Health Talk

Health Talk is a weekly informational show produced by Pikeville Medical Center to highlight healthcare issues.

Recent Audio Programs

Health Talk: Dr. Ramos - Bariatric Surgery (08/21/2009)
Carol discusses PMC's new Bariatric Surgery Program

Health Talk: Remote Area Medical (RAM) (08/21/2009)
Carol discusses Remote Area Medical with Dr. Bill Harris, County Judge Executive Wayne T. Rutherford and Carol Napier

Health Talk: PMC's Stress Lab (08/21/2009)
Carol discusses the PMC Stress Lab

Health Talk: Cardiac Cath Lab - Johnny Webb (08/21/2009)
Carol discusses the Cardiac Catheterization lab with lab supervisor Johnny Webb.

HealthTalk: Heart Attacks! (06/30/2009)
Carol Casebolt interviews PMC Cardiologist Dr. Jose L. Velazquez about heart attacks, risk factors and how to reduce your chances of dying from a heart attack!

HealthTalk: Heart Failure (06/26/2009)
Carol speaks with PMC Nurse Practitioner Leslie Maynard and PMC Cardiologist Dr. Jose L. Velazquez about Heart Failure and the Heart Institute's Coumadin Clinic

Health Talk: Women and Heart Disease (10/16/2008)
Carol Casebolt and Dr. Toledo discuss Heart Disease In Women

Healthtalk: Stroke Awareness (06/04/2008)
Host Carol Casebolt discusses Pikeville Medical Center's new Stroke Center

Health Talk: Pharmacy (01/04/2008)
Carol Casebolt discusses the PMC Pharmacy with its director, Roy Reasor

Health Talk: Neurosurgery (01/01/2008)
Carol Casebolt discusses Neurosurgery with surgeon Dr. Norman Mayer.

Healthtalk: Relay for Life (03/15/2007)
Relay for Life

Healthtalk: Family Practice Clinic (02/08/2007)
Willena Moore discusses the Family Practice Clinic

Healthtalk: Outpatient Rehabilitation (01/25/2007)
Outpatient Rehabilitation

Healthtalk: Outpatient Rehabilitation (01/18/2007)
Outpatient Rehabilitation

HealthTalk: Rehabilitation Services (01/04/2007)
Rehabilitation Services

Healthtalk: Infection Control (10/12/2006)
Janie Hall and Penny Stratton discuss Infection Control.

HealthTalk: Habitat for Humanity Women Build (09/14/2006)
Carol discusess the Habitat for Humanity's Women Build program with Debbie Murphy, Karen Smiuth and Julie Clark,

HealthTalk: The Fountain of Hope (09/07/2006)
Kenny Bentley, Dr. William Fannin and Nell Johnson discuss PMC's Fountain of Hope, the medical detoxification unit, alcoholism and drug addiction.

HealthTalk: PMC's Volunteer Services (07/20/2006)
Dana King, Jeanette Conn and Wilena Moore discuss PMC's Volunteer Services

HealthTalk: Wound Care Center - Hyparbaric Oxygen Therapy (07/13/2006)
Austin Day of Curative Services and director of PMC's Wound Care Center discusses the center and PMC's new hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

HealthTalk: Addiction Services (07/06/2006)
Nell Johnson, Director of PMC's Addiction Services and Clinical Psychologist Brad Adkins, Ph.D., discuss PMC's Medical Detox and Adolescent Addiction Program.

HealthTalk: The Medical Leader (06/29/2006)
Mark Grayson, Sheldon Compton, Jarrid Deaton and Justin Mullins discuss the Medical Leader

HealthTalk: Habitat for Humanity (06/09/2006)
Andrew Dinsmore and Jim Brown discuss Habitat for Humanity projects in Pike County.

HealthTalk: Outpatient Rehabilitation (03/16/2006)
Outpatient Co-directors Judy Stevens and Linda Derosset discuss PMC's Outpatient Rehabilitation Services

HealthTalk: Inpatient Rehabilitation IV (02/16/2006)
Physical Therapist Sabrina Martin, Occupational Therapist Rachelle Glass, Speech Therapist Madelyn Allen, and Case Manager Lora Cook discuss PMC's Inpatient Rehabilitatation Hospital

Healthtalk: Inpatient Rehabilitation III (02/02/2006)
Dr. Scott Akers, medical director of PMC's Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital joins Carol Casebolt to discuss the Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital.

HealthTalk: Inpatient Rehabilitation II (01/26/2006)
Dr. Scott Akers, medical director of PMC's Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital discusses the hospital.

HealthTalk: PMC's Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital (01/19/2006)
Inpatient Rehab Hospital Director Clay Clement and Case Manager Lora Cook, R.N. discuss Pikeville Medical Center's Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital

HealthTalk: The New Outpatient Diagnostic Center featuring Open Stand-Up MRI and Lab Draw Station (01/12/2006)
Special Procedures Technologist Melissa Smith and Phlebotomist Supervisor Maudie May discuss the Outpatient Diagnostic Center's Open Stand-Up MRI and the Lab Draw Station

HealthTalk: Pediatrics and the Pediatric Sleep Center (12/29/2005)
Dr. Jyothi (Jody) Mettu discusses Pediatrics and the new Pediatric Sleep Center

HealthTalk: NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) (12/22/2005)
Brenda Chapman and Carol Casebolt discuss Pikeville Medical Center's NICU

HealthTalk: Pediatrics (12/15/2005)
Brenda Chapman, Director of Women's Services, Sheila Belcher, Nursing Director and Kathy Adkins, Public Relations talk about Pikeville Medical Center's pediatrics program, womens' services and births at PMC.

Health Talk: Home Health and the Wound Care Center® (11/17/2005)
Home Health Director Betty Conley, Rudy Little and Wound Care Center® Director Austin Day Discuss how Home Health and the Wound Care Center® work together to benefit our patients.

Health Talk: Home Health Services (11/10/2005)
Home Health Director Betty Conley and R.N. Terri Walker discuss PMC Home Health Services

Health Talk: Breast Cancer II (10/20/2005)
Sandy Ramsey talks about her fight against breast cancer.

Health Talk: Radiation Oncology (10/13/2005)
Dr. Brad Collett discusses radiation oncology.

Health Talk: Breast Cancer Awareness (10/06/2005)
Leonard Lawson Cancer Center Director Kathy Khoshreza and Tammy Conley discuss Breast Cancer

HealthTalk: Patient Satisfaction (09/22/2005)
PMC Chief Operating Officer Debbie Puckett discusses PMC's Patient Satisfaction Ratings.