Your Family's Health

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard learns how to make our stress work for us instead of against us towards meeting our success goals in a healthy way. Our guest today is Dr. Chloe Carmichael, a licensed clinical psychologist, and author of “Nervous Energy: Harness the Power of Your Anxiety.”

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard learns about a program that provides home-based care for frail, and/or chronically ill patients who have difficulty getting to doctor's office - called Northwell Health House Calls. Our guest is Dr. Konstantinos Deligiannidis, their Medical Director and an Associate Professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell.

Dr. Jeanine Cook Garard gets an update on how COVID is affecting our local hospitals from Dr. Salvatore Pardo, the chair of emergency medicine at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital, part of the Northwell Health system.

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard talks about Men’s Health Issues and the things all of the men listening - and the women who care about those men - need to know to stay healthy. Our guest today is Dr. Adam Cole, a urologist at the Northwell Health Smith Institute for Urology.

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard learns about OBESITY. A new survey says that 16 States Have Adult Obesity Rates at 35% or Higher. What can we do to fix this problem? Our guest is Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, who is President and CEO of Trust for America’s Health.

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard learns about Hernias - what they are and all about the surgeries to fix them, with Dr. Michael Grieco, a surgeon and the program director of the Center of Excellence in Hernia Surgery at Glen Cove Hospital, which is part of Northwell Health.

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard learns more about gynecological cancers and their surgical options with Dr. Jennifer Mueller, a surgeon who specializes in caring for women with gynecological cancers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard learns about your feet with our guest, Dr. Dennis Fassman, who is a podiatrist with an office on Post Avenue in Westbury.

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard and Gina Peter learn some tips to boost our brain health from Dr. Patrick K. Porter, an award-winning scientist and author, who has devoted his career to mental health and researching the brain.


Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard and Gina Peter learn about a disease called Kearns Sayre Syndrome (KSS), a rare neuromuscular disorder that causes progressive limitation of eye movements until there is complete immobility, accompanied by eyelid droop. It is also associated with abnormal accumulation of pigmented material on the membrane lining the eyes.
 Their guest is Loretta Schuellein, who’s son Cavan...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard learns about chronic pain with our guest, Dr. Thomas Smith, the Chief Medical Officer at BioDelivery Sciences, a specialty pharmaceutical company working to deliver innovative therapies for individuals living with serious and debilitating chronic conditions.


Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard and Gina Peter talk about gynecological cancers and women’s health with Dr. Carol Brown, a Gynecologic Surgeon and Chief Health Equity Officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, who for more than two decades has provided care to women with ovarian, uterine, cervical, and vulvar cancer.

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard and Gina Peter learn how hypnosis could help improve our health with their guest, Gloria Drewitz, a Wellness Advisor, Board Certified Hypnotist, and Program Director at Restora Hypnosis, a company that provides traditional hypnosis, and other hypnosis techniques to produce dynamic change and progress in improving our health, which is located on Hempstead Turnpike in Levitto...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard and Gina Peter talk about The Covid 19 - not the virus, but what the virus has done to our bodies and our nutrition choices. Their guest is Dr. Michele Smallidge, the Director of the Exercise Science Program from the School of Health Sciences, who discusses health, nutrition, and exercise, as well as strategies for behavioral changes for a healthier life.

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard and medical student Caleb Garard talk about the connection between heart health and dentistry with Dr. Eric Goulder, a board-certified cardiologist for over thirty years who says he has paid close attention to the underlying cause of heart disease which he says is inflammation and his wife, Dr. Barbara McClatchie, a dentist from the Complete Health Dentistry of Columbus, wh...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard and Gina Peter talk about the health benefits of yoga with Amy Garvey, the owner of Oyster Bay Yoga, Glen Cove Yoga, and online yoga platform practice "at hOMe”. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher, a Registered Dietitian, and has worked in both clinical nutrition and health and wellness coaching.

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard and Gina Peter learn about the importance of becoming a bone marrow donor from someone who’s life was saved by someone who did just that. They talk with Tara Notrica - a two-time bone-marrow Transplant Survivor, and co-writer of a documentary about her experience, along with Brian Gerlach, the Director and Editor of that documentary, which is called Second Chance, along wit...

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard and Gina Peter learn about children's leukemia with their guests, Angela Russo, the Executive Director of the Children’s Leukemia Research Association, along with Tara Coleman, their Senior Director of Patient Aid, who will tell us more about this disease and what her organization is doing to try to fight back against it.

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard and Gina Peter learn all about Huntington’s Disease, a fatal genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. Their guest is Gia Mannone, the Huntington’s Disease Society of America’s National Youth Alliance Youth Services & Recruitment Chair, to help us better understand this disease and how her organization is working to help patients an...

Dr. Janine Cook-Garard and Gina Peter learn about prostate cancer, one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in men in the U.S. Research shows that it is more common among black men, compared to other racial groups. Our guests today are surgeon and urologist Dr. Arnold Bullock, and radiation oncologist Dr. Lannis Hall.

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard talks with Martha Tettenborn, a Registered Dietitian and certified Primal Health Coach with over 30 years of experience working in many areas of nutrition, who was once diagnosed with Stage 1 Ovarian Cancer. She is the author of Hacking Chemo: Using Ketogenic Diet, Therapeutic Fasting, and a Kick-ass Attitude to Power Through Cancer.


Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard and 2nd Year Medical Student Caleb Garard learn about the COVID-19 Vaccines and get myths proven - or debunked - with their guest, Dr. Richard Webby, a faculty member in the Infectious Diseases Department at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and a member of the World Health Organization’s Influenza Vaccine Composition Advisory Team.

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard and Gina Peter learn about embryo adoption from their guest, Nate Birt, author of “Frozen, But Not Forgotten: An Adoptive Dad’s Step-By-Step Guide to Embryo Adoption,” who is someone that has adopted an embryo and successfully now has a child as a result of it!

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard and Gina Peter talk with Jay Matey, the Vice President and Executive Director of the United Brain Association, about everything the brain does and how the organization can help those suffering from injury, illness or a disorder.

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard and Gina Peter learn about Thyroid Cancer with their guests, Abby Melendez, a thyroid cancer survivor, and her husband Miguel. Both Abby and Miguel are Facilitators of ThyCa Long Island, the Thyroid Cancer Survivor Association.