Health Matters Podcast on Red River Radio
Thursdays at 6 p.m.
Health Matters, produced locally by Red River Radio, airs Thursdays at 6 p.m. The producer is Ranae Moran. Hosts of Health Matters include Dr. Randall Brewer, Dr. Sanford Katz, Dr. Patrick Lavo and Red River Radio General Manager Kermit Poling. Health Matters features guest physicians and health care specialists joining our hosts to bring you up-to-date information on topics that affect your health. Listeners are provided the opportunity to call in with questions or comments during the show at 1-800-552-8502 or tweet a question via Twitter @rrrpublicradio.
Latest Episodes
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Thursday, May 18, at 6 p.m. When the weather warms up, it opens up so many more opportunities to enjoy outdoor sports. To tell us how we can stay safe and prevent sports injuries in the summer, Health Matters host, Dr. Patrick Lavo, will be joined by Dr. Charles W. Webb, Director of the Division of Sports Medicine and Director, of Sports Medicine Fellowship at LSU Health, and Dr. Cory Coehoorn, Associate Professor in Exercise Physiology at LSU Health Shreveport. Questions will be taken during the show at 1-800-552-8502. -
Health Matters, May 4, 2023, at 6 p.m. It’s springtime, which can be a time of dread for those with seasonal allergies. On this episode of Health Matters, Dr. Anand Bhat, with Highland Clinic Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, will inform us about allergies, from seasonal allergies to food allergies, including a newly recognized major food allergen. He’ll also tell us about the latest allergy tests and treatments that can help improve the quality of life for allergy sufferers. Questions will be taken during the show at 1-800-552-8502. -
Thursday, April 27 at 6 p.m. Host Jenny Gregorio will be joined by Peri Gilbert-Reed with Shreveport Counseling and Restoration Center to talk about the benefits of Eye Movement and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy for recovering from trauma and other life experiences and Play/Sand Tray Therapy. Questions will be taken during the show at 1-800-552-8502. -
Wendy Coker, Assistant Director of the Deaf Action Center in Shreveport, and LaToya Foster, Independent Living Specialist with New Horizons Independent Living Center, will join our host, Jenny Gregorio, LMSW, to talk about services available for the deaf and hard of hearing community. Questions will be taken at 1-800-552-8502.
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Health Matters, March 3, 2022. Ranae Moran hosts this episode of Health Matters to talk about kidney health. One in seven American adults are estimated to have chronic kidney disease, and most may not know that their kidneys are in decline. To tell us more about issues affecting the kidneys and why we should pay attention to our kidney health, Moran is joined by Dr. Srijan Tandukar, transplant nephrologist with the John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center at Willis Knighton in Shreveport, and Dr. Thomas Siskron, urologist at Signature Urology with Willis Knighton Health System and Assistant Professor of Urology at LSU Health Shreveport.
