambulatory blood pressure monitor.
Research that Matters
Health literacy and heart failure survival
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News about the study
Patient understanding of radiologic imaging
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News about the study
>Hazards of unsupervised use of car seats
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News about the study
Infant Sleep Safety [web site]
Screening for ovarian cancer using CA125
Abstract of article
News about the study

Conversations with Katherine Hughes

Dr. Hughes’ blog, Behind the MaskDr. Hughes on Faceboook
Dr. Hughes on Twitter: @DrKathyHughes
Behind the Mask on Facebook

House Calls

Requirements for handicap parking permits
UNC Family Medicine renovation
Benefits of having an ambulatory blood pressure monitor

UNC Family Medicine Renovation Plans
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Re-Air: Life at Guantanamo: The Unspoken Truth with George Annas

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Professor George Annas Chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights of Boston University School of Public HealthSpecial guest host, Dr. Amir Barzin, Resident Physician at UNC Family Medicine, will join Cristy to talk with Chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights of Boston University School of Public Health, Professor George Annas about Life at Guantanamo: the Unspoken Truth.

Please tune in! This show will re-air:
WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, December 27th at 9am
• Sunday, December 28th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, December 29th at 6pm and 10pm
WBNE 103.7 FM
• Saturday, December 27th at 3pm
KKAG Retro Radio 88.7FM
• Sunday, December 28th at 7am

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

Additional Commentary: Why should a physician in the US care about forced-feeding of Guantanamo detainees?

Since 2002, the United States has maintained a military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for detention of persons captured during the “War on Terror”, primarily from Afghanistan and Iraq.  Many have been released without charges and a small number have been charged with high-level crimes, including orchestrating the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

Of the remaining 166 detainees, approximately 100 have engaged in a hunger strike during 2013.  To prevent them from dying, the US military has required its physicians at Guantanamo to forcibly insert nasogastric tubes and provide nutritional supplements to hunger-striking prisoners.  Prisoners who do not comply are restrained in special feeding chairs and strapped in until their food is digested, to prevent them from self-induced vomiting.

The World Medical Association and the American Medical Association have both declared that forcibly feeding hunger striking prisoners is unethical.  But why should an American physician care about what happens in Guantanamo?

The simple reason is that physician participation in human rights violations anywhere degrades our profession everywhere.  None of my patients are directly threatened by physicians who act unethically in some other state.  But state medical boards across the United States hold physicians to high ethical standards to ensure public trust in all physicians.  Permitting US physicians to act unethically anywhere undermines trust in physicians and strikes at the core obligation of physicians to act in their patients’ best interests.

The physicians at Guantanamo are not, however, acting on their own accord but are caught in a difficult dual loyalty conflict: they are being ordered by their supervisors to commit acts that are inconsistent with the ethics of their medical profession.  We should support those military physicians at Guantanamo who refuse to carry out orders that violate medical ethics and encourage our elected representatives to force the termination of the abusive practices being done in our name.

Jeffrey Sonis, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Social Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
University of North Carolina

International Health from Ebola to HIV with Dr. Myron Cohen

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myron-cohenThis weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be joined by Dr. Myron Cohen, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Vice Chancellor for Global Health at UNC, to talk about International Health from Ebola to HIV.
 
 
 

Please tune in! This show will air:

WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, October 11th at 9am
• Sunday, October 12th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, October 13th at 6pm and 10pm

WBNE 103.7 FM
• Saturday, October 11th at 3pm

KKAG Retro Radio 88.7FM
• Sunday, October 12th at 7am

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Also listen to the extended interviews:

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Show Topics:

  • Research that Matters (min 0-10:30) Teens and Atibiotic Prescriptions, Salt and Blood Pressure, Neuroticism, Hospital Crises with the Elderly
  • Conversations with Dr. Myron Cohen about International Health from Ebola to HIV (min 10:30-32:00)
  • House Calls (min 32:00-40) Heart Stents, Osteoporosis screen, Light Therapy and Melanoma, Addiction to Medicine

Resources: 

Changing Your Relationship with Food with Dr. Alice Ammerman & Sasha Loring

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be joined by Dr. Alice Ammerman, Professor of Nutrition and Director for the Center of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention & Sasha Loring, Author, Psychotherapist, and Meditation Teacher, about Changing Your Relationship with Food.  
 
