Tembi Locke's best-selling memoir, From Scratch , has been turned into an eight-part series streaming now on Netflix. It's the story of life and love and loss... and the healthcare choices a family makes.�� Tembi will be our guest on the next episode (10/27/2022) of the podcast. Check out "From Scratch" on Netflix and then make a plan to join us on the next Hear Me Now Podcast.
���� A transcript is available online �� They describe the program as bi-directional: The Providence Global and Domestic Engagement department sponsors family medicine residents from across Providence���s seven-state health system to gain skills not available in the U.S. context to practice at the Mangochi District Hospital in Malawi. Meantime, family medicine registrars from Malawi's Kamuzu University of Health Sciences travel to Seattle for training not available in the Malawian context at the...
Last year in the U.S., more than 100,000 people died of drug overdoses. It's a staggering statistic that was unthinkable just a few years ago. �� A paper by Dr. Honora Englander and attorney Corey Davis in the New England Journal of Medicine took hospitals and policy-makers to task last month for not doing enough to support and engage people who use drugs and who are hospitalized. �� They write, "The United States is in the throes of a decades-long exacerbation of drug-related harm. Hospitals ar...
Today, ��we look at well-being with wisdom gleaned from the first two years of this podcast. We listen with an ear to taking care of ourselves in ordinary times from people in the throes of extraordinary times��� warfare��� pandemic��� social change��� illness��� and the challenges of just being human. . Explore the complete list of past episodes. . . BE UNCOMFORTABLE Providence caregivers Jeremy Edmonds and Victoria Johnson reflect on their experiences of racism in our first podcast episode, " ...
The syndrome that's appearing after someone is infected with COVID is an emerging global health crisis. Yet, confusion about Long COVID remains. Which symptoms get ruled-in? Which get ruled-out? Can anything be a symptom of Long COVID if it occurs after a COVID infection? On today's program, we talk with researchers studying the illnesses that people who have had COVID are living with, including persistent fatigue, loss of the sense of smell, vascular conditions, and brain fog and other neurolog...
Bullet wounds go more than skin deep. LJ Punch, M.D., is a trauma surgeon and the founder of the BRIC ��� the Bullet-Related Injury Clinic in Saint Louis, Mo.. The BRIC is where shooting victims come for wound care and education, help with pain management, care for the emotional and social impact of being shot, and the acknowledgement that their bullet wound could likely have profound spiritual meaning for them, their families, and their communities. They also find a place of warm welcome.�� "Tr...
It���s estimated that 1 in 10 of us hear voices, which may be a sign of mental illness. Or not. We examine the phenomena through Caroline Mazel-Carlton. She���s part of a movement of people who have come to find meaning in the experience of hearing voices (or seeing visions) and who learn to incorporate those experiences in their life. Many forgo use of some or all medications and are seeking wellness through peer-support networks and harm-reduction strategies. Mazel-Carlton tells host Se��n Col...
The current outbreak of monkeypox is unusual because the viral illness is rarely seen outside the places where it's endemic. (It is most often seen in Central and Western Africa.) Monkeypox is transmitted to humans through close contact with an infectious person or animal, or by contact with material (clothing, bedding) that an infectious person has used. It's a self-limiting disease with symptoms lasting 2-4 weeks. Rarely deadly, cases may be severe, especially in children, pregnant women or pe...
Host Se��n Collins talks with Dr. Carlos Blanco, lead author of a perspective piece published June 16, 2022, in the New England Journal of Medicine titled, " Research to Move Policy ��� Using Evidence to Advance Health Equity for Substance Use Disorders ." The authors note that, despite substantial efforts to address the epidemic of drug-overdose deaths in the United States, racial and ethnic disparities in treatment access and outcomes among patients with substance use disorders have widened. R...
A discussion of the accepted standard of care when assessing and treating pediatric patients whose gender expression is different from what was assigned at birth. In addition to clinicians and ��public health experts, we hear from parents of transgender kids, others who love them, and trans+ kids themselves. . Not seeing the glossary & all of the resources below? Try this link to our podcast website . . . . PERSONAL STORIES (BONUS MATERIAL) Longer versions of the stories excerpted in this ep...
A�� conversation between Travis, a pre-teen trans boy, and his parents Cindy & Rowan��� who���ve asked us to use pseudonyms when referring to their family. This extended interview is part of a podcast on Gender-affirming care for kids . ��
Producer Scott Acord talks with�� his colleague, Jayne Hopke, who identifies herself as pan-sexual. This extended interview is part of a podcast on Gender-affirming care for kids .
Producer Scott Acord talks with Jami Gramore, a queer non-binary adult. This extended interview is part of a podcast on Gender-affirming care for kids . ��
Carmen Marshall talks with her friend Elbe about their shared experiences as mothers of trans youth. This extended interview is part of a podcast on Gender-affirming care for kids .
Vinny and Henry Fox discuss their life together and Vinny's identification as a queer non-binary trans person. This extended interview is part of a podcast on Gender-affirming care for kids .
