Health Focus
Posted every Monday and Tuesday, 05:30 a.m.
Doctors, medical professionals and researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina will be featured weekly in a series of radio interviews on South Carolina Public Radio called Health Focus.
Award winning public broadcaster Bobbi Conner will host this series of health and medical features, covering a wide array of topics.
Health Focus is a production of the Medical University of South Carolina in partnership with South Carolina Public Radio.
Transcript (PDF) available upon request. Please include the title or topic of the podcast and the date.
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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Elizabeth Greer about water safety and drowning prevention for children and teens. Dr. Greer is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow at MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital. -
This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Alec DeCastro about running for fitness and health. Dr. DeCastro is an Associate Professor and Chief of Primary Care Sports Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine at MUSC.
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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Terry Dixon about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of tickborne diseases. Dr. Dixon is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics and a pediatric infectious disease specialist at MUSC Children’s Health.
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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Stacey Maurer about talk therapy tailored to head and neck cancer patients, related to body image distress. Dr. Maurer is an Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine and a Clinical Psychologist at Hollings Cancer Center at MUSC.
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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Claire MacGeorge about school based telehealth for asthma care. Dr. MacGeorge is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the School-Based Telehealth Program at MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital.
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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Jeffrey Blice about vitamins and lifestyle to delay progression of macular degeneration. Dr. Blice is an ophthalmologist who specializes in diseases of the retina, at Storm Eye Institute at MUSC.
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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Tracy Rice about robotic assisted living donor kidney transplant. Dr. Rice is a surgeon in the Division of Transplant Surgery and she’s Director of the Living Donor Transplant Program at MUSC.
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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Mary Hart Bryan about the importance of strong social connections in the older adult years, and the impact on health and wellbeing. Dr. Bryan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and a geriatric psychiatrist at MUSC.
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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Kelli Williams about environmental and seasonal allergies in children. Dr. Williams is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and a pediatrician specializing in allergies, asthma and immunology conditions at MUSC Children’s Health.
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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Vanessa Hinson about managing Parkinson’s disease in the first year after diagnosis. Dr. Hinson is a Professor of Neurology and the Director of the Movement Disorders Program at MUSC.
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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Matthew Sherrier about the health benefits of swimming. Dr. Sherrier is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics and Physical Medicine and he’s a non-surgical orthopaedic and sports medicine physician at MUSC.
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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Kathleen McKinnon about the connection between gum disease and rheumatoid arthritis. Dr. McKinnon is a rheumatologist and Director of the Center for Vasculitis Care and Research at MUSC.
