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This episode of HealthConnections discusses vaccines to help prevent another triple pandemic as the winter approaches and thus the rise of influenza, COVID-19 and RSV. Dr. Carole Myers, a professor emeritus in the University of Tennessee College of Nursing, talks with Dr. Megan Edwards, a public health officer of the Knox County Health Department.

Other than skin cancer, breast cancer is the leading cancer among women in the United States. Breast cancer accounts for 30% of all female cancers. Dr. Carole Myers, a professor emeritus in the University of Tennessee College of Nursing, talks with Dr. John Bell, the director of the University of Tennessee Medical Center of Cancer Institute, to profile breast cancer in women in the United States and to help with better understanding trends in the occurrence of the disease and treatment.

Dr. Carole Myers, a professor emeritus in the University of Tennessee College of Nursing, talks to Mandy Spears, deputy director of the Sycamore Institute, an independent, nonpartisan public policy research center for Tennessee, about information around the increase of suicide rates and poor mental health among children and teens.

This week on HealthConnections, a look at issues that may arise during the next Tennessee General Assembly. Dr. Carole Myers, a professor emeritus in the University of Tennessee College of Nursing, talks with state senator and physician, Dr. Richard Briggs, about Medicaid expansion, gun control and mental health. Today's episode is part 1 of the conversation.

Gun violence is a wicked problem. Wicked problems are difficult, maybe impossible, to solve. This is because wicked problems are complex, dynamic, and generally symptoms of other problems. Wicked problems are characterized by different stakeholders representing radically different perspectives and wicked problems are dynamic, not stable or static. In this episode Dr. Carole R. Myers and Dr. Katrina Green, a board-certified emergency physician, discuss approaches to addressing gun violence.

This week on HealthConnections is the second part to the conversation with Senator Dr. Richard Briggs. Dr. Carole Myers, a professor emeritus in the University of Tennessee College of Nursing, talks with state senator and physician, Dr. Richard Briggs, about Juul settlement funds and disparities in rural healthcare assess.

Addiction is a highly stigmatized disease. Stigma has troubling and sometimes lethal implications. On this episode of HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers, a professor emeritus in the University of Tennessee College of Nursing, is joined by Karen Pershing, the immediate past Knoxville Metro Drug Coalition Executive Director. She recently transitioned to serving as the Development Director for the MDC.

In this episode Dr. Carole R. Myers and Martin Vargas, Executive Director of St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic discuss access to health care services and health challenges faced by rural Tennesseans, alternative ways of providing care to underserved communities, and recommendations for improving access to health care services, and closing the gap on relatively poor health outcomes.

Caregivers of adults are present with unique challenges in the United States. This week on HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers, a professor emeritus in the University of Tennessee College of Nursing, talks to Dr. Joel Anderson, a faculty member and researcher at the UT College of Nursing, about the demographics that make up caregivers and ways to better support caregivers.

Yes, it is 2024 and we are still reviewing lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. An intriguing finding is that connecting with nature enabled people to cope with pandemic stress. Dr. Carole Myers talks with Dr. Derrick Stowell, who directs horticultural therapy programs for the UT-Knoxville Gardens. Horticultural therapy is one way to connect with nature.