Healthy Options Special 11/29/12

Producer/Host: Cynthia Swan

Program Topic: Vitamin C

Key Discussion Points:
a) What is Vitamin C and why does the body need it?
b) How much Vitamin C does one need to achieve optimal health?
c) What does the body do with the Vitamin C?
d) Can one overdose on Vitamin C?
e) What is the best kind of Vitamin C for the body?
f) Uses of Vitamin C in infectious disease and chronic disease

Guest: Suzanne Humphries, M.D. drsuzanne.net

Call In Program: No

*Health-related programming on WERU is not meant to be taken as medical advice. Please consult with your health care provider if you have any questions or concerns*

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Healthy Options 11/7/12

Host: Andree Bella
Engineer: Joel Mann

Program Topic: Sudama Mark Kennedy: Intuitive Healer and Musician
Key Discussion Points:
a) How is healing and the electromagnetic model (energetic/spiritual healing work) different from the chemical model (allopathic medicine and pharmaceuticals)?
b) What is the art of vibrational healing, or sound healing, or kirtan?
c) What is the future of medicine? Will we be moving deeper into pharmaceutical culture or health by realization?
Guest: Sudama Mark Kennedy

Call In Program: yes

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Healthy Options 10/3/12

Host: Cynthia Swan
Engineer: Joel Mann

Program Topic: Archetypal Dreaming and Emotional Health
a) What is Archetypal Dreaming and how does it help on in their life?
b) Discussion of Jungian terms: archetypes, anima/animus, ego
c) Discussion of past life trauma and the guests book, “Flesh On the Bone”

Guests:
Marc Bregman & Christa Lancaster, authors and owners of North of Eden

North of Eden www.northofeden.com/

About Archetypal Dreamwork. North of Eden Retreat Center 751 Page Road, Lowell, Vermont 05847. North of Eden 26 Loomis Street, Montpelier, Vermont …

Call In Program: yes

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Healthy Options 9/5/12

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman, L.Ac
Co-producer: Petra Hall
Engineer: Joel Mann

“The Eyes Have It!”
Program Topic: Natural Eye Health and Holistic Vision Care

Key Discussion Points:
What is natural eye health and holistic vision care?
What are some exercises that we can do at home to maintain and improve healthy vision?
What nutritional supplements and foods help with healthy vision?
What is the connection between eyesight and the brain?
How does stress affect our vision?
How does vision affect our ability to learn?
How does vision affect the whole body?

Guest:
Rosemary Gaddum Gordon, D.B.O., M.A.

Home


207-439-9821

Call In Program: No

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Healthy Options 8/1/12

Host: Andree Bella
Engineer: Amy Browne
Issue: Health/Violence
Program Topic: “Violence: Our Deadly Epidemic and Its Causes”
Key Discussion Points:
What causes violence?
How does our shame culture help to increase violence?
What can we do to prevent violence in our culture?

Guest:
Dr. James Gilligan, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, New York University

Call In Program: no

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Healthy Options Special 7/11/12

Host/Producer: Rhonda Feiman, L.Ac
Co-producer: Petra Hall
Engineer: Amy Browne

Healthy Options Special: Lyme Disease and Co-Infections: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies
(follow-up to Healthy Options 6/6/12 program on Lyme disease)

*What strategies should we use to protect ourselves from ticks?
*What are the signs and symptoms of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases?
*What is the value and limitations of blood testing for these illness?
*What is a clinical diagnosis for Lyme and co-infections?
*What is a treatment strategy for early stages of Lyme and co-infections?
*What is a treatment strategy for late stage Lyme and co-infections?

Guests:
A) Dr. Beatrice M. Szantyr is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the American College of Physicians, and is board certified in both internal medicine and pediatrics. She currently participates on the State of Maine Vector-borne Disease Work Group, and is a member of the Maine Medical Association and the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS). Dr. Szantyr has lectured on Lyme disease and related tick-borne disorders, to professional and community groups throughout New England, and has given testimony before the Maine Legislature concerning Lyme disease in the State of Maine.

B) Constance “Happy” Dickey, RN is a founding member and board member of MaineLyme, a newly formed non-profit dedicated to awareness and prevention through education and advocacy. She facilitates support groups for people with Lyme, both in-person in Maine, and online, and she is also an advocate for patients with Lyme disease. She has traveled extensively with Dr. Szantyr, educating medical personnel -and the public- about Lyme disease.

WEBSITES:
MaineLyme
www.mainelyme.org
Lyme Disease Association (includes great illustrations of ticks, rashes, how to pull out a tick, and much more)
www.lymediseaseassociation.org
ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society)
www.ilads.org
Lymedisease.org (Formerly CALDA)
www.lymedisease.org/
Tick Encounter Resource Center
www.tickencounter.org/

Call In Program: No

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Healthy Options 7/4/12

Host: Cynthia Swan
Studio Engineers: Joel Mann & Amy Browne

Program Topic: Natural Medicine Survivor Guide

Key Discussion Points:
a) Emergency Remedies in your kitchen for cuts and burns
b) What to take to remove toxic metals from your system
c) A home-made mosquito repellant that really works and it’s NOT citronella
d) How to make Dr. Richard Schultz powerful Medicine Broth
e) Co-Q 10- eggs, brain food

Guest:
Gwen Scott, ND website: www.gwenscottnd.com

Call In Program: NO, pre-recorded due to holiday

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