For the Love of Health

Food can play a critical role in someone's health, especially in managing a chronic illness. One approach is helping patients eat better and stay healthier, and it's a concept called Food is Medicine.  The Food is Medicine program at ChristianaCare is called the Delaware Food Farmacy,  and it is changing the way that patients eat. In this week's episode of For the Love of Health,  M...

Lengthy emergency department wait times are nothing new. This has been a national issue since the 1980s. It's a challenge for every health system - a challenge with no easy solutions. ChristianaCare is home to America's 15th busiest ED, and in the third installment of our year-long series, "The Toughest Questions in Health Care," Dr. Kert Anzilotti, ChristianaCare Chief Medical...

Every minute that a brain is not getting blood flow during a stroke millions of neurons are dying. So, every minute, every second counts when treating a stroke patient. That is why ChristianaCare's stroke team has been on a multi-year journey of exploring every element, every step of the initial treatment process and the amount of time it takes to get a patient from coming in the door to gett...

Health care providers have a lot of information on their patients - medical histories, demographics, identity and financial data. That means those providers have a responsibility to appropriately use and protect patient data. In the second installment of our year-long series, "The Toughest Questions in Health Care," Dr. Ed Ewen, Director of Clinical Data and Analytics for ChristianaCare,...

According to the World Health Organization, worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975. Obesity is a serious and chronic health condition.  Weight management can be complicated. It's not always just about willpower and poor food choices. This week Drs. Caitlin Halbert and Lisa Breslow join us for a frank and enlightening discussion of obesity and the immense but important journey toward...

This past week the FDA for the first time approved use of a gene editing-based therapy. The new treatment is for people with Sickle Cell Disease. Gene editing has the potential to transform so many areas of medicine. ChristianaCare's Gene Editing Institute is the only institute of its kind in the nation at a community-based health system, which has led GEI to take a unique approach to gene ed...

"Reach out and touch someone" is more than a vintage AT&T jingle, it can also be the secret to addressing pain, anxiety, stress, nausea and more. Healing Touch is a heavily researched form of energy therapy that can bring relief and comfort to patients and caregivers alike. Stacy Noel, Nursing Integrative Care Nurse Manager, joins us for this episode to share the benefits and opportu...

Especially due to the pandemic, most of us have had at least one telemedicine interaction - maybe sitting at home talking to a clinician via smartphone app when you have a fever or sore throat. But virtual interactions can now also be part of your care when you're actually in the hospital. In this episode discover how virtual nursing is making acute care more efficient and effective. Michelle...

The average person's heart will beat more than 2.5 billion times during their life. As we age the possibility of developing an irregular heartbeat - arrhythmia - increase. Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) is the most common type of arrhythmia. In this episode Dr. Kevin Tsai, a cardiac electrophysiologist with ChristianaCare's Center for Heart and Vascular Health, tells us about how treating AF...

Working in health care is certainly rewarding, but it can also be challenging mentally and emotionally. That's what makes caring for the caregiver such an important part of how health care organizations support their staff. In this episode we're joined by Katie Godfrey, a psychologist and director of ChristianaCare's Center for Worklife Wellbeing. We dive into the mental stressors h...

Parenthood can be one of life's most rewarding, challenging and varied experiences. As children grow up, parents usually play less of a role in their lives. But that is not necessarily the case for parents of children with special health care needs. Many of them face the daunting responsibility of perpetual parenthood. In this week's episode, Dr. Charmaine Wright, medical director of Chr...

Hearing the term "sports medicine" likely conjures up images of professional football players limping off the field, amateur boxers sitting in ice baths or tennis players holding their elbow. But you could also picture a dancer dealing with painful swelling in her ankle tendons. Today's episode leaps into the world of treating dancers and figure skaters with Dr. Elizabeth Barchi, a...

Health care is about more than broken bones and blood pressure readings.  Starting June 29, join hosts Michael Chesney and Megan McGuriman every other Thursday for engaging conversations about fascinating treatments, innovative programs, groundbreaking research and cutting-edge technology.  Learn how medical experts are creating health today and delivering the care of tomorrow.  Subscribe now, and...