Category: Health

MONTEZ DAVIDSON AND KASARA DAVIDSON: Living with Sickle Cell Disease

Montez Davidson and her daughter and advocate, Kasara Davidson graciously share what it’s like to live with sickle cell disease.

Sickle Cell Disease: Advances in Treatments, Patient Care and Research

Episode 1 of my 3 part special series of interviews about Sickle Cell Disease, Dr. Cheryl Mensah, Assistant Professor and Co-Chair of the Sickle Cell Research Workgroup, and a Hematology and Oncology Specialist at Northwell Hofstra Zucker School of Medicine, and attending at Phelps Memorial Hospital talks with me about advances in the treatment and care of sickle cell patients and ongoing research.

Genealogist Bernice Bennett: Family Health History Conversations Could Help Drive Awareness and Diagnosis of an Inherited Condition

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.

Dr. Richard T. Benson – Director, Office of Global Health and Health Disparities at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

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.

Nicole Iny—Executive Director of Grants and Consumer Education at FAIR Health

Travel: America’s National World War II Museum-Expressions of America

America’s National World War II Museum unveiled its first of a kind, nighttime sound and light experience called Expressions of America. They’re celebrating the power of individual Americans to impact the world around them during a time of monumental conflict. Joining me with more about this new experience, Kim Guise, the National WWII Museum’s Senior Curator and Director for Curatorial Affairs.

The Warning Signs of Chronic Kidney Disease and Treatment Options

Kathleen Belmonte, Chief Nursing Officer at Fresenius Medical Care North America and Maria Jimenez, a kidney transplant, recipient and kidney care advocate join me to talk about the warning signs of Chronic Kidney disease and treatment options.

TALK! with AUDREY

A recent Harris Poll survey, Working Through Migraine (n=1,000), found that 1 in 3 people say their performance at work is impacted by migraine more frequently than in pre-pandemic years. Jenn Tardy, an inclusive recruiting expert and career coach, and Dr. Merle Diamond, an internal medicine and headache expert, talk with me about the survey findings, the impact of migraine in the workplace and information about an FDA-approved medication available for the preventive treatment of episodic migraine in adults.

Dr. John Kaspar, Urologist

BPH, a common men’s health condition, its effects on lifestyle, and a treatment that can improve quality of life.

Best Buddies founder Anthony K. Shriver and MOD Pizza co-founder, Ally Svenson: Best Buddies International

There are 200 million people in the world living with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). In 1989 Anthony Shriver, son of Eunice Kennedy Shriver (founder of the Special Olympics) started an organization while a student at Georgetown university that paired individuals with an IDD (buddies) and those without an IDD (peer buddies). That organization has evolved into Best Buddies International, which today has nearly 3,000 chapters around the world, Best Buddies founder Anthony K. Shriver and MOD Pizza co-founder, Ally Svenson to discuss how Best Buddies is teaming up with MOD Pizza to help support their mission.