Family Caregivers with Dr. Eve Wittenberg

This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam and Cristy will be talking with Dr. Eve Wittenberg, Senior Research Scientist at Harvard School of Public Health about Family Caregivers.

Please tune in! The show will air:Dr. Eve Wittenberg

WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, July 16th at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Sunday, July 17th at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Monday, July 18th at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.7 FM
• Sunday, July 17th at 7 a.m.

 
 

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Wellness at Work with Dr. Mark Gwynne

This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be joined by Dr. Mark Gwynne, Director of the UNC Family Medicine Center about Wellness at Work.

Please tune in! This show will air:
• Saturday, July 13th at 9am
• Sunday, July 14th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, July 15th at 6pm and 10pm

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Show Topics:

  • Research that Matters (min 0-10): music & anxiety in ICU, asthma & ginger, hysterectomy & heart disease risk, breastfeeding & formula
  • Conversations with Dr. Mark Gwynne about Wellness at Work (min 10-30)
  • House Calls (min 30-39): diabetes & medication, thyroid nodules, arthritis, hormone replacement

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Breastfeeding- No real hurry to stop!

It’s no secret that multiple studies show breastfeeding has all sorts of positive health benefits for infants.  But for the first time ever, The Journal of Pediatrics looked specifically at a link between breastfeeding and seizures in children, or epilepsy.  While seizures aren’t too common, estimates indicate that 1 out of every 100 U.S. children and teens have at least one febrile or other seizure during their childhood, although most outgrow this condition.

This new study found that babies who were breastfed for just three months had lower seizure risk, decreasing from 1 in 100 down to 1 in 135. If they were breastfed for six months, it went down to 1 in 150 and if they had a full nine months of breastfeeding, it went down to 1 in 200.

In many ways this study makes sense because we know that malnutrition, or a lack of nutrition, during early development can be linked with seizures. Finally, we know that breast milk is pretty close to perfect nutrition, so it is encouraging to know that there is another possible benefit.

It’s just another great reason to hold off on formula, start breastfeeding, and don’t be in any hurry to stop.  We strongly encourage it!