Moray Joselyn, senior director of quality and performance improvement at SBH, discusses population health and how your health may very well depend on where you live.   Host: Steve Clark

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Episode 93: It may depend on your zip code.

Breastfeeding is the holy grail. It has many health benefits for both mother and baby. However, stark breastfeeding disparities do exist with non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic mothers breastfeeding at a lower rate than Asian and White women. Magda Ramos, SBH WIC breastfeeding coordinator debunks some myths about breastfeeding and delves into exciting resources SBH WIC offers to the Bronx community.   Video: https://youtu.be/EOqrUQ-vZ3k   Host: Faith Daniels

Episode 92: Myth Busting Breastfeeding

Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+) youth are at increased risk of poor health outcomes.  They experience disproportionate amounts of stigma, harassment and discrimination compared to their counterparts. Dr. Nadia Scott, Director of SBH's adolescent health services, discusses ways that LGBTQ+ youth can explore their sexuality safely. Video: https://youtu.be/4XifqenDGqs Resources: Family Acceptance Project:  https://familyproject.sfsu.edu/ Gay and Lesbian Medical Association: http://www.glma.org/ Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network: https://www.glsen.org/ GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders: https://www.glad.org/           Host: Faith Daniel

Episode 91: LGBTQ+ Health

SBH pediatrician Dr. Ilana Stein discusses the concerns of young patients and their parents as schools in New York City are about to re-open for in-person classes after, in many cases, more than a year and a half of remote learning. Transcript: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/d4fekk/steinpodcasttranscript.pdf   Host: Steve Clark

Episode 90: It‘s Back to School Time

Dr. Ruth Cassidy, Senior Vice President for  Clinical Support Services and Chief Pharmacy Officer at SBH, discusses medication management and the opening of new outpatient and specialty pharmacies that are now available to patients of the hospital. Transcript: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/mdzbz5/Ruth-Cassidy-Podcast-Transcript.pdf Video: https://youtu.be/OvCC5G52hw0 Host: Steve Clark

Episode 89: Managing Your Medication

The new Healthplex Fitness Center is changing the lives of people of all ages.  Albert Jovel and Daniel Bonilla, who run the medical fitness center, discuss how exercise plays such a key component.   Video: https://youtu.be/np5tD7fa0aU Host: Steve Clark

Episode 88: Fit for Life

Stress leads to anxiety, a disorder that affects 40 million Americans.  Shirley Rodriguez, a licensed clinical social worker and associate administrator director at SBH Behavioral Health, discusses stress and how to cope with it. Transcript: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3x2u2n/Coping-with-Stress.pdf Video: https://youtu.be/bQLqpV_YGc4 Host: Steve Clark

Episode 87: Coping with Stress

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

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.   Host: Steve Clark

Episode 85: The pandemic and mental health

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 84: Small Wound, Big Consequences

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 83: Rhythms of the heart

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

Episode 82: Covid-19 and the Latinx Community

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. Transcript Host: Steve Clark

Episode 81: Giving comfort to pregnant women and newborns

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: 80: Shopping Smartly

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. Host: Steve Clark

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