SBH Bronx Health Talk

Episode 86: What you need to know about the delta variant.

Dr. Ed Telzak, chair of the Department of Medicine at SBH and an infectious disease specialist, discusses the latest and most serious threat to date from the Covid-19:  the delta variant.

Video: https://youtu.be/odNtYjmF9pE

Host: Steve Clark

Episode 85: Mental Health Post-Pandemic

From a mental health perspective, the pandemic continues to claim its share of victims.  Jenna Cooper, a licensed clinical social worker and director of the child and adolescent program at SBH Behavioral Health Services, explains.

Transcript: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/fk425n/Jenna-Cooper-Podcast.pdf

Video: https://youtu.be/aF_3Qj5R21U

Host: Steve Clark

Episode 84: Small Wound, Big Consequences

Dr. Ronald McLean, director of the Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine at SBH, discusses how inconspicuous wounds can quickly turn life threatening and what can be done to treat them.

Transcript: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bjnxdt/Wound-healing-transcript.pdf

Host Steve Clark

Episode 83: Rhythms of the heart

A fluttering or racing heart may be harmless, or it could be life threatening.  Dr. Salim Baghdadi, a cardiac electrophysiologist at SBH Health System, discusses heart rhythm problems (or arrhythmias) in this episode.

Transcript: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bjc6hb/Heart-Arrhythmia.pdf

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz-L_5tR9QI

Host: Steven Clark

Episode 82: Covid-19 and the Latinx Community

Senator Gustavo Rivera hosts this special episode on the impact of the pandemic on the Latinx community with area social workers.

Video: https://youtu.be/ndXkD1PSR_Y

Transcript: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ztg3bf/Senator-Rivera-Podcast.pdf

 

Guest Host:

Gustavo Rivera
New York State Senator
Chairman of Committee on Health
33rd Senate District

Episode 81: Giving comfort to pregnant women and newborns

Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, or OMM, can relieve the pain from the body changes that come with pregnancy, and help prevent certain conditions found in newborns.  Dr. Hugh Ettlinger, chair of the Department of OMM at SBH Health System, explains in this episode.

Video: https://youtu.be/PQr7TaFg7ec

Transcript

Host: Steve Clark

Episode: 80: Shopping Smartly

SBH WIC (Women, Infants, Children) has partnered with the Perez family's C-Town, a local grocery store located in the heart of Little Italy in the Bronx, to launch a new and exciting shopping excursion program for consumers. Damian Perez, representative from the C-Town; Jose Tuma, SBH WIC Executive Director and Antonio Pina, Nutritionist at SBH WIC, provide tips on how best to shop with your WIC benefits and how to take part in the upcoming shopping excursions.

 

Host: Faith Daniels

 

To find out more about WIC, visit https://www.sbhny.org/wic

 

Episode 79: Lessons Learned During the Pandemic

Drs. Manisha Kulshreshtha and Dan Lombardi discuss what was learned in terms of treatments and what they see ahead in the battle against Covid-19.

Video: https://youtu.be/lDrtHU2xvvM

Host: Steve Clark

Episode 78: Early detection for breast cancer saves lives

In fact, the mantra, according to Dr. Bert Petersen, chief breast surgeon at SBH Health System, is early detection... early detection...early detection when it comes to protecting women against dying from breast cancer.  This has been made easier in the Bronx with the opening of the Women's Imaging Center, with 3D mammography and biopsy, at the beautiful new SBH Health and Wellness Center.

Transcript

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Host: Steve Clark

Episode 77: Colorectal Cancer is Largely Preventable.

Cancers of the colon and rectum can often be prevented with regular screenings.  Dr. Michael Polcino, Director of Colorectal Surgery at SBH Health System, discusses what you need to know about a cancer that hits communities of color particularly hard.

Transcript

Host Steve Clark