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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This week on HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers, a professor emeritus in the University of Tennessee College of Nursing, and Michele Johnson, the co-founder and executive director of the Tennessee Justice Center, discuss potential funding cuts to Medicaid and how that may impact TennCare and Tennesseans. -
This week on HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers, a professor emeritus in the University of Tennessee College of Nursing, talks with Dr. Patrick Plyler, a professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, about hearing aids.
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This week on HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers, a professor emeritus in the University of Tennessee College of Nursing, talks with Dr. Megan Edwards, the public health officer of the Knox County Health Department, about measles.
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On HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers, a professor emeritus in the University of Tennessee College of Nursing, talks to Sarah Delpy from Special Growers.
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HealthConnections Dr. Carole Myers from the University of Tennessee College of Nursing talks with Sarah Sampson, executive director of the Tennessee Disability Coalition.
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On HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers from the University of Tennessee speaks with Brian Straessle of the Sycamore Institute about ties between health and housing.
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On HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers talks with Dr. Matt Harris with the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee about TennCare.
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Dr. Carole Myers, with the UT College of Nursing, talks with Dr. Tim Williams of University General Dentists at the UT Medical Center about periodontal disease.
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On HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers, a professor emeritus in the UT College of Nursing, talks to Montana Representative Ed Buttrey about Montana's HELP Act.
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On this edition of HealthConnections, Dr. Carole Myers speaks with Senator Richard Briggs about issues being brought up in the upcoming Tennessee legislative session.
