Bad Advice: Or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists Aren’t Your Best Source of Health Information

Dr. Paul OffitThis weekend on YOUR HEALTH®, Adam and guest co-host Dr. Jamila Battle talk with Dr. Paul Offit, pediatrician and professor at the University of Pennsylvania about his book, Bad Advice: Or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists Aren’t Your Best Sources of Health Information.

You can catch the episode on:

97.9 FM The Hill

• Saturday, September 7 at 9 a.m.
• Sunday, September 8 at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Monday, September 9 at 6 p.m.

>KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM

• Sunday, September 8 at 7 a.m.

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A Different Sort of Plague—The Spread of Health Misinformation

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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Download the episode from the Carolina Digital Repository

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The Media’s Portrayal of Mental Illness

This weekend on YOUR HEALTH®, Adam and guest co-host Bob Gwyther, MD, will talk with Beth McGinty, Ph.D., assistant professor of health policy and management and mental health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, about the media’s portrayal of mental illness.

Beth McGinty, Ph.D.

WCHL 97.9 FM
• Saturday, October 22, at 9 a.m.
• Sunday, October 23, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Monday, October 24, at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.7 FM
• Sunday, October 23, at 7 a.m.

 
 

 
 

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Download the episode from the Carolina Digital Repository
 

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Combining Mental Health and Primary Care (YOUR HEALTH Radio August 2015)