The Healing Podcast - Brought to you by MarinHealth

Marinhealth Medical Center is one of a small number of Bay Area hospitals to offer a woman a choice of a physician- or midwife-assisted labor and delivery. What is the difference?

In this detailed interview, Mary Newberry, MarinHealth Certified Nurse Midwife, answers questions about midwifery you didn’t even know you had. Find out why a midwife-assisted birth is an empowering choice for so many women. Learn how midwives are trained and why their special expertise goes way beyond delivering babies.

Sports are a wonderful way for children and teens to stay physically fit, make friends, and learn to be team players. But accidents happen, and concussion is a real risk. That’s why Marin County instituted its Concussion Management Program.

In this podcast, MarinHealth Athletic Trainer Marcella Shorty explains how she assesses potential concussions right on the sports field, based on the Sports Concussion Assessment Tool, a step-by-step evaluation for a potential head injury. Some youngsters may not realize they have concussion symptoms, while others try to mask the symptoms so they can get back in the game. Shorty makes sure kids are benched and parents are called so their child can be evaluated by a healthcare professional.

Every year, between 2 and 10% of pregnancies are affected by gestational diabetes, one of the most common types of “high risk pregnancies.” Untreated, gestational diabetes can lead to premature birth and even still birth.

Katy McDermott, a Registered Nutrition and Dietician and Certified Diabetes Educator at MarinHealth Braden Diabetes Center, has been educating and advising women with gestational diabetes for 13 years. In this podcast, she discusses how gestational diabetes is diagnosed and treated and how to minimize the risk to both mother and baby.

There are two ways to address a diagnosis of prediabetes: The wrong way is to shrug it off and carry on as usual, with no changes to your diet or exercise regimen. The smart way is to view your diagnosis as a warning, take charge of your health, and prevent prediabetes from progressing to full blown type 2 diabetes.

Katy McDermott, a Registered Nutrition and Dietician and Diabetes Educator at MarinHealth, explains what prediabetes is and how it is diagnosed. Learn more about this insidious, asymptomatic condition and what you can do to manage it.

Think doulas are only for unmedicated births? Think there’s no point in having a doula if you’re having a C-section? Think again. A doula can help you prepare for your baby’s arrival long before those first contractions hit, and even once you’ve gone home with your new arrival.

Meet seasoned doula Mollee Franklin, CD, CLE. In this podcast, she explains just how a doula works with her clients to ease them through the birth process, connect them to useful resources, and make a smooth transition to breastfeeding. Even your partner or spouse can benefit from the presence of a doula during delivery. Listen and learn how an experienced doula can help make your birth experience calmer and more meaningful.

In recent years, the centuries-old Chinese healing art of acupuncture has grown in popularity in the U.S. An increasing number of American hospitals and medical practices are offering acupuncture as an integrative treatment modality. Yet many people who have never experienced the benefits of acupuncture still have misconceptions about this ancient practice.


In this podcast, Dr. Camille Loveman shares her expertise as an acupuncturist and herbal therapist at MarinHealth Integrative Wellness Center. Find out how acupuncture works and learn about its many uses, from pain management, to symptom relief, to stress reduction.

Anne Lupus, Maternity and NICU Clinical Nurse Educator, discusses the new features and procedures available in the maternity wing and NICU facilities at MarinHealth.

There’s a lot of disinformation out there regarding the COVID vaccines. That’s why it’s a good idea to ignore the rumors on social media and seek information from trusted, scientific sources, such as the websites for the mCDC and the California Department of Public Health.

In this podcast, Dr. Karin Shavelson, Chief Medical Officer at MarinHealth Medical Center, dispels some of most pernicious COVID 19 myths going around the internet and shares her personal experience with the COVID-19 vaccine. Get the accurate vaccine information you need now.

Where do you go when it’s not quite serious enough for the Emergency Department but too serious to wait several days to see your doctor? What do you do if you suddenly fall ill and your doctor’s office is closed? Where can you get quick care for a simple sprain or a cut that needs stitches? The answer to all of these questions is an Urgent Care Center.Dr. Katherine Alconcel is Lead Physician at MarinHealth Urgent Care | A UCSF Health Clinic. In this podcast, she discusses staffing and services at the clinic and lists the kinds of illnesses and injuries that can effectively be treated at Urgent Care.