Tag Archives: Sports Injuries

Prevention: Doing What Counts with Dr. Mike Pignone

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Cristy and guest co-hosts Dr. Bob Gwyther and Dr. Catherine Coe will be talking with Dr. Mike Pignone, Chief of General Internal Medicine at UNC Health Care about Prevention: Doing What Counts

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WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, October 3rd at 9 a.m.
• Sunday, October 4th at 9 a.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
• Monday, October 5th at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.

WBNE 103.7 FM
• Saturday, October 3rd at 3 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.7 FM
• Sunday, October 4th at 7 a.m.

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Show Topics:

  • Research that Matters (min 0-10:19) How effective are messages at reducing athletic concussions, How soon can kids return to school after strep throat, Are gastric bypass surgeries effective in controlling diabetes, What images make kids want to smoke
  • Conversations with Dr. Mike Pignone about preventive medicine. (min 10:19-32:02)
  • House Calls (min 32:03-40:46) Antibiotics for asthma at urgent care, Flu shot at the doctor or at the pharmacy, Cramping and unpredictable menstrual period, What to do if blood sugar tests reveal prediabetes

Research that Matters
How effective are messages at reducing athletic concussions? 
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News about the study

How soon can kids return to school after strep throat?
Abstract of the article
>News about the study

Are gastric bypass surgeries effective in controlling diabetes?
Abstract of the article
News about the study

What images make kids want to smoke?
Abstract of article
News about the study

Conversations with Mike Pignone, MD   Prevention:   Doing What Counts
Physical Exam Recommendations:
NIH
CDC
Medicare Annual Wellness Visit Guidelines

House Calls
Antibiotics for asthma at urgent care
Flu shot at the doctor or at the pharmacy
Cramping and unpredictable menstrual period

What to do if blood sugar test reveals prediabetes:
CDC
NIH 

Neglected Diseases and Global Health

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam and Cristy will be talking with Kelly Callahan, Director of the Trachoma Control Program at the Carter Center about Neglected Diseases and Global Health.

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WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, September 12th at 9 a.m.
• Sunday, September 13th at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Monday, September 14th at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.

WBNE 103.7 FM
• Saturday, September 12th at 3 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.7 FM
• Sunday, September 13th at 7 a.m.

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Surviving Breast Cancer with Dr. Lisa Carey & Ms. Barbara Martin

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam & Cristy will be joined by Marilyn Jacobs Preyer Distinguished Professor in Breast Cancer Research at UNC, Dr. Lisa Carey, and Clinic Coordinator for The Center for Marriage & Family Therapy and Counseling and Breast Cancer Survivor, Ms. Barbara Martin to talk about Surviving Breast Cancer.

Please tune in! This show will air:
• Saturday, December 15th at 9am
• Sunday, December 16th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, December 17th at 6pm and 10pm
 
 
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Snowboarding Injury Alert

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Are you or your kids giving up skiing to try snowboarding? Or are you trying snowboarding for the first time? If you’ve already tried snowboarding you don’t need us to tell you it requires a different skill set then skiing and can be extremely challenging.

The American Journal of Sports Medicine did a study at a ski resort in Vermont looking at over 12,000 injuries over 18 winter seasons. The results showed that most injuries occurred in young, inexperienced snowboarders.

What this study tells us is that snowboarding incorporates a crucial balancing aspect to it that skiing doesn’t have to the same degree. The difference is so drastic that they have a greater potential to become injured snowboarding then they do skiing.

So we think, as parents, having the conversation and being sure that your child (or you) has more experience with snowboarding before advancing and doing things that could cause more injury is an important one to have before they hit the slopes each winter (however mild).

Confessions of a Surgeon with Dr. Paul Ruggieri

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Dr. Paul RuggieriGeneral Surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Paul Ruggieri joins YOUR HEALTH®  this weekend to talk about his book, Confessions of a Surgeon.Confessions of a Surgeon book cover

Please tune in! This show will air:
• Saturday, February 18th at 9am
• Sunday, February 19th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, February 20th at 6pm and 10pm
 
 
 
 
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Minor injuries- Do They Change the Way Athletes Think and Act? Are They Potentially Dangerous? Important research for coaches, parents and athletes.

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Over the years we have started to learn more about the dangers of concussions and the negative consequences they can have on athletes, especially in the long term.  But instead of focusing on athletes who only suffer from concussions, Researchers at the University of Toronto decided to look at athletes who suffered from other types of injuries, such as breaks and sprains.

Published  in The American Journal of Sports Medicine, this research looks at ANY injury in an athlete and what happens to their thinking after the injury has occurred. Researchers wondered if it wasn’t only concussions and head trauma that could affect thinking, but also other injuries.

Researchers at the University of Toronto administered a 20-minute computer test to 72 athletes, some of whom had had a concussion within the past few days and others who had had other types of sports injury.  They found that all these athletes, even those with non-head injuries, did worse on their tests than the healthy control comparisons.

While the athletes with non-head injuries didn’t do as poorly as those with head injury, those athletes with other injuries still did show markers of disordered thinking. This raises the question of whether athletes should go right back into the game with an injury, even if it may seem as minor as an ankle sprain. This research tells us that parents, coaches and players need to pay extra close attention to injuries of all types, not just those obvious ones to the head.

Sport Injuries in Girls & Young Women with Dr. DiStefano, Dr. Register-Mihalik, & Cindy Parlow Cone

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Cindy Parlow-Cone

Cindy Parlow Cone


Lindsay DiStefano

Dr. Lindsay DiStefano


Johna Register-Mihalik

Dr. Johna Register-Mihalik


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This weekend on YOUR HEALTH®, we’ll be talking about sports injuries in girls and young women. Our guests are Cindy Parlow Cone, Olympic and World Cup winning soccer player and coach, Dr. Lindsay DiStefano assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Connecticut, and Dr. Johna Register-Mihalik, postdoctoral fellow in the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Trauamatic Brain Injury Research Center.

Please tune in! We’re on the air:
– Saturday at 9am
– Sunday at 9am & 5pm
– Monday at 6pm & 10pm
Special thanks to MaryAnne Gucciardi and Dragonfly girlgear™ for helping to make this show possible!

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"New Life after Cancer" . . . A Story on Health & Healing with Dr. Carolyn Sartor

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Carolyn SartorDr. Carolyn Sartor will join us on YOUR HEALTH® this weekend on “New Life after Cancer” . . . A Story on Health & Healing. Dr. Sartor is a breast cancer survivor and former Chair of Radiation Oncology at UNC.

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– Saturday at 9am
– Sunday at 9am & 5pm
– Monday at 6pm & 10pm

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with Dr. Jeffrey Sonis

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Jeffry Sonis

Dr. Jeffrey Sonis joins YOUR HEALTH™ to discuss Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following war and disaster and to explore the question of whether or not justice is good for mental health.

Dr. Sonis is an assistant professor of Social Medicine and Family Medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill. He conducts research on the psychosocial consequences of human rights violations, and has worked with survivors from Bosnia, South Africa, United States (9/11),  Vietnamese prison camps and Cambodia. He is interested in helping people move forward following traumatic events through the use of social mechanisms, such as trials and truth commissions.

On a lighter note, we’ll be also introducing Weekend Warriors , a new segment looking at  the treatment and prevention  of common (and not so common) sports and recreation injuries with guest contributor  Dr. Ronnie Laney.

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Dr. Harold Kudler Talks About Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (YOUR HEALTH Radio March 2011)