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In this episode you’ll meet Loreli Jenkins, an 80-year-old who was suffering from severe tremors that were taking a toll on her quality of life.

Dr. Patrick Senatus, Medical Director of the Deep Brain Stimulation Program for the Hartford HealthCare Ayer Neuroscience Institute, treated Loreli with Deep Brain Stimulation, or DBS, a surgical procedure that helped free Loreli from decades of medication and maintain her independence – tremor free. 

Learn more about Deep Brain Stimulation at HartfordHealthCare.org/DBS. Be sure to subscribe to Hartford HealthCare’s More Life podcast for more episodes on a wide range of important health topics. Just search “Hartford HealthCare” on your favorite podcast platform.

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In recognition of the 200th anniversary of the Institute of Living (IOL) this year, Hartford HealthCare has partnered with the Connecticut Historical Society to present Common Struggle, Individual Experience: An Exhibition About Mental Health. 

This special podcast series will take us through the history of mental health treatment in Connecticut, and behind the scenes of the IOL, the first psychiatric hospital in the history of Connecticut and the third in the nation.

The IOL played a significant role in fundamentally changing approaches to mental health – blazing a trail of moral, ethical treatment for others to follow.

In episode one, Hartford HealthCare’s Steve Coates talks to the Connecticut Historical Society’s Director of Exhibitions Ben Gammell, and Research Historian Karen Li Miller about the exhibit which is now open at the Connecticut Historical Society.

Be sure to follow Hartford HealthCare on your favorite podcast platform where more episodes focusing on the IOL’s history, present and future will publish throughout the year.

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In this episode, we go behind the scenes of Hartford  HealthCare's 2021 holiday TV commercial which was shot in Connecticut and focuses on the gift of vaccination. 

Steve Coates' guests are Helayne Lightstone, senior director of branding Hartford HealthCare,  and Reem Nouh, senior vice president of healthcare marketing at Adams & Knight, Hartford HealthCare’s creative partner.

They give us their unique perspective - which describes their partnership and how their teams successfully take a simple idea from its inception through to the end result - a powerful 30 second TV spot – one that not only evokes emotion but achieves every advertiser’s goal – encouraging viewers like us to take action. 

Watch Hartford HealthCare's 2021 holiday TV spot here or go to HartfordHealthCare.org/brand

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In this episode, Hartford HealthCare’s Steve Coates talks with Dr. James O’Dea, Vice President of Hartford HealthCare’s Behavioral Health Network, about some difficult vaccination conversations some of us may be having with friends and family while trying to plan for the holidays.

Vaccinated or not, Dr. O’Dea helps us understand both points of view and has some very valuable conversation tips and pointers, regardless of which group you might fall into.

Learn more about current Covid variants and statistics, as well as access to vaccines and boosters, at HartfordHealthCare.org/Covid.

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In this episode, Hartford HealthCare’s Steve Coates talks with Dr. James O’Dea, Vice President of Hartford HealthCare’s Behavioral Health Network, about how the past few years – living in a pandemic environment simmering with isolation and social disruption - is putting our youth under great stress – and potentially at great risk. Here’s Steve Coates.

Dr. O'Dea helps us to identify red flags we all need to be watching for. 

Please check the links in this episode for important resources and support – for parents, for youth, and for anyone who may either feel at risk or know someone who might be.

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In this special episode of the Hartford HealthCare podcast, we take you to today’s Hartford HealthCare media briefing, Nov. 29, 2021, where experts discuss the new Covid - Omicron variant which appears to be emerging on the world stage. They address Covid fatigue, the potential efficacy of current testing, vaccines and treatment toward the new variant, as well as current Covid statistics in the state of Connecticut.

For the latest information on Covid statistics and access to vaccination and testing, go to Hartford HealthCare.org/Covid. Be sure to follow and share the Hartford HealthCare podcast for the latest news on a number of important health topics. Just search “Hartford HealthCare" on your favorite podcast platform.

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In this special episode of the Hartford HealthCare podcast, Steve Coates talks to Hartford HealthCare’s Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Ulysses Wu. Dr. Wu gives us the straight up facts on some key, current COVID vaccine data including booster recommendations, eligibility and efficacy rates of those boosters, and vaccination safety in the next category of eligibility - younger children, aged 5 to 11.

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In this episode we take listeners beyond breast cancer screening to what happens next – what if they find something?

Our guest, Dr. Elizabeth Stirling Craig, is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Hartford HealthCare’s Cancer Institute at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Dr. Craig specializes in microsurgery - the next level of breast reconstructive surgery. This procedure, using the patient's own tissue, results in a breast that resembles the natural breast as closely as possible in shape, size, and position.

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The Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center (NRC) is a clinical neuroscience research facility that was established in 2001. The Olin NRC’s mission is to conduct neuroscience research of psychiatric illnesses and rapidly translate that research into new and effective treatments.

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This is an important epidsode to share with the men in your life. September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.

How does it start? How does it grow? And who’s at risk?

The prostate is the walnut-sized gland in men, located just below the bladder. Prostate cancer is marked by an uncontrolled (malignant) growth of cells in the prostate gland.

Hartford HealthCare’s Jocelyn Maminta talks with Dr. David Ahlborn, a urologist with Tallwood Urology and Kidney Institute at St. Vincent's Medical Center. They discuss the risks and causes of prostate cancer and the latest advances on screening and treatment, including a recently launched multidisciplinary virtual visit program where patients can meet with all of their doctors together.

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You can join a number of free webinars offered by Hartford HealthCare about prostate cancer, in English and Spanish, and on a wide range of other topics.

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