Health Accents WOUB Public Media

Dr. Mezitis invites two guests from the Athens City-County Health Department Dr. Joseph Verdier, Health Systems Intervention Coordinator, and Ruth Dudding, Director of Health Education promote health care initiatives in Athens County that increase public awareness of available health resources. Their programs aim to address prediabetes and hypertension in the community.

For more information on the clinic, visit: http://www.health.athens.oh.us/

Dr. Nicholas Mezitis talks with Dr. John Kopchick, PhD, Professor of Molecular Biology at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine about growth hormone and Dr. Kopchick's discovery of the growth hormone antagonist "Pegvisomant".

Welcome to Health Accents, a weekly podcast discussing trends and advances in medicine. Host Dr. Nicholas Mezitis invites Dr. David Drozek, DO, Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, to talk about the Athens, Ohio "Lifestyle Medicine Clinic", its individualized approach addressing health through a fiber-rich, plant-based diet, physical programming, and stress reduction techniques.

Stay tuned for part two of this talk with Dr. Drosik coming at a later date.