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HealthCeteraThe Impact of Federal Policy Changes Part 2The second hour begins with a focus on two community leaders’ perspectives on the local impact of the federal policy changes: Allen Hinkley, the Supervisor for the town of Roxbury that includes the hamlets of Roxbury and Grand Gorge, as well as the Denver-Vega Valley, Hardscrabble, West Settlement; and Glen Faulkner, the Town Supervisor for Middletown that includes Margaretville, Arkville, Fleischmanns, New Kingston and Halcottsville. Assemblyman Brian Maher (R, NYA-101) then discusses how the state is responding to these changes. The special ends with a discussion of the impact of the federal policy changes on social services that are so cruci...
2025-12-1000 minHealthCeteraThe Impact of Federal Policy Changes Part 1On November 19, 2025, HealthCetera in the Catskills host Diana Mason, PhD, RN, produced and hosted a 2-hour special on the impact of federal policy changes on the health and wellbeing of the people living in the Catskills region of New York State. Co-hosted by Richard Siegel, a social work administrator who now teaches policy part-time in the social work program at Hunter College.
The special opens with Congressman Josh Riley (D, NY-19) discussing the federal changes that have occurred in the past year in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the issues related to the 2025 government shutdown; follo...
2025-12-1000 minHealthCeteraGrandparents For VaccinesPhoto by Mathurin NAPOLY / matnapo on Unsplash
Opposition to vaccines by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as well as the governor and surgeon general for the state of Florida, is striking fear in the hearts of public health experts and those who have vulnerable children. HealthCetera Correspondent and school nurse Robin Cogan, RN, MS, FAAN, spoke with Teri Mills, RN, MS, CNE, and Donna Gaffney, RN, PhD, FAAN, two nurses who are using their roles and power as grandparents to remind people of what life—and death—was like for children before we had v...
2025-11-2035 minHealthCeteraCell Phone Ban in Schools Pt. 2Photo by David Kennedy on Unsplash
Cell phones in schools has been a controversial topic, with New York State recently banning students’ use of smartphones and other internet-enabled personal devices, including smartwatches, while in school. The ban is required to begin in the 2025-2026 school year and applies during class, lunch, study hall, and hallways and is required for both public and charter schools in the state. Is this a good idea? HealthCetera host Dr. Diana Mason, RN, talked with Dr. Sunny Hallowell, a pediatric nurse practitioner and Associate Professor at Villanova University’s College of Nursing about...
2025-11-2021 minHealthCeteraCell Phone Ban in SchoolsPhoto by David Kennedy on Unsplash
Cell phones in schools has been a controversial topic, with New York State recently banning students’ use of smartphones and other internet-enabled personal devices, including smartwatches, while in school. The ban is required to begin in the 2025-2026 school year and applies during class, lunch, study hall, and hallways