This week on Your Health Radio, Adam and guest co-host Laurel Sisler, MSW, LCSWA, have an exciting conversation with Dr. Benjamin Sommers, assistant professor of health policy and economics at the Harvard School of Public Health. The theme of the conversation is The Price of Healthcare: Rising Premiums for the Affordable Care Act.

Please tune in! The show will air:

WCHL 97.9FM
• Saturday, August 6,  at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Sunday, August 7, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Monday, August 8, at 6 and 10 p.m.

KKAG Retro Radio 88.7 FM
• Sunday, August 7, at 7 a.m.

Listen to the show!

https://uncyourhealth.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/your-health_synd-sommers_web-revised.mp3

• Research that Matters (min 0-10:13) Zika virus and timing conception during low mosquito activity; Diabetes prevention programs; ADHD medications and effect on risky behaviors; Toxins in electronic cigarette vapor.
• Conversations with Dr. Benjamin Sommers (min 10:36-31:35)
• House Calls (min 30:28-40:00) Stomach feels better after cutting back on pain medications; Doctor recommends bariatric surgery for weight loss; Diabetes medications and weight loss to control blood sugar.

• Research that Matters
  • Zika and timing conception
    • News Item
    • Free full text article
  • Diabetes prevention programs
    • News Item
    • Free full text article
  • ADHD medication and decrease in risky behavior
    • News Item
  • E-cigarettes and harmful emissions
    • News Item
    • Abstract
• Conversations with Dr. Benjamin Sommers
  • Dr. Sommers’ article, “Obamacare’s Skyrocketing Premiums? Why the Sky Isn’t Falling”
  • Open enrollment for the ACA
  • Read the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
• House Calls
  • Chronic pain treatment and addiction
  • Weight loss surgery
  • Health benefits of weight loss