Category: Common Health
Common Health 12/17/08
December 17th, 2008, No Comments
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Society & Disability
What is a disability? What obstacles most affect disabled people? What is the public response?
Guests: Josephine Cooper, Director of Faith in Action: Community Connections working to assist elderly and disabled people in Hancock County; Tom Stipe, Community Advocate who turned his disability into a community accesibility initiative
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Common Health 11/19/08
November 19th, 2008, Comments Off
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Healthy Wildlife
How does development affect wildlife? What are some priority concerns about toxic chemicals in the environment? How are people mobilizing to change laws?
Guests: Wing Goodale, Coastal Bird Program Director, BioDiversity Research Institute; Adam Goode, Organizer, Environmental Programs, Maine People’s Alliance; Matt Prindiville, Project Director, Toxics [...]
Common Health 10/15/08
October 15th, 2008, Comments Off
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Keeping Warm in the Winter
What is the THAW fund? How can people meet their emergency heating needs? What are the solar alternatives?
Guests: Eleanor West, WHCA, Director of Community Services; Frank John, Revision Energy, Engineer, installing alternative energy systems.
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Common Health 9/17/08
September 17th, 2008, Comments Off
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Adolescent Health
What are the stages of adolescence? What is motivational interviewing? What are some of the major health issues confronting adolescents?
Guest: Dr. Jonathan Fanburg, Pediatrician with Maine Coast Memorial Hospital and director of several public health studies
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Common Health 7/16/08
July 16th, 2008, Comments Off
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Sun, Sand and Skin Cancer
How much sun is enough and how much is too much? What are some other causes of skin cancer and how do these interact with exposure to the sun? What can we do to prevent skin cancer?
Guest:
Norman Sykes, MD, Dermatologist with
Down East Dermatology and MDI Memorial Hospital
Suite 2300 [...]
Common Health 6/18/08
June 18th, 2008, Comments Off
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Transportation and Health
What is the relationship between global climate change and obesity? What are some long range transportation changes that we will need to make to reduce air pollution and increase fitness? What can we do now to conserve oil and increase our well being?
Guests:
Stephanie Clement, Conservation Director Friends of [...]
Common Health 5/21/08
May 21st, 2008, Comments Off
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Addiction & Recovery
What is the difference between use, abuse, dependence and addiction? What are some warning signs? How can family members help?
Guests: Ed Oechslie, Executive Director, Mount Desert Island Alcohol and Drug Abuse Group, 207-244-4012; Barbara Royal, Executive Director, Open Door Recovery Center, Ellsworth, Maine 207-667-3210
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Common Health (Special) 4/30/08
April 30th, 2008, Comments Off
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Women’s Health
What are the major health concerns of women? What are the risk factors? What can people learn by attending the Women’s Health Conference in Belfast on May 17th, or by visiting www.midcoastwomenshealth.com?
Guests: Betsy Doherty, Support Network for Women Heart; Tim Hagney, ND, Naturopath; Judith Simpson, Adj. Prof. of Psychology, Unity College [...]