 
 
 
Please tune in! This show will air:
WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, August 2nd at 9am
• Sunday, August 3rd at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, August 4th at 6pm and 10pm
WBNE 103.7 FM
• Saturday, August 2nd at 3pm
KKAG Retro Radio 88.7FM
• Sunday, August 3rd at 7am
 
 
 
 
Listen to the Show! 
Download the episode from the Carolina Digital Repository

Show Topics: 

  • Research that Matters (min 0-10) cancer survivors & cost of care, red meat and breast cancer, caffeine & teens, housework & dads
  • Conversations with Dr. Alice Ammerman and Sasha Loring about Changing Your Relationship with Food (min 10-32)
  • House Calls (min 32-40) weight loss & injections, pain & finance of testing, sports & heart health, mental health & firearms

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More YOUR HEALTH Radio shows on eating and weight loss

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

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

Resources:

Publish or Perish: The Battle of Science for Your Health with Shy Arkin

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Shy ArkinThis weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be talking with Professor Shy Arkin, Vice-President for Research & Development at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, about Publish or Perish: The Battle of Science for Your Health.

Please tune in! This show will air:
WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, January 18th at 9am
• Sunday, January 19th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, January 20th at 6pm and 10pm
KKAG Retro Radio 88.7FM
• Sunday, January 19th at 7am

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

Life at Guantanamo: The Unspoken Truth with George Annas

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George AnnasSpecial guest host, Dr. Amir Barzin, Resident Physician at UNC Family Medicine, will join Cristy to talk with Chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights of Boston University School of Public Health, Professor George Annas about Life at Guantanamo: the Unspoken Truth.

Please tune in! This show will air:

WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, December 7th at 9am
• Sunday, December 8th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, December 9th at 6pm and 10pm

KKAG Retro Radio 88.7FM
• Sunday, December 8th at 7am

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

Additional Commentary: Why should a physician in the US care about forced-feeding of Guantanamo detainees?

Since 2002, the United States has maintained a military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for detention of persons captured during the “War on Terror”, primarily from Afghanistan and Iraq.  Many have been released without charges and a small number have been charged with high-level crimes, including orchestrating the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

Of the remaining 166 detainees, approximately 100 have engaged in a hunger strike during 2013.  To prevent them from dying, the US military has required its physicians at Guantanamo to forcibly insert nasogastric tubes and provide nutritional supplements to hunger-striking prisoners.  Prisoners who do not comply are restrained in special feeding chairs and strapped in until their food is digested, to prevent them from self-induced vomiting.

The World Medical Association and the American Medical Association have both declared that forcibly feeding hunger striking prisoners is unethical.  But why should an American physician care about what happens in Guantanamo?

The simple reason is that physician participation in human rights violations anywhere degrades our profession everywhere.  None of my patients are directly threatened by physicians who act unethically in some other state.  But state medical boards across the United States hold physicians to high ethical standards to ensure public trust in all physicians.  Permitting US physicians to act unethically anywhere undermines trust in physicians and strikes at the core obligation of physicians to act in their patients’ best interests.

The physicians at Guantanamo are not, however, acting on their own accord but are caught in a difficult dual loyalty conflict: they are being ordered by their supervisors to commit acts that are inconsistent with the ethics of their medical profession.  We should support those military physicians at Guantanamo who refuse to carry out orders that violate medical ethics and encourage our elected representatives to force the termination of the abusive practices being done in our name.

Jeffrey Sonis, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Social Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
University of North Carolina