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Get your questions about sports medicine, children's health, aging, diseases, insurance and other topics answered. Just ask the experts in our daily live health chats, moderated by some of the country's leading health journalists. Here's the basic schedule of topics. Click the specific link to participate in (or replay) these or one of the bonus health chats.
Mondays: Sports medicine and fitness, hosted by Los Angeles Times.
Tuesdays: Children's health, alternating with the topic of aging and alternative health, hosted by Chicago Tribune.
Wednesdays: Medical conditions and diseases, hosted by Baltimore Sun. Alternating with diabetes and obesity, hosted by Orlando Sentinel.
Thursdays: Health insurance. Hosted by Hartford Courant and Chicago Tribune. Alternating with chats on prescription drugs and on college health, hosted by Hartford Courant.
Fridays: Fitness and wellness, hosted by Allentown Morning Call and the Newport News Daily Press. Alternating with dermatology/plastic surgery, hosted by South Florida Sun Sentinel.
June 6, 2011
Live Health Chat
Monday: Why certain carbs may be making you fat
Wondering if your diet is on the right track? Join a live web chat Monday, June 6 at 11:00 a.m. PT (1:00 p.m. CT, 2:00 p.m. ET) and get the low-down from author Gary Taubes on why certain carbs may be making you fat.
1:00 PM EDT, June 7, 2011
Live health chat
Tuesday: Staying safe in the hospital
Join us at noon CT (1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT) on Tuesday, June 7, to chat about hospital safety with Tribune reporter Judy Graham, and panelists Dr. Julia Hallisy and Lisa McGiffert.
12:00 PM EDT, June 8, 2011
HEALTH CHAT
Wednesday: Cooking healthy, budget-friendly meals when you have diabetes
Join us Wednesday, June 8 at noon EST (11 am CST, 10 am MST, 9 am PST) to chat with Chef Charles Mattocks.
12:00 PM EDT, June 9, 2011
Live health chat
Thursday: Big savings on generic drugs
Join us at 11 a.m. CT (12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT) on Thursday, June 9, for a live hour-long chat about generic drugs, and how patients and consumers will soon benefit from huge savings from key brand name drugs losing patent protection. The chat will be moderated by Chicago Tribune health care reporter Bruce Japsen and feature panelist Michael Kleinrock.
12:00 PM EDT, June 22, 2011
HEALTH CHAT
Wednesday: Alzheimer's and dementia: Keeping your brain healthy
Can you stave off Alzhiemer's disease with exercise and good nutrition? Dr. Paul Nussbaum, a neurospsychologist who specializes in brain health, will talk about what you can do to keep your brain healthy, including taking dancing lessons, walking, gardening and eating foods with omega 3. Also joining us June 22 at noon will be Nancy Squillacioti, Executive Director of the Alzheimer's Resource Center, who says that exercise and diet are essential not just for alzheimer's patients, but for caregivers too.
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