Your Family's Health

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard speaks to Sue Matthews, President of the Taylor Matthews Foundation (TMF), an organization founded by her daughter Taylor, who passed away from pediatric cancer at the age of 16. TMF has granted 1.5 million dollars to Sloan Kettering, MD Anderson Cancer Center, the National Institute of Health and Columbia University Medical Center for cancer research. Sue Mathews is co-aut...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard speaks to Marlisa Brown, a Registered Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator, Author and Chef. She has been president of Total Wellness for more than two decades. She discusses a gluten-free diet, essential for managing celiac disease and other medical conditions associated with gluten. Gluten is found in grains such as wheat, barley and rye. She discusses the difference be...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard speaks to Marc Atheim, owner and instructor at Know Yoga Know Bliss Yoga Studio in Manhasset. The studio's focus is on traditional yoga with a strong emphasis on alignment and Vinyasa. This class will benefit people physically and mentally, releasing toxins, improving flexibility, enhancing athletic performance and re-energizing the body. Listen to learn how meditation and...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard speaks to Ilan Danieli, CEO of Precipio, a specialty cancer diagnostics company. He has served as the CEO since founding the company in 2011. He discusses liquid biopsy, a non-invasive diagnostic test, that enables the health care provider to discover a range of information about a cancer through a simple blood sample. Traces of the cancer's DNA in the blood can give clues...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard and nursing student Shannon O’Shea talk with author and nutrition doctor P.K. Newby on her new book, “Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know.” PK has been studying, teaching, and inspiring health and sustainable living for 25 years with her mantra "From farm to fork, what we eat matters.” She will talk about why nutrition is confusing, and what can be done about it...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard and nursing student Shannon O’Shea talks with Anne Goodwin, who chronicles her adventures in a new award-winning book called “Come to the Lake: Reflections on a Cottage Life.” She recalls the challenges of choosing to disconnect from technology, to become more connected with self, nature, family and friends. Anne's universal message of spending quiet contemplative time with...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard and nursing student, Shannon O’Shea talk to author Edy Nathan on her latest book “It’s Grief,” which describes the complexities of grieving with steps to heal the mind and body. She suggests that depression, anxiety and even obesity can be responses to a loss and can cause a grief reaction. She discusses how grieving can be a process of learning and growing and how everyone...

Monika Otto is a Physical Therapy Assistant and Aquatic Manager at Peak Performance Physical Therapy in Lynbrook. She graduated with honors in 2013 from Nassau Community College’s PTA program. She has specialized in Aquatics as well as Gait and Balance and Vestibular therapy and is certified in Functional Movement Techniques (CFMT) as well as a Certified Kinesio Taping Practitioner (CKTP). She des...

Joan Buckley talks with Tina Wolfe and Nicole Chimento about ‘The Community Action for Social Justice (CASJ), and ‘Harm Reduction’ for drug abusers here on Long Island. CASJ operates from the perspective of acceptance first, then reducing or eliminating boundaries that separate these people from their community and become a bridge between community and government and communicate the needs of Long...

Joan Buckley from the NCC Nursing Department talks with Dr. Sanda Moldovan about ‘the mouth as the gateway to a person’s health and well-being’. Learn why certain foods are best, and learn how healing can be helped by water, light, energy, oxygen, plants and more. An award winning periodontist, she tirelessly advocates for alternatives for healing, which is the subject of her new book, ‘Heal Up! S...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard talks with Natasha Simone Alexenko about her recently written memoir, “A Survivor's Journey: From Victim to Advocate.” Natasha recounts her experience being violently assaulted in New York City in 1993. She discusses the profound impact this trauma had on her life. Natasha founded Natasha’s Justice Project in 2011. She is a consultant for the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Gerard talks with Dr. Laurie Nadel, a journalist, distinguished scholar and practicing psychotherapist, and author of “The Five Gifts” which provides insight and thought as she guides us through what we need to know about coping with life's most troubling times. The Five Gifts is an emergency 'Go-Kit', packed with information that can minimize and prevent long-term psycho-spiritua...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard discusses a cutting-edge approach to controlling pain with a non-opioid therapeutic management with Anthony Mack, who has more than 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and finance industries. Prior to founding VIRPAX in 2016, Mr. Mack founded SCILEX Pharmaceuticals and served as President and CEO. Mr. Mack explores the benefits of topical non-opioids vs. opioids; t...

