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Healing comes in many forms, and some of them are culture-bound. Traditional healing practices and remedies may not have rigorous science undergirding them, since the nation’s investment in medical research has gone mostly to high tech and pharmaceutical interventions. 

Public health nurse and HealthCetera Co-Director Barbara Glickstein, explores traditional healing practices among Mexican-Americans with Carolyn Ortiz, Associate Professor of Holistic Nursing at Pacific College of Health and Science. Carolyn Ortiz grew up in a bicultural and bilingual household on the border of Mexico and South Texas. She learned a great deal about traditional healing practices of Mexican-American women- especially from her grandmother. It has informed her research as a doctoral candidate in nursing at Villanova University’s M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing.

This interview first aired on HealthCetera in the Catskills on WIOX Radio on June 9, 2021.

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Primary care is comprehensive care, it’s preventive care, and it’s the care that has the potential to save the United States upwards of 65 billion dollars per year. As Louise Cohen states in this podcast episode, for every dollar the United States spends on healthcare, only 5-7 cents are put toward funding primary care. The U.S. healthcare system has long underinvested in primary care and prevention, and has instead prioritized acute care.

Several studies, such as those reviewed in Milbank Quarterly’s “Contribution of Primary Care to Health Systems and Health”, link access to primary care to premature death, with one study showing that the odds of premature death can be as much as 19% higher for adults who rely solely on specialists, rather than taking preventive measures with a primary care provider.

In this podcast, Diana Mason, registered nurse and host of this program, interviews Louise Cohen, CEO of the Primary Care Development Corporation. The Primary Care Development Corporation is the only community development financial institution dedicated to improving primary care capacity in communities and the nation, through low interest loans, technical assistance, and advocacy.

This interview was recorded on March 17th, 2021, as a part of HealthCetera in the Catskills on WIOX Radio.

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As the American population continues to live longer by the year, more people are suffering illnesses resulting from age-related changes in the brain; Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most common of these age-associated illnesses. On June 7th, 2021, Biogen’s Aducanumab (Aduhelm) was approved by the FDA to treat all stages of Alzheimer’s, nearly eighteen years after the administration approved Namenda for the disease’s severe stages. According to The Wall Street Journal, of the 6 million Americans diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, over 1 million can be eligible to take Aduhelm. So, why are so many healthcare providers, patients, and families steering clear of the Aduhelm infusion?

In this HealthCetera podcast, Barbara Glickstein, MPH, MS, RN, discusses the complexities of the FDA’s decision to approve Aduhelm with health reporter Liz Seegert, the Association for Health Care Journalists topic leader on aging. This interview follows the publication of “Alzheimer’s Drug Approved Monday by FDA Raises Questions for Journalists”, a co-authored two-part series on the Association for Health Care Journalists’ blog, written by Seegert and Tara Haelle, the medical studies core topic leader.

This interview was recorded on June 14, 2021, as a part of HealthCetera in the Catskills on WIOX radio.

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