Episodes

  • LAURA BEGLEY BLOOM, Travel Writer: TIPS ON HOW TO EXPERIENCE DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK THIS SUMMER

    LAURA BEGLEY BLOOM, Travel Writer: TIPS ON HOW TO EXPERIENCE DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK THIS SUMMER
    Jun 7 2024
    Summer in Death Valley may be hot, but it offers a unique advantage: fewer crowds. This translates to a more intimate, affordable, and secluded experience in Death Valley National Park. If prepared for the heat, this could be the perfect time to explore one of America’s true national treasures. Laura Begley Bloom, a senior contributor with Forbes and senior writer for TripAdvisor, has an insider’s look at how to enjoy the park in the summer
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    5 mins
  • Nicole Iny—Executive Director of Grants and Consumer Education at FAIR Health: Tools, educational content and resources to help older adults

    Nicole Iny—Executive Director of Grants and Consumer Education at FAIR Health: Tools, educational content and resources to help older adults
    Apr 23 2024
    Older adults (age 65 and over) often shoulder a significant portion of healthcare costs but may not always receive the care they prefer. This month, FAIR Health, with generous support from The John A. Hartford Foundation, launched FAIRHealthOlderAdults.org, a free website that offers tools, educational content and resources to help older adults and family caregivers plan for care relevant to older adults. FAIR Health Executive Director of Grants and Consumer Education, Nicole Iny joins me to tell us more about the new website and how patients can have a voice in what happens as their health needs grow.
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    7 mins
  • Dr. Joanne Mortimer, Medical Oncologist at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Jessica, Woman Diagnosed with Breast Cancer: BRCA Mu

    Dr. Joanne Mortimer, Medical Oncologist at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Jessica, Woman Diagnosed with Breast Cancer: BRCA Mu
    Apr 23 2024
    Dr. Joanne Mortimer, a medical oncologist at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Jessica, who was diagnosed with breast cancer join me to talk about the importance of BRCA mutation testing, and how knowing her BRCA mutation status led to routine cancer screenings that Jessica says saved her life.
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    5 mins
  • Robin Growley, Bank of America’s Savings and Budgeting Guru: How to Navigate Personal Finance Trends to Build Lasting Savings Habits

    Robin Growley, Bank of America’s Savings and Budgeting Guru: How to Navigate Personal Finance Trends to Build Lasting Savings Habits
    Apr 23 2024
    From cash stuffing to loud budgeting, when there’s a new personal finance trend every month, it can be challenging to decipher the best way to keep your finances in shape. Rising costs haven’t made it easier, especially as consumers navigate building up their savings amidst higher costs of living. America Saves Week is a time for people at all stages of their financial journey to reevaluate their finances, identify smart saving strategies and take control of their financial futures. Robin Growley, Head of Consumer Deposits at Bank of America, is available to discuss strategies for conducting a financial wellness check.
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    10 mins
  • Tamim Hamid: Author of Grow It Back, How Laser Phototherapy Stops Hair Loss and Regrows Your Hair

    Tamim Hamid: Author of Grow It Back, How Laser Phototherapy Stops Hair Loss and Regrows Your Hair
    Apr 23 2024

    What would make Tamim Hamid, a former NASA biomedical engineer working at the Kennedy Space Center invent a device that regrows hair and write a book about it? Well, today we're going to find out; he's the author of Grow It Back, How Laser Phototherapy Stops Hair Loss and Regrows Your Hair.
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    14 mins
  • Laurie Murphy: Author of Dream Me Home

    Laurie Murphy: Author of Dream Me Home
    Apr 23 2024

    Registered nurse and psychotherapist Laurie Elizabeth Murphy draws on her own experience working in the field to create a uniquely intellectual and entertaining mystery in her new book, Dream Me Home. It's a chilling mystery, a story of betrayal, infidelity, and love.
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    14 mins
  • Genealogist Bernice Bennett: Family Health History Conversations Could Help Drive Awareness and Diagnosis of an Inherited Condition

    Genealogist Bernice Bennett: Family Health History Conversations Could Help Drive Awareness and Diagnosis of an Inherited Condition
    Apr 1 2024
    Genealogist and health educator Bernice Bennett, host of Alnylam’s Family Health History Road Trip program, traveled and visited families affected by an inherited condition called hereditary ATTR amyloidosis – She is joined by Giselle, whose father’s diagnosis solved her own health puzzle and why it’s so important for families to discuss their health history with each other, and with their doctors.
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    9 mins
  • Dr Richard T. Benson-Mind Your Risks For High Blood Pressure

    Dr Richard T. Benson-Mind Your Risks For High Blood Pressure
    Mar 5 2024
    Did you know? That Black Americans are up to 50 percent more likely to have high blood pressure when compared to other racial and ethnic groups, and Black/African American men have the highest rate of uncontrolled blood pressure? Joining me to talk about the importance of controlling blood pressure in midlife (particularly for Black men ages 28 to 45 who are most at risk) to help reduce the risk of having a stroke and developing dementia and Mind Your Risks® campaign, Dr. Richard T. Benson, Ph.D. – Director, Office of Global Health and Health Disparities at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
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    7 mins