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This month for Healthy Happy Hour, Dr. Amit Jain is our featured presenter. He is telling us hoe hematology and oncology are being used to fight breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women—about 270,000 women are diagnosed each year, accounting for approximately 30% of all cancer cases, according to…
Mind Your Body & Soul: The Healthy Podcast Season 2 Episode 20“Breast Cancer AwarenessDr. Karen Russell“ Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women—about 270,000 women are diagnosed each year, accounting for approximately 30% of all cancer cases, according to the American Cancer Society. Although it happens much less often, men can…
Mind Your Body & Soul: The Healthy Podcast Season 2 Episode 19“Breast Cancer Awareness in 2021Featuring Shelby Blank, M.D.“ Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women—about 270,000 women are diagnosed each year, accounting for approximately 30% of all cancer cases, according to the American Cancer Society. Although it happens much less…
Mind Your Body & Soul: The Healthy Podcast Season 2 Episode 18“Understanding & Treating Gynecological CancersFeaturing Dr. Amanda Stephens“ Gynecologic cancer is any cancer that starts in a woman’s reproductive organs. Cancer is always named for the part of the body where it starts. Gynecologic cancers begin in different places within a woman’s pelvis, which…
Karen Strange, the Library Special Services Coordinator for Literacy LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library was this month’s guest for Healthy Happy Hour. Karen Strange works as the Library Special Services Coordinator for Literacy at the LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library. In her 15 years of working at the library, Karen has trained hundreds…
Mind Your Body & Soul: The Healthy Podcast Season 2 Episode 17“Ovarian Cancer Awareness MonthFeaturing Andrea K. Friall, M.D.“ September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Ovarian cancer is a group of diseases that originates in the ovaries, or in the related areas of the fallopian tubes and the peritoneum. Women have two ovaries that are…
Mind Your Body & Soul: The Healthy Podcast Season 2 Episode 16“When Healthcare Meets TechnologyOgechika Alozie, MD“ How can health information technology can improve healthcare? Ogechika Alozie (MD MPH FACP AAHIVS) is a graduate of the University of Minnesota’s Infectious Diseases fellowship. Prior to this, he received his medical degree from the University of Benin…
Leon county School Health Nurse Sasha Wright, RN, is a graduate of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University where she completed her Bachelor of Science in nursing followed by a preceptorship in the diabetic unit at the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Sasha also completed undergraduate studies at the University of South Florida and gained experience in…
Mind Your Body & Soul: The Healthy Podcast Season 2 Episode 15“Big Bend Cares CEO Rob Renzi Interview“ Big Bend Cares provides assistance to people living with HIV and conducts HIV prevention and education programs to the general community. Big Bend Cares is the only AIDS Service Organization (ASO) in the eight counties of Area…
Mind Your Body & Soul: The Healthy Podcast Season 2 Episode 14“HIV AIDS Prevention In The Big BendMelissa Walton Interview“ Melissa Walton has worked in HIV AIDS Prevention for the past 20 years. Melissa began her professional career when she joined Big Bend Cares in 1992. She is currently a supervisor of fifteen staff who…