Pop Culture RX: Sharon Stone and her stroke
Pop Culture RX: Sharon Stone and her stroke by Hackensack Meridian Health
Aug 28, 2019•20 min
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Up For Debate: Narcan®: The Facts vs. The (Pulp) Fiction
Are we saving lives or enabling addicts by reversing overdoses? Is receiving Narcan® a wakeup call or does it provide an incentive to keep using drugs? How do you reverse an overdose? Is it like they show it in Pulp Fiction? Join us for this Up for Debate podcast as we look to separate the fact from fiction around overdoses and reversing it with Narcan®. Dr. Rajiv Prasad, Chairman of Emergency Medicine at Bayshore Medical Center, and Steve Drzewoszewski, Director of Substance Abuse Counseling Se...
Aug 21, 2019•29 min
House Call: Undereating: When it Comes to Cutting Calories, How Far is Too Far?
The key to losing weight is cutting calories. So, if you cut hundreds of calories a day then you are bound to shred pounds of fat away, right? Actually, that’s not always the case. Betsy Varghese, M.D., a board certified internal medicine and obesity medicine physician at Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group, explains in our latest podcast that you might be undereating. If you aren’t eating enough, Dr. Varghese warns that you may actually not be able to lose weight—and you may be faced with ...
Aug 07, 2019•20 min
House Call: Gut check! Talking Keto with Dr. Hollywood
It may only be four letters, but it is one trending diet program: keto. Jacqueline Hollywood, M.D., a board certified in cardiologist and nuclear cardiologist at Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group, helps to digest this fat-packed diet. As someone who has tried the diet in the past and noticed temporary weight loss, Dr. Hollywood distinguishes a ‘dirty’ keto plan from a healthy, ‘clean’ keto.
Jul 31, 2019•19 min
Up For Debate: Not So Hard to Prepare: A Look Into End-Of-Life Decisions
Despite the fact that everyone dies, most people, avoid discussing end-of-life care choices for themselves or a loved one. It isn’t an easy conversation to have and very few people want to go through the effort of making a legal document. But it isn’t as scary a topic or as daunting a task to prepare for as you may think! Join us as our three experts: Ellen Davis, DNP, APN, ACHPN, ACNP-C, the Palliative Care Program Coordinator at Bayshore Medical Center; Sara Owen, a Certified Critical Care Reg...
Jul 24, 2019•32 min
House Call: Pack Your Plates with Facts on Overeating
Being that we’re in the peak of July and some of the hotter summer weeks—there’s nonstop barbecues and food-centric festivities popping up left and right. That being said, it can be easy to eat a little too much—which can almost turn into a habit. Betsy Varghese, M.D., a board certified internal medicine and obesity medicine physician at Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group, packs our plates with knowledge on overeating and provides tips on creating a healthy relationship with food.
Jul 17, 2019•29 min
Pop Culture RX - Getting your body ‘royal’ baby ready!
Recently the world came together to celebrate the newest member of the royal family! On May 6th 2019 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle welcomed their first child, son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. We dive in with Kristen Aland, M.D., an OB/GYN with Hackensack Meridian Medical Group to learn how to get our bodies ‘baby ready’, the benefits of pre-natal vitamins, and more!
Jul 10, 2019•28 min
Spotlight On U: Billie Klecko Overcoming Breast Cancer
An agonizing, burning pain in her left breast plagued Billie Klecko, then 37, for weeks as she breast-fed her baby girl. “I felt like I had a hot coal under my skin,” she recalls. Frightened, but not discouraged, the Jackson resident decided to be proactive and discuss the symptoms with her primary care doctor — a week after her daughter’s first birthday in January 2017. After closer examination, Billie’s doctor advised she get a mammogram. Her mammogram results were abnormal enough to require a...
Jul 03, 2019•21 min
Spotlight On U: JFK Nurse Calls His Own Stroke!
On his last day as a stroke and telemetry observation nurse at JFK Medical Center, Phil Castillo was preparing to end his shift when he was struck with an unusually painful headache. The following Monday, he was set to start a training program to work in the operating room – he did not anticipate that he would end up in the operating room that night, as a patient. “Suddenly everything changed – I went from having a headache, to everything not functioning,” Phil reflects. At the age of 30, Phil s...
Jun 26, 2019•20 min
Pop Culture RX: What do Game of Thrones and Brain aneurysms have in common?
