Health Care

Health Matters: Eye Health

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000

Airs Thursday, May 23 at 6 p.m. May is Healthy Vision Month. Join us this Thursday at 6 p.m. for Health Matters. Dr. James E. Lusk of Lusk Eye Specialists in Shreveport, will be our guest to discuss Eye Health and take your questions at 1-800-552-8502.

Intelligence Squared US: Ration End of Life Care

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000

Airs Sunday, May 12 at 6 p.m. Just because we can extend life, should we? The U.S. is expected to spend $2.8 trillion on health care in 2012. Medicare alone will cost taxpayers $590 billion, with over 25% going toward patients in their last year of life. If health care is a scarce resource, limited by its availability and our ability to pay for it, should government step in to ration care, deciding whose life is worth saving? In other words, how much is an extra month of life worth? The debaters are Dr. Art Kellermann, Peter Singer, Sally Pipes, and Ken Connor.

Health Matters: Anxiety Disorders with Katie Garcia

Kermit Poling — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000

Aired Thursday, May 9 at 6 p.m. Listen again to Health Matters as Kermit Poling welcomes Katie Garcia, Clinical Director of the Center for Families in Shreveport. They discussed anxiety disorders and increased anxiety in a changing world.

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Shreveport experts respond to health care ruling

Kate Archer Kent — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:17:53 +0000

LSU Health Shreveport Chancellor Dr. Robert Barish says the teaching hospital's mission will be enhanced under the Supreme Court's landmark decision to uphold nearly all of the health care reform law. Nurse practitioner Kathryn Arterberry, a nursing professor at Northwestern State, says she expect more people will seek out preventative care. She hopes her profession can meet the need. Shreveport attorney Larry Pettiette anticipates a wave of new litigation as the health care industry tries to parse the law and apply it to the business side.

McDonald: Reflections on Good Fortunes

Archie McDonald, Ph.D. — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:35:00 +0000

Commentator Archie McDonald reflects on modern science and his own good fortunes