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 4th at 9am
• Sunday, August 5th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, August 6th at 6pm and 10pm
Listen to the Show!
Show Topics:
- Research that Matters (min 0-10): injections for knee arthritis, mind & body rest with concussions, Selenium, Lantus Insulin
- Conversations with Dr. William Roper about the pressures on academic health centers (min 10-32)
- House Calls (min 32-41): ticks & Lyme disease, how often older people need to see their doctor, emergency room bill, asthma & reactive airway
Resources:
- Research that Matters
- Viscosupplementation for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
- 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
- Conversations
- House Calls
- Tick-Borne Illnesses – from NC Department of Health & Human Services
- Tick-Borne Infections Council of North Carolina (TIC-NC)
- Women: Stay Healthy at 50+ – from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force/AHRQ
- Men: Stay Healthy at 50+ – from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force/AHRQ
- Consumer’s Guide to Health Insurance – from the NC Dept. of Insurance [see p. 22 for filing appeals to claims]
- Diagnosing Asthma
- What is Asthma? – from the CDC
- Asthma Fast Facts for Kids – from the CDC National Asthma Control Program
