Health Talk is a weekly look at a health care topic important to you. Every week host Lorell LaBoube examines a healthcare issue with a medical professional and takes listener phone calls.
Health Talk is sponsored by:
• Fresenius Medical Care and Midwest Nephrology Consultants, with 13 clinics and offices throughout the Kansas City metro area. For more information call (816)517-2159.
• The Center for Practical Bioethics, raising and responding to ethical issues in health and healthcare for 25 years. For more information on the Center and its programs, go to www.practicalbioethics.org.
Health Talk is hosted by Lorell R. LaBoube, a medical public relations professional in Kansas City since 1984. LaBoube hosted 400 episodes of Health Talk during the 1990s as director of public affairs for the Metropolitan Medical Society. He is currently director of communications for the Center for Practical Bioethics.
LaBoube is also part of the team for high school sports broadcasts on 610 Sports.
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Brain Tumors
Michael Salacz, MD
Track 1
Track 2
Kelvin Walls, MD
Ear, Nose and Throat Conditions
Track 1
Track 2
Home Healthcare
Alice Moore, Blessed Trinity Home Healthcare
Larry Franklin
Track 1
Track 2
Advance Directives: John Carney, Center for Practical Bioethics, Ed Kraemer, MD part 1 part 2
Diabetes: Gregg Laiben, MD, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
Jennifer Miller, Kansas City Chapter, American Diabetes Association
Carla Jenkins part 1
part 2
Organ Transplants: Ray Gabel, Midwest Transplant Network part 1
part 2
Arthritis: Mark Box, MD, St. Joseph Medical Center part 1
part 2
Kidney Disease: Harriet Langley, MD and Shellie Munch, Fresenius Medical Care part 1
part 2
Breast Cancer – Amie Jew, MD, Menorah Medical Center; Barbara Campbell, breast cancer survivor breast cancer part 1
breast cancer part 2
Diabetes -- Elizabeth Dang, MD, Menorah Medical Center diabetes part 1
diabetes part 2
Healthcare Reform – Myra Christopher, Center for Practical Bioethics; John Sheldon, MD, Metropolitan Medical Society; Steven Bledsoe, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Kansas City healthcare reform part 1
healthcare reform part 2
Women and Heart Disease – Tracey Stevens, MD and Marcia McCoy, RN, Muriel I. Kauffman Women’s Heart Center at Saint Luke’s Hospital women and heart disease part 1
women and heart disease part 2
H1N1, Rex Archer, MD, Kansas City Health Department; Chris Harrison, MD, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
H1N1 pt 1
H1N1 pt 2
H1N1 pt 3
Kidney Disease, Robert Golder, MD, Midwest Nephrology Consultants; Julie Belcher, RN, Fresenius Medical Care
Kidney Disease pt 1
Kidney Disease pt 2
Vascular Disease, Joe Cates, MD, Research Medical Center Vascular Disease pt 1
Vascular Disease pt 2
Vascular Disease pt 3
Prostate Cancer
Brant Thrasher, MD, University of Kansas Hospital
Rusty James, Prostate Cancer Survivor
Part One
Part Two
Bioethics
Glenn McGee, PhD
Center for Practical Bioethics
Part One
Part Two
Heart Disease
Tony Zink, MD
Mid America Heart Institute
