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Tune in to Health Matters, a show dedicated to healthy living. Episodes feature interviews with medical professionals, health screening information and healthy cooking tips. Your hosts are Bret Berigan and Kathleen Grueneberg of Christian Hospital.
Health Matters airs daily at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Charter Communications Florissant City Government Access Channel 10 throughout north St. Louis County. (Programming subject to change due to City Council broadcasts.)
Health Matters also can be seen at 10:30 p.m. Mondays throughout St. Louis County and in parts of Madison County and Jersey County in Illinois on Charter Communications Regional Access Channel 18 and on AT&T U-verse channel 99.
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September 2009 >
Episode highlights
- Celebrate Northwest HealthCare’s fifth anniversary with a behind-the-scenes tour of the CT and MRI scanners, Sleep Lab, Breathing and Asthma Center and Diabetes Busters Mobile Unit.
- Dietitian and diabetes educator Michelle Preston teaches a recipe for a healthy and delicious veggie sandwich using edamame.
August 2009 >
Episode highlights:
- During a heart attack, time is off the essence; learn how Christian Hospital treats heart attack patients faster with the HeartWatch team
- Meet Ron McMullen, president of Christian Hospital
- Dietitian and diabetes educator Michelle Preston demonstrates how to make an inexpensive, low-calorie mocha coffee
June 2009 >
Episode highlights:
- Vascular programs, which treat diseases of the blood vessels (such as PAD - Peripheral Artery Disease) are discussed
- You'll meet a nurse navigator, who assists patients in the Center for Advanced Pulmonary Medicine receive their series of treatments
March 2009 >
Episode highlights:
- The March episode of Health Matters features two exciting, new medical procedures -- endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and electromagnetic navigation -- that diagnose damaged tissue found in hard-to-reach parts of the chest without surgery
- Learn how a recent national survey ranked Northwest HealthCare number one in customer satisfaction
- Dietitian Michelle Preston of the Christian Hospital Diabetes Institute shows how to make an easy and healthy chicken dish
February 2009 >
Episode highlights:
- This episode features stories on the Center for Senior Renewal and Village North Retirement Community
- Dietitian Michelle Preston of the Christian Hospital Diabetes Institute shows how to make a quick and healthy breakfast
