Your Health® Radio

UNC Family Medicine's weekly health radio show

Re-Airing Pressures on Academic Health Centers with Dr. William Roper

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Lynn Eades

This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® we’re re-airing one of our favorite shows with Dean of the School of Medicine at UNC and CEO of the UNC Health Care System, Dr. William Roper, to talk about the pressures on academic health centers.

Please tune in! This show will air:
• Saturday, November 24^th at 9am
• Sunday, November 25^th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, November 26^th at 6pm and 10pm

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

Research that Matters (min 0-10)
- Injections for knee arthritis
  - Viscosupplementation for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
- Mind & body rest with concussions
  - Efficacy of Immediate and Delayed Cognitive and Physical Rest for Treatment of Sports-Related Concussion
- Toenail selenium and incidence of type 2 diabetes in u.s. Men and women
- Selenium Fact Sheet – from NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
  - Selenium
  - Basal insulin and cardiovascular and other outcomes in dysglycemia
- Insulin
Conversations with Dr. William Roper (min 10-32)
- UNC Health Care
- Preparing for health care reform: ten recommendations for academic health centers
House Calls (min 32-41)
- Ticks & Lyme disease
  - Tick-Borne Illnesses – from NC Department of Health & Human Services
  - Tick-Borne Infections Council of North Carolina (TIC-NC)
- How often older people need to see their doctor
  - Women: Stay Healthy at 50+
  - Men: Stay Healthy at 50+
- Emergency room bill
  - Health Insurance
- Asthma & reactive airway

Pressures on Academic Health Centers with Dr. William Roper

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Lynn Eades

This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® we’ll be joined by Dean of the School of Medicine at UNC and CEO of the UNC Health Care System, Dr. William Roper, to talk about the pressures on academic health centers.

Please tune in! This show will air:
• Saturday, August 4^th at 9am
• Sunday, August 5^th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, August 6^th at 6pm and 10pm

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

Research that Matters (min 0-10)
- Injections for knee arthritis
  - Viscosupplementation for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
- Mind & body rest with concussions
  - Efficacy of Immediate and Delayed Cognitive and Physical Rest for Treatment of Sports-Related Concussion
- Toenail selenium and incidence of type 2 diabetes in u.s. Men and women
- Selenium Fact Sheet – from NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
  - Selenium
  - Basal insulin and cardiovascular and other outcomes in dysglycemia
- Insulin
Conversations with Dr. William Roper (min 10-32)
- UNC Health Care
- Preparing for health care reform: ten recommendations for academic health centers
House Calls (min 32-41)
- Ticks & Lyme disease
  - Tick-Borne Illnesses – from NC Department of Health & Human Services
  - Tick-Borne Infections Council of North Carolina (TIC-NC)
  - Conquering Lyme Disease with Dr. Brian Fallon (YOUR HEALTH Radio May 2018)
- How often older people need to see their doctor
- Emergency room bill
  - Health Insurance
- Asthma & reactive airway

Health Benefits of Pets with Dr. Sandra McCune

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Lynn Eades

This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® we’ll be joined by leader of the WALTHAM© research program on Human-Animal Interaction at the WALTHAM© Centre for Pet Nutrition in England and editor of the book, The Health Benefits of Dog Walking for Pets and People: Evidence and Case Studies, Dr. Sandra McCune to talk about the Health Benefits of Pets.

Please tune in! This show will air:
• Saturday, December 10^th at 9am
• Sunday, December 11^th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, December 12^th at 6pm and 10pm

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

Research that Matters (min 0-9)
- Cervical cancer vaccination & screening
  - Cross-protective efficacy of HPV-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine against cervical infection and precancer caused by non-vaccine oncogenic HPV types: 4-year end-of-study analysis of the randomized, double-blind PATRICIA trial
- Selenium supplements & lung cancer
  - Serum selenium level and risk of lung cancer mortality
- Biofeedback via video games for urinary control
  - Animated biofeedback: an ideal treatment for children with dysfunctional elimination syndrome
- Surgery in nursing homes
  - Major abdominal surgery in nursing home residents: a national study
Conversations with Dr. Sandra McCune (min 9-31)
House Calls (min 31-41)

Smoke Damage: Voices from the Front Lines of America’s Tobacco Wars with Michael Schwalbe

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Lynn Eades

This weekend on YOUR HEALTH®, we’ll talk with N.C. State Professor, Dr. Michael Schwalbe about his book Smoke Damage: Voices from the Front Lines of America’s Tobacco Wars.

Please tune in! We’re on the air:
– Saturday at 9am
– Sunday at 9am & 5pm
– Monday at 6pm & 10pm

Listen to the Show!

Download the episode from the Carolina Digital Repository

Show Topics:

Research that Matters (min 0-11):
- Selenium & cancer
  - Selenium doesn’t prevent cancer: report
- Celebrex & colon cancer
  - Celebrex may curb colon cancer, but with caveats
- Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease
  - Little Evidence That Diet, Lifestyle Cuts Alzheimer’s Risk
- Concussions & CAT scans
  - CT Scans In Children With Head Injuries Unnecessarily Overused
Conversations with Dr. Michael Schwalbe (min 11-31)
House Calls (min 31-41):