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"Sharenthood: Why We Should Think before We Talk about Our Kids Online"

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Leah Plunkett
Sharenthood: Why We Should Think before We Talk about Our Kids Online

This weekend on YOUR HEALTH®, Adam talks with associate dean and associate professor at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law Leah Plunkett about her new book Sharenthood: Why We Should Think before We Talk about Our Kids Online.

 
 

You can catch the episode on:

97.9 FM The Hill
• Saturday, September 28 at 9 a.m.
• Sunday, September 29 at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Monday, September 30 at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM
• Sunday, September 29 at 7 a.m.

 
 

 
 

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The Challenge of Not Having Relatives’ Health Histories

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam and guest co-hosts Dr. Adia Hinds and Dr. Pali Shah share a conversation with Dr. Thomas May, senior scientist at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, about the challenges faced by adoptees and others who don’t have access to their genetic relative’s health history.
Dr. Thomas May

Please tune in! The show will air: 

WCHL 97.9 FM

  • Saturday, September 23, at 9 a.m.
  • Sunday, September 24, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Monday, September 25, at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM

  • Sunday, September 24, at 7 a.m.

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  • Research That Matters (min 0-9:11) Young adults, especially men, less likely to treat high blood pressure; You Can Have Too Much Of A Good Thing — Even HDL Cholesterol; Religious young women less educated about HPV vaccine; Malaria parasite spreads from howler monkeys to humans
  • Conversations with Dr. Thomas May (min 9:11-29:52)
  • House Calls (min 29:52-40:00) Watching the news: How do you balance keeping informed with mental well being and how do you know if the sadness you feel from current events becomes a bigger problem?; Can I take two different antihistamines a day?; Do parents need to worry about skin checks with young children?; I have foot pain that’s worse in the morning or when I’ve been sedentary for a while. What could this be?

Resistant and Hospital-Acquired Infections with Dr. Joshua Thaden

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be talking with Dr. Joshua Thaden, Fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Duke Medicine about Resistant and Hospital-Acquired Infections.

Please tune in! The show will air:Dr. Joshua Thaden

WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, November 7th at 9 a.m.
• Sunday, November 8th at 9 a.m., 5 p.m.
• Monday, November 9th at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.

WBNE 103.7 FM
• Saturday, November 7th at 3 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.7 FM
• Sunday, November 8th at 7 a.m.

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  • Research that Matters (min 0-09:56) Antibiotic resistant infections in routine surgeries; Reducing low-value healthcare options; Earlier treatment for hypertension lowers cardiac risk; Early aggressive antibiotic use can reduce negative outcomes of sepsis by 30%.
  • Conversations with Dr. Joshua Thaden (min 09:57 -31:28)
  • House Calls (min 31:29-40:39) Bright spots in vision after sitting in a dark room; Stress fractures in the feet from hiking; Chicken stuck in the throat.

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Raising Sepsis Awareness with Dr. Carl Flatley (YOUR HEALTH Radio January 2018)
 

Hypertension Cure & Control with Dr. Anthony Viera

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VieraSpecial guest host, Dr. Keyona Gullett, Resident Physician at UNC Family Medicine, will join Cristy to talk with Dr. Anthony Viera, Associate Professor at UNC Family Medicine and Program Director of UNC Family Medicine’s Hypertension Research Program, about Hypertension Cure & Control.

Please tune in! This show will air:
WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, April 12th at 9am
• Sunday, April 13th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, April 14th at 6pm and 10pm
KKAG Retro Radio 88.7FM
• Sunday, April 13th at 7am

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Pulmonary Hypertension with Dr. James Ford (YOUR HEALTH Radio July 2015)

Can Storytelling Lower Your Blood Pressure? (YOUR HEALTH Radio February 2011)

Health Care & Immigration Reform with Dr. Hugo Scornik & Dr. Benjamin Sommers

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Dr. Hugo Scornik

Dr. Benjamin Sommers

Dr. Benjamin Sommers

This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be joined by Dr. Hugo Scornik, author and pediatrician & Dr. Benjamin Sommers, author and general internist, to discuss their pieces in the New England Journal of Medicine about health care & immigration reform.

Read More about what Dr. Evan Ashkin has to say about the current state of Health Care & Immigration Reform:

Dr. Evan Ashkin

Dr. Evan Ashkin


Reform of the US Healthcare system is happening and will continue to evolve. The question is how and who will determine the direction of the major changes. There is no debate over the fact that we are paying too much for too little in terms of health outcomes. Patients in the US get more healthcare but this does not result in better health outcomes. Better health outcomes are driven by getting the proper healthcare at the right time in the right place.   A robust system of high quality, universally accessible, primary care will drive down the costs of healthcare in the US and result in better outcomes for us all. This is not a hypothesis but has been demonstrated within the US and elsewhere. Reform of the US Healthcare system needs to be based on decisions that we know will improve the health of our communities and reduce overall cost, not driven by lobbyists from corporations, hospitals, device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies and physician organizations who stand to gain or lose the most financially. – Evan Ashkin MD
 
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Health Literacy with Dr. George Wolff

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Dr. George WolffThis weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be talking with the Founding Director of Family Practice Residency Program at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro, Dr. George Wolff about Health Literacy.

Please tune in to WCHL 97.9FM! This show will air:
• Saturday, June 1st at 9am
• Sunday, June 2nd at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, June 3rdat 6pm and 10pm
 
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Doctor Patient Communication with Darren DeWalt (YOUR HEALTH Radio October 2010)

Food Allergies with Dr. Wesley Burks

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Dr. Wesley BurksThis weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be joined by Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine & Physician in Chief of N.C. Children’s Hospital, Dr. Wesley Burks to talk about Food Allergies.
 
Please tune in! This show will air:
• Saturday, November 10th at 9am
• Sunday, November 11th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, November 12th at 6pm and 10pm
 
 
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Eye Lid Problems with Dr. Amy Fowler

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Dr. Amy FowlerAdam & Cristy will be joined by Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Residency Program Director at UNC, Dr. Amy Fowler this weekend to talk about Eye Lid Problems.

Please tune in! This show will air:
• Saturday, July 14th at 9am
• Sunday, July 15th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, July 16th at 6pm and 10pm
 
 
 
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Glaucoma & Blindness Prevention with Dr. Scott Lawrence (YOUR HEALTH Radio April 2014)

Toxic Free with Debra Lynn Dadd

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Debra Lynn DaddOn YOUR HEALTH® this weekend we’ll be talking with author of Toxic Free: How to Protect Your Health and Home From the Chemicals that are Making You Sick, Debra Lynn Dadd, about her book.

Please tune in! We’re on the air:
– Saturday at 9am
– Sunday at 9am & 5pm
– Monday at 6pm & 10pm
 
 
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Can Storytelling Lower Your Blood Pressure?

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Remember those stories our mothers (and fathers) read to us as children? Well, it appears that storytelling is good not just for children, but for adults too, even those with medical diseases like high blood pressure. A recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine looked at 300 African American patients with high blood pressure.  Half of the participants in the study were randomly assigned to watch a series of DVDs that featured patients, not actors, but actual patients, from that practice.  The patients in the DVDs talked about their struggles and experiences with blood pressure and what they had learned from it.   The other half of the participants in the study did not receive those DVDs and went about their usual treatments.

The researchers found significant impacts of lowering blood pressure for the group that had only seen about 90 minutes over six months of DVDs.  During the time of the study, their systolic blood pressure, that top number, went down by 17 points, compared with only six points in the comparison group. Results like that are actually as effective as many of the current drugs offered right now for high blood pressure. If this were a drug, it would be a stock worth buying!

This study really speaks to the importance of trust in seeing someone else who you can relate to, not only a doctor giving you facts or telling you what to do, but someone else you trust who knows your perspective and feelings.   One of the special things about a study like this is that it opens up new avenues of research with great potential to build community.  Maybe we should start developing these local stories for use in our own practices and clinics to help bring all our patients’ blood pressures down.

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How the Story of Illnesses Can Shape Care with Dr. Craig Irvine and Danielle Spencer (YOUR HEALTH Radio June 2017)
Pulmonary Hypertension with Dr. James Ford (YOUR HEALTH Radio July 2015)