Archive for the ‘Common Health’ Category
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Adolescent Health
What are the stages of adolescence? What is motivational interviewing? What are some of the major health issues confronting adolescents?
Guest: Dr. Jonathan Fanburg, Pediatrician with Maine Coast Memorial Hospital and director of several public health studies
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Sun, Sand and Skin Cancer
How much sun is enough and how much is too much? What are some other causes of skin cancer and how do these interact with exposure to the sun? What can we do to prevent skin cancer?
Guest:
Norman Sykes, MD, Dermatologist with
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Transportation and Health
What is the relationship between global climate change and obesity? What are some long range transportation changes that we will need to make to reduce air pollution and increase fitness? What can we do now to conserve oil and increase our well being?
Guests:
Stephanie ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Addiction & Recovery
What is the difference between use, abuse, dependence and addiction? What are some warning signs? How can family members help?
Guests: Ed Oechslie, Executive Director, Mount Desert Island Alcohol and Drug Abuse Group, 207-244-4012;Â Barbara Royal, Executive Director, Open Door Recovery Center, Ellsworth, Maine 207-667-3210
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Women's Health
What are the major health concerns of women? What are the risk factors? What can people learn by attending the Women's Health Conference in Belfast on May 17th, or by visiting www.midcoastwomenshealth.com?
Guests: Betsy Doherty, Support Network for Women Heart;Â Tim Hagney, ND, Naturopath;Â Judith Simpson, Adj. ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Smart Growth
What is smart growth? How does community design affect health? What are some of the big health problems of the future?
Guests: Alan Caron, President of Grow Smart Maine;Â Dr. Jonathan Fanburg, Pediatrician
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: On Dying: Hospice Care
What is hospice care? How do we choose between curative and palliative care? Who decides what paths to take in the final months of life?
Guests: Jodi Wolford Tucker, Director of Hospice of Hancock County; Sara Hayman, Hospice Chaplain with Hancock County ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Producer/host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Homelessness
Guests: Eleanor West, Director of Community Services, Washington-Hancock Community Agency;Â Betsy Fitzgerald, Machias Town Manager
Is homelessness a problem in rural Maine? What can a town manager do when confronted with a homeless person? What services are available?
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