Eileen Ennis discusses her children’s bereavement book, “You Wouldn’t Understand.” She is currently the Nassau Division Chair of New York State NASW. Eileen reviews how to explain death to a child, identifies significant behavioral and emotional warning signs, discusses the process and stages of grieving; and appropriate words to use when communicating with children who are grieving.

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Gerard talks with Stephen Conenna, a professional engineer and graduate of Columbia University, about his book, “Use Your Mind to Heal Your Body,” a new way to view common aches and pains. After a 15-year struggle with incapacitating back pain and unsuccessful traditional remedies, he meets the pioneer of modern mind body medicine, Dr. John Sarno, and discovers a treatment protoco...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Gerard talks with Kim B. Miller, an author, poet, mother and wife. Kim shares her life’s experience and her book, “How to Love Your Kids More Than You Hate That Man.” This discussion addresses the pain of divorcing parents, who are no longer together, however are left to raise children. Kim talks about her personal experience with divorce due to infidelity, her successful remarria...

A neurologist who’s been specializing in memory loss for more than 20 years, Dr. Gayatri Devi talks with Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard about Alzheimer’s by defining it as a spectrum disorder and how it affects different people differently. She encourages people to seek a diagnosis, because early treatment will enable doctors to manage the disease more effectively through drugs and other therapies

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Gerard talks with Joe Reynolds, Research Manager of Noble International Inc., about Biologics License Approvals. The success of these biologic drugs reflects their ability to treat major chronic diseases better than existing alternatives and with fewer side effects. At the same time, some of these biologics require patients to self-inject at home on a regular basis, using prefille...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Gerard talks with Dr. Marc Taczanowski, a Sports Chiropractor who practices in Nesconset. He has over 20 years of experience in Sports Medicine and was one of two doctors chosen to the U.S. Olympic Team in 2014 from his specialty. He works predominantly with athletes, managing injuries and improving their athletic performance. Dr. Taczanowski shares advice for effective preventati...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Gerard talks with Dian Griesel, founder of, and Chief Influencer at Silver Disobedience. During the past 30 years, Dian Griesel International has been hired by thousands of individuals and corporations as a corporate/personal strategist and confidant. Dian is also a Wilhelmina Icon model, who has appeared in numerous national magazines, newspapers and television ads as a “silver”...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Gerard talks with Marilyn McEntryre, writer, wordsmith and author of “Make a List: How a Simple Practice Can Change Our Lives and Open Hearts.” She discusses how the simple act of writing a list can create the path to personal discovery and spiritual growth. Making a list is a great way to let go of stress and anxiety, process your emotions, and connect with your true self and you...

Howard Feivelson needed a kidney transplant after years of suffering from chronic kidney disease. Miraculously, his wife, Aviva was a match. On January 4, 2018, he was given the gift of life from his wonderful wife. Tune in for a candid discussion with Howard and Avila on chronic kidney disease, where to go for testing, and what is the best facility in NY. Hosted by Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard and NCC...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Gerard talks with Lynn Barendsen, Executive Director, The Family Dinner Project - the growing movement of food, fun and conversation about things that matter. Through this movement, families come together to share experiences and insights to help each other realize the benefits of family dinners. Together, they’ll figure out the resources needed to improve the frequency and qualit...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Gerard, along with nursing students Samantha Scalese and Tiffany Yu, talk with Liz Josefsberg, who is a N.A.S.M. Certified Personal Trainer, Nutrition Exercise Specialist, and author of her book, Target 100. Liz has helped celebrities such as Jennifer Hudson and Jessica Simpson lose weight. In her book, she shows you the six easy and simple steps in her program to help you with we...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Gerard speaks with Tom Batiuk, the creator of The Funky Winkerbean, who was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for “Lisa’s Story: The Other Shoe,” a full-color comic collection of a breast cancer battle. A cancer survivor himself, Batiuk describes his experience of receiving his own cancer diagnosis, “he began to fully appreciate the fundamental void that separates empathy and person...