Emilia Clarke, known for her role as Daenerys Targaryen on HBO’s Game of Thrones, revealed prior to the last season of the show that she suffered not one but TWO life-threatening brain aneurysms during her role as the mother of dragons. We dive in with Dr. Thomas Steineke M.D., Ph.D., chairman of Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical Center Neuroscience Institute, to learn what a brain aneurysm is and how they are treated.
Jun 19, 2019•22 min
House Call: Fasting Furious: Exploring Intermittent Fasting
Nitin Patel, M.D., a family medicine physician at Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group, discusses a popular health and diet trend—one which involves partially abstaining from eating for a set amount of time. That’s right, he’s talking all things intermittent fasting. He talks through the different variations and methods, possible health benefits of fasting safely and tips for someone looking to give this a try. Visit https://www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/HealthU/2019/04/10/11-things-to-kn...
Jun 12, 2019•16 min
Up For Debate: The Dangers of Dr. Google
Everyone wants to be more informed before they visit their physician, but are there downsides to relying on internet search engines to tell us what we are feeling and why? Searching out our symptoms may put us at ease but it can also create anxiety, usually unjustified without consulting our doctor first. To get the medical professional's point of view, we ask our panel of Dr. Adrian Pristas, Corporate Medical Director of the Hackensack Meridian Health Centers for Sleep Medicine and Dr. Jason J....
Jun 05, 2019•27 min
SpotLight on U: Gary & Lynn’s Story of Love and the Support of Home Hospice Care
From the first moment they kissed, Gary Bartnicki knew that he and Lynn would share a lifetime of love and happiness together. Unfortunately, Lynn was diagnosed with breast cancer in the 90’s, and after going into remission, in 2012 the cancer had returned and aggressively spread. Gary shares the journey of his life and love with Lynn, and praises the incredible care he and Lynn received when they had made the decision to bring on hospice treatment. Praising the Hackensack Meridian Health Home H...
May 29, 2019•21 min
Pop Culture RX: Multiple sclerosis, It takes an expert
A few months ago Cruel Intentions and Legally Blonde actress, Selma Blair shared not only her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis but also did a Good Morning America interview showing the world how debilitating this disease truly is. It was inspiring to say the least. We dive in with Florian Thomas, M.D., M.A., Ph.D., M.S., director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center and chair of the Neuroscience Institute and the Department of Neurology at Hackensack University Medical Center, to learn what we could ...
May 22, 2019•21 min
House Call: Growing Pains Talking About Childhood Arthritis
When the word “arthritis” is mentioned, most people tend to associate the condition with the elderly. However, this fails to include the nearly 300,000 children in the nation with some form of the disease. According to Ginger Janow, M.D., a pediatric rheumatologist at Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group and Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, arthritis is a term used to encompass over 100 types of joint pain and diseases—and will chronically develop in approximately 1 in every 1,000 chil...
May 15, 2019•31 min
Pop Culture Rx: Can’t We Just Take The Pancreas Out?
This past March, long time host of Jeopardy, Alex Trebek announced that he has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. We dive in with Ronald Matteotti, M.D., a surgical oncologist who specializes in pancreatic cancer, to learn what this means for our favorite TV Game Show Host and what lifestyle changes we can make today to help keep pancreatic cancer at bay.
May 08, 2019•18 min
House Call: Navigating Uncomfortable Questions to Ask Your OBGYN
Talking about your private parts is something that you might want to keep, well, private. But let’s face it, ladies, sometimes we may have questions regarding our vaginal health. While a visit with an OB/GYN can feel awkward for some women, Louisa Essandoh, M.D., a board certified OB/GYN at Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group, explains that not a single question exists that she hasn’t heard before. Though an open and honest dialogue is always encouraged, Dr. Essandoh reviews some questions ...
May 08, 2019•33 min
SpotLight On U: 2 Trips to the ED & the VIP Treat-ment
The emergency department team members at Mountainside Medical Center have made a lifelong friend in Cardie Mortimer. The Verona, NJ resident has a unique story in visiting the ED on two separate occasions. Cardie shares his story and how the ED team members made him feel like a true VIP.
May 07, 2019•15 min
Up For Debate: Vaccination Nation
In 2019 there have been over 600 cases of measles confirmed in the United States, with many cases in our New Jersey/New York area and communities. How does this disease spread and what questions should parents ask when it comes to vaccinations for their children? We get the facts and learn more in a panel discussion with pediatrician, Amy Peardon, M.D., Julia A. Piwoz, M.D., FAAP, Chief, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital and Jerry M. Zuckerman, M.D...
May 07, 2019•23 min
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