MedicAlert Foundation - LIVE Healthy Hour Webinars
The MedicAlert LIVE Healthy Hour brings top health and wellness experts to answer your questions. Tune in for the insights and resources that help you tackle the daily challenges of living with a chronic medical condition.
Watch this space! We’re actively planning our next LIVE Healthy Hour.
Previous LIVE Healthy Hours:
September 29, 2021 - Hearing and Your Brain – Q & A with Dr. Leslie Soiles, Chief Audiologist, Hearing Life
June 23, 2021 - Malignant Hyperthermia: Who’s at Risk and What You Need to Know –
Q & A with Malignant Hyperthermia expert, Dr Stacey Watt, MD, MBA, FASA
January 27, 2021 - Living with Epilepsy –
Q & A with Brooke Gordon, Vice President, Epilepsy Foundation Board of Directors
October 28, 2020 - COVID-19 and the Holidays: How to Stay Safe this Holiday Season –
Q & A with William Hartman, M.D., University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
August 19, 2020 - Caregiving - Adapting to the “New Normal” – Q & A with Portia Singh, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Phillips Research North America
June 10, 2020 - Heart Disease & COVID-19 – Q & A with Dr. Ira Nash, prominent cardiologist and Vice President of Northwell Health Physicians Group
April 29, 2020 - Asthma, Allergies & COVID-19 – Q & A with Kenny Mendez, CEO & President of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
September 15, 2021 - Fall Prevention & Aging Gracefully: Learn to minimize trips, slips, and falls. – Q & A with Portia Singh, Ph.D., Senior Product Manager, Digital Consumer & AI Products, Lifeline
April 21, 2021 - Dementia Diagnosis: Now What? – Q & A with dementia experts Adina Segal & Elizabeth Bravo Santiago of CaringKind
January 13, 2021 - COVID-19 VACCINES – Special Guests: Dr. Nick van Terheyden, Dr. Luis Saldana, Fred Goldstein
September 23, 2020 - Convalescent Plasma, New Clinical Trials and COVID-19 – Q & A with Johns Hopkins University Research Team. Special Guests: Schmuel Shoham, M.D. and David Sullivan, M.D
July 22, 2020 - COVID-19 and Chronic Disease – Q &A with Dr. David J. Shulkin, prominent internist, and former U.S. Secretary for Veterans Affairs
May 27, 2020 - Diabetes & COVID-19 – Q &A with Dr. Riccardo Perfetti, Diabetes expert and endocrinologist
April 15, 2020 - Alzheimer’s dementia, and caregiving during the COVID-19 pandemic – Q & A with Monica Moreno, Senior Director Care & Support at Alzheimer’s Association
July 28, 2021 - Q & A: Living with Food Allergies – Speakers: Dr. Shahzad Mustafa, Lead Physician - Allergy, Immunology, & Rheumatology, Rochester Regional Health System and Eleanor Garrow-Holding, President & CEO, FAACT
March 17, 2021 - Living with Rare Disease – Q&A with NORD®, National Organization for Rare Disorders with Jill Pollander, RN, MSN, Director of Patient Services, NORD
December 16, 2020 - COVID-19 and Women’s Health – Q & A with Geraldine McGinty, M.D., MBA, FACR, Weill-Cornell Medical College & New York Presbyterian Hospital
August 27, 2020 - Back to School: Creating a Healthy Environment for Students and Staff with Asthma & Allergies – Q & A with Kenneth Mendez, President & CEO, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
June 24, 2020 - Managing Stress & Anxiety During COVID-19 - Q&A with Dr. Paul Puri
May 13, 2020 - COVID-19: Coping Strategies for the Autism Community – Q & A with Claire Lazaro and Tara Sisemore-Hester from Valley Mountain Regional Center
April 2, 2020 - COVID-19 – Q &A with Dr. David J. Shulkin, prominent internist, and former U.S. Secretary for Veterans Affairs
COVID19 Resource Center
Visit the COVID19 Resource Center to find information from trusted resources for those living with chronic medical conditions, how to manage anxiety, stress, and social distancing, and additional information that will guide you through this global health crisis.
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