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• Saturday, May 18^th at 9am
• Sunday, May 19^th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, May 20^that 6pm and 10pm

Please tune in to WCHL 97.9FM! This show will air:
• Saturday, May 11^th at 9am
• Sunday, May 12^th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, May 13^that 6pm and 10pm

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Show Topics:

• Research that Matters (min 0-10): massage or exercise for sore muscles, stopping statin drugs, alcohol use & breast cancers survivors, health doctors & healthy patients
• Conversations with Sandra de Castro Buffington about Health & Hollywood (min 10-30)
• House Calls (min 30-40): hip replacement surgery & antibiotics, anxiety medication registry, sexual function & prostate cancer treatment, taking too many medications

Sickness elbows its way into our lives, sometimes physical or psychological, often unexpected and swooping down completely off guard, affecting us forever. Frequently it is devastating and tragic.  I witnessed the strike of sickness and tragedy on April 15, 2013, in Boston during the simplest of all sports, a running race. Immediately after the bombs exploded, the health care system sprung into a response that triaged 90 victims to major medical centers within 30 minutes. Phenomenal is the only way to describe the will power of EMS, Police, Fire, Race officials, volunteers, & bystanders, applying simple ABCs (airway, breathing, circulation) of emergent situations with rapid EMS.  A team of heroes saved many lives. But sickness lingers, as do memories, photos, & questions.

A million people came together the morning of 4/15 for an innocent celebration of health: running, walking, happiness, the out-of-doors, relationships, and just doing good things.   By early afternoon much had changed.

I returned to Boston 3 weeks later to symbolically cross the finish line on Boylston Street and visit the Copley Square Memorial.  The very same vibrant and healthy visceral feel at marathon time was again palpable between everyone I talked to and saw. Closure, healing, and celebration of health had blossomed, and life’s journey, like the 117^th Boston, had restarted.

Maureen, Natalie, and Joe Stavas were at the 2013 Boston Marathon.

Joe and his daughter Natalie ran the marathon together, their 3rd.

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

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Show Topics:

• Research that Matters (min 0-10): race and ethnicity differences & antibiotics, hepatitis C & alcohol, false positive mammogram & women’s mental health, diabetes control
• Conversations with Dr. Heather Walker about Traumatic Brain Injury (min 10-30)
• House Calls (min 30-40): colon cancer & screening, COPD, weight loss & diabetes, tickling

Please tune in! This show will air:
• Saturday, April 27^th at 9am
• Sunday, April 28^th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, April 29^th at 6pm and 10pm

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Show Topics:

• Research that Matters (min 0-13): family doctors treating sleep apnea, breast cancer & high fat dairy, babies & stress in womb, witnessing CPR on loved one
• Conversations with Dr. Richard Bedlack about ALS (min 13-35)
• House Calls (min 35-42): B12, aspirin & colonoscopy, antibiotics & sinus infections, allergic reaction to Sulfa drugs

Please tune in! This show will air:
• Saturday, April 20^th at 9am
• Sunday, April 21^st at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, April 22^ndat 6pm and 10pm

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Show Topics

• Research that Matters (min 0-10): Emergency room care, excess antibiotic use in elderly, health benefits & drinking, disabilities & specialty care
• Conversations with Dr. William Copeland about Bullying (min 10-30)
• House Calls (min 30-39): Fatigue & depression, medication change from hospitals to home, passing out & thyroid disease, ingrown toenail

Please tune in! This show will air:
• Saturday, April 13^th at 9am
• Sunday, April 14^th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, April 15^th at 6pm and 10pm

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Show Topics:

• Research that Matters (min 0-9):diet drinks, robot-assisted hysterectomy, diabetes & high glycemic foods, over prescribing ADHD medication
• Conversations with Jodi Flick about Suicide (min 9-30)
• House Calls (min 30-40):drinking & DTs, multiple medications for chronic pain, glucosamine side effects, tinnitus & lipoflavinoids

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Please tune in! This show will air:
• Saturday, April 6^th at 9am
• Sunday, April 7^th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, April 8^th at 6pm and 10pm

Please tune in! This show will air:
• Saturday, March 23^rd at 9am
• Sunday, March 24^th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, March 25^th at 6pm and 10pm

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Show Topics:

• Research that Matters (min 0-11): long term exercise program & heart disease, doctors who cook & giving nutrition advice, chronic kidney disease & diet, stress & sperm quality
• Conversations with Dr. Paul Ossman about Hospital Ethics (min 11-32)
• House Calls (min 32-42): chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, functional bowel disease, hepatitis C & cirrhosis, newborn with fever

Please tune in! This show will air:
• Saturday, March 16^th at 9am
• Sunday, March 17^th at 9am and 5pm
• Monday, March 18^th at 6pm and 10pm

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Show Topics:

• Research that Matters (min 0-12): medications for children’s migraines, children with oddly shaped heads, acupuncture & allergies, Mediterranean diet & preventing heart disease
• Conversations with Jerry Walter about Hope for Rare Diseases: The Case of Fabry Disease (min 12-36)
• House Calls (min 36-47): revised recommendations for Ambien, using DEET & bug protection for children, chiropractic care, stomach pain & mouth issues

Resources:

• Research that Matters
  • Pharmacologic Treatment of Pediatric Headaches: A Meta-analysis.
    • El-Chammas K, Keyes J, Thompson N, Vijayakumar J, Becher D, Jackson JL.  JAMA Pediatrics. 2013 Mar 1;167(3):250-8. doi: 10.1001.
  • A Prospective Randomized Trial on Preventative Methods for Positional Head Deformity: Physiotherapy versus a Positioning Pillow 
    • Wilbrand J,  Seidl M, Wilbrand M, Streckbein P, Böttger S Pons-Kuehnemann J, Hahn  A, Howaldt H. Journal of Pediatrics.  2013 Jan 14; doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.11.076.
  • Acupuncture in Patients With Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis: A Randomized Trial. 
    • Brinkhaus  B, Ortiz M, Witt C, Roll S, Linde K, Pfab F, Niggemann B, Hummelsberger J, Treszl A, Ring J, Zuberbier T, Wegscheider K, Willich S.  Annals of Internal Medicine.  2013 Feb 19; 158(4):225-234.
  • Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet.  New England Journal of Medicine. 
    • Estruch R, Ros E, Salas-Salvadó J, Covas MI, Corella D, Arós F, Gómez-Gracia E, Ruiz-Gutiérrez V, Fiol M, Lapetra J, Lamuela-Raventos RM, Serra-Majem L, Pintó X, Basora J, Muñoz MA, Sorlí JV, Martínez JA, Martínez-González MA; 2013 Apr 4;368(14):1279-90. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1200303.
  • Mediterranean Diet — from the Mayo Clinic
• Conversations
  • Fabry Disease –Genetics Home Reference, National Library of Medicine
  • National Fabry Disease Foundation — Jerry Walter’s site
  • Whirling pattern in eye (corneal verticillata) picture
• House Calls
  • What is Chiropractic?  — American Chiropractic Association
  • Selecting a Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioner –National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  • Using DEET for children— American Academy of Pediatricians
  • Revised recommendations for Ambien— FDA
  • Stomach pain and mouth issues (GERD)—UptoDate