Rabbis Karen and Daniel Bogard talk about their young son's transition and about the support they feel in their social circles and faith community, and the threats they face from the State Legislature as parents of a trans child in Missouri. This extended interview is part of a podcast on Gender-affirming care for kids .
Elbe talks with daughter Ella, a preteen trans girl. This extended interview is part of a podcast on Gender-affirming care for kids .
Holly talks with her daughter Evy, a 14-year-old trans girl, about her transition seven years ago. This extended interview is part of a podcast on Gender-affirming care for kids .
Sam Pelger, a 19 year old trans man, talks with his mother, Erin, about his transition when he was younger and living in Montana. This extended interview is part of a podcast on Gender-affirming care for kids .
Some first-year medical students are significantly older than the norm. They've come to medicine as a second or sometimes third career. Do those other work experiences make a difference in how they practice medicine? Host Se��n Collins talks with four physicians who began their training later in life.�� . JOIN US ONLINE ON JUNE 16th HUMANIZING HEALTHCARE EXPERT SERIES For information on the June 16th online event, Remote Palliative Care: A telehealth roadmap to reaching rural communities , visit...
Dr. Bill Richards has been researching the therapeutic uses of psychedelic substances for 60 years and he believes there's a legitimate role for them in the treatment of depression, anxiety, and interpersonal withdrawal. He believes these substances behave in a novel way among psychiatric medications: it's the memory of an experience that's therapeutic and that you carry with you. You don't have to keep taking medication every day to have the effect. You experience something so profound, that it...
Twenty percent of Americans live in a rural setting and full access to some medical care is limited: often requiring long drives or temporary relocations. That includes specialty palliative care -- the interdisciplinary services of physicians, nurses, social workers, and chaplains aimed at helping patients control symptoms of a serious illness. On today's podcast, we explore a demonstration project underway in rural Stevens County, Washington undertaken by the Palliative Practice Group at the Pr...
The days of medical robots, scanners, and bots are upon us ��� but do not fear! ��� these tools of digital health may be exactly what the doctor ordered to regain the personalism that's at the heart of caring. . Dr. Bertalan Mesk�� is the director of The Medical Futurist Institute .
. The indiscriminate targeting of civilians as the Russian military prosecutes its illegal war on Ukraine has caused an unprecedented humanitarian crisis: more than a quarter of Ukraine's forty million citizens are displaced.�� In this episode, using a lens of whole person care, we talk with people reaching out to others in wartime,��making connections, and countering the darkness with (in the words of W.H. Auden) "ironic points of light." . . NGOs PROVIDING UKRAINIAN RELIEF . Catholic Relief Se...
Our guests this week bring tremendous expertise to the constellation of issues that surround family caregiving: from managing the expense of caregiving, to strategies for finding respite care, to enjoying the psycho-social benefits of being present and accompanying a loved one in a time of need.�� �� In addition, we hear excerpts from interviews with two family caregivers who talk with producer Scott Acord about the family dynamics of providing care at home. To hear extended versions of these co...
Linda's parents were both active long into their lives, but as they began to age, they began to need more and more help. Linda lived near them and initially was able to check in on them daily. But soon after her father died, a decision was made for Linda and her husband to move into her parents' home so she could provide more constant care of her mother. Linda talks about the importance of asking for help in caregiving and making changes in the physical layout of the home to remove potential obs...
Marti talks about coming to a realization that "this is Julia's life," rather than something that 'happened' to Marti. She talks about the way Julia has an impact on others, such as the childhood friends of her brother, whom Marti believes have grown up to be more compassionate simply because they have a relationship with Julia. ��Scott and Marti talk about the importance of taking breaks (and how difficult scheduling those breaks can be) and they discuss music Julia and Marti enjoy together. . ...
Susan Marks is a certified family nurse practitioner who focuses on the medical use of cannabis. She's also a daily user for essential tremor. She talks with host Se��n Collins about what she calls the treasure trove of medicinal benefits the cannabinoids in marijuana represent.�� . Susan Marks, CFNP Website ��| �� Twitter ��| �� Facebook . American Cannabis Nurses Association Doctors for Cannabis Regulation Medical Cannabis Laws by State �� (National Conference of State Legislatures) WeedMap's ...
Daniela Lamas, M.D., is a critical care physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and a faculty member at the Harvard Medical School. She's also a frequent opinion writer for The New York Times . The paper published her piece, " When Faced With Death, People Often Change Their Minds, " earlier this year. ���� �� "We need to shift the focus from talking to healthy people about what would happen should they stop breathing during a routine procedure, and toward improving conversations wit...
Claire Zangerle, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAONL, FAAN Chief Nurse Executive�� Allegheny Health Network�� Pittsburgh, Penn. . David Marshall, JD, DNP, RN, FAAN Senior Vice President,�� Chief Nursing Executive�� Cedars-Sinai Los Angeles, Calif. . Syl Trepanier, DNP, RN, CENP, FAONL, FAAN Senior Vice President Chief Nursing Officer Providence Renton, Wash. . And we hear a nursing story from Jen Little-Reece, RN , an oncology nurse at the Providence Portland Medical Center in Oregon, in conversation wi...
