HealthConnections
Every Other Tuesday during Morning Edition and All Things Considered
The brainchild of University of Tennessee Nursing professor emerita Dr. Carole R. Myers, HealthConnections examines the intersections between people, health, and policy.
What constitutes health? What does it mean to have or lack access to healthcare services? What are our most vexing health and healthcare challenges and how are they influenced by public policies?
In this biweekly series, Dr. Myers and her guests sort through these issues and more, giving you tools for understanding what you hear on the news and for separating fact from fiction in the healthcare debate.
If you have questions, comments or topic suggestions, reach out to Dr. Myers via email.
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Dr. Carole Myers and State Senator Richard Briggs discuss key health issues in Tennessee, ahead of the 2026 Tennessee Legislative Session. This episode is part 2, of a two-part discussion. -
Dr. Carole Myers and State Senator Richard Briggs discuss key health issues in Tennessee, ahead of the 2026 Tennessee Legislative Session.
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Dr. Carole Myers speaks with Michael Collins about whippets - small steel canisters found in whipped cream dispensers that contain nitrous oxide, which are being used to get high.
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Dr. Carole Myers and Jeremy Kourvelas, Substance Abuse Coordinator for the Smart Policy Network at the University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service, discuss Tennessee's progress in reducing overdose deaths.
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Welcome to Health Connections. The show about people health and policy. I'm Dr Carol Myers. Access to quality, cost effective mental health care is a challenge even for people with insurance. The challenges faced by people with no insurance or not enough insurance are compounded and living in a rural area with a limited number of available providers exacerbates all these problems today. Ben Harrington, the CEO of the Mental Health Association of East Tennessee, is here to discuss access to mental health services.
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On this edition of HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers talks with Dr. Sue Hamilton, the director emerita of the UT Gardens. The focus is on how gardening can cultivate better mental health.
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Dr. Carole Myers speaks with Michael Collins, a CPA and patient advocate about, about advocacy, including acting on behalf of individuals to address health care, social services, and legal matters.
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This week on HealthConnections, part 2 of Dr. Carole Myers' interview with Gordon Bonnyman, from the Tennessee Justice Center, on effects of the Big Beautiful Bill on Tennessee healthcare.
