Tag Archives: Zinc

Re-air: "Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear"

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Dr. Margee Kerr

As Halloween approaches, we’ll take a look back on YOUR HEALTH® to when Adam and guest co-host Dr. Michael Baca-Atlas talked with sociologist Dr. Margee Kerr about her book Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear.

Please tune in! The show will air:

WCHL 97.9 FM

  • Saturday 10/27 at 9 a.m.
  • Sunday 10/28 at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Monday 10/29 at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM

  • Sunday 10/28 at 7 a.m.

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"Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear"

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Dr. Margee Kerr

This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam and guest co-host Dr. Michael Baca-Atlas talk with sociologist Dr. Margee Kerr about her book Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear.

Please tune in! The show will air:

WCHL 97.9 FM

  • Sunday 10/29 at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Monday 10/30 at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM

  • Sunday 10/29 at 7 a.m.

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Download the episode from the Carolina Digital Repository

Your Health, Your Decisions

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This weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam, Cristy & guest co-host Dr. Caroline Roberts talk to Dr. Robert Alan McNutt, president and CEO of YouChooseMedical and author of Your Health, Your Decisions: How to Work with Your Doctor to Become a Knowledge-Powered Patient, about why patients and doctors should approach healthcare as partners and how to do so.
Dr. Robert Alan McNutt

Please tune in! The show will air: 

WCHL 97.9 FM

  • Saturday, June 3, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Sunday, June 4, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Monday, June 5, at 6 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.3 FM

  • Sunday, June 4, at 7 a.m.

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Doctor, Your Patient Will See You Now, with Dr. Steven Kussin (YOUR HEALTH Radio June 2012)

Cancer Care & Families with Loretta Muss & Ryan Keith

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Loretta MussThis weekend on YOUR HEALTH® Adam and Cristy will be joined by Coordinator of the N.C. Cancer Hospital Patient and Family Advisory Board, Loretta Muss and fellow board member, Ryan Keith, to talk about Cancer Care & Families.

Please tune in! This show will air:
• Saturday, February 25th at 9am
• Sunday, February 26th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, February 27th at 6pm and 10pm

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Does my child need supplemental iron?

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We know that iron and zinc are important to nutrition and to everyone’s brain development, especially children.  Iron deficiency causes not only malnutrition and anemia, but it may contribute to Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or hinder brain development and child growth.  Unfortunately children in developing nations are at particularly high risk of not getting iron and zinc in their diets.

So it makes sense that taking a supplement beginning at young age in such countries might improve cognitive development.  We wish research was always that simple!  In the Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a recent study looked at 560 nine-year-olds in Thailand randomly assigned at birth to receive supplements.  Some children got supplements with iron and zinc, and some of them just got a sugar pill.  The researchers followed the children over 9 years to find out if the children who were given supplements did better with IQ, memory, attention and school performance.

While the study showed that there really wasn’t a difference in outcomes at age nine,  maybe a caveat exists: children in the study only received the supplements  for six months early on in infancy, and most of the kids were not iron deficient.

The jury may still be out on the benefits of routine infant supplements, but make no mistake, the jury is certainly clear that if you or your child is iron deficient, then it is absolutely necessary to take action. Zinc is especially important in many developing countries because it can help prevent diarrhea, which is often a major problem.

In order to find out your iron levels, you may need to get tested.
To find out the recommended intake for iron, what foods to eat, and much more about the importance of iron, go to: http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/iron

For more information on what an iron test is and why it is important to get tested, go to: http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/iron-tests

Caring for an Aging America with Dr. Gregg Warshaw

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Gregg WarshawOn this weekend’s edition of YOUR HEALTH®, we’ll talk with nationally known geriatrician Dr. Gregg Warshaw about Caring for an Aging America. Dr. Warshaw is a Professor of Family and Community Medicine and the Semmons Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He recently delivered the 7th annual Robert R. Huntley, MD, Lecture hosted by the UNC Department of Family Medicine.
 
 
 

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  • Saturday at 9am
  • Sunday at 9am and 5pm
  • Monday at 6pm and 10pm

 
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