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Upcoming topics to be discussed on health talk
Posted on 06/27/2010
NORWALK Norwalk Hospital's Health Talk TV show broadcasts on Cablevision Local Programming Channel 84, each evening at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., according to a news release. The show is hosted by Dr. Eric Mazur of Weston, vice president and chief medical officer at Norwalk Hospital, and Dr. Andrea Peterson of Fairfield, hospitalist, Department of Medicine. Health topics are featured each week on the show and the guests include local physicians and health professionals as well as patients who are willing to share their personal stories. The objective of the show is to promote wellness in the community, preventive medicine and early detection of disease by offering health education. Medication safety will be discussed with Robert Bepko, R.Ph., director of corporate pharmacy services at Norwalk Hospital, during the show that airs the week of June 27. Bepko will discuss traveling with medications, emphasizing how important it is, when traveling by air, to keep medications in the carry-on bag rather than in your luggage. In the second segment of the show, he will discuss specific medications and sun sensitivity. The show that will air during the week of July 4 will include an interview with Dr. Yoni Barnhard regarding his trip to Tanzania. Drs. Mazur and Peterson said that this is "a very inspiring show" about Norwalk Hospital's Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology's experience in Tanzania. The prevention and treatment of stroke will be the topic of the Health Talk show aired during the week of July 11. It will feature the members of the stroke response team at Norwalk Hospital including Dr. Daryl Story, neurologist with Neurology Associates of Norwalk, Dr. Edward Eisenberg, an emergency department physician, Mary Galasinski, RN and Kate Melanson, RN, nurses with the Stroke Center at Norwalk Hospital, as well as an inspiring patient. Dr. Charles Adelmann, a gastroenterologist with Soundview Medical Associates, and a patient will be the featured guests on Health Talk during the week of July 18th. This show will focus on GERD or heartburn as well as esophageal function testing. Dr. Adelmann will provide advice on when you should seek help if you suffer from heartburn. To suggest a health topic to be discussed on Health Talk or ask a health question to the doctors on the show, e-mail healthtalk@norwalkhealth.org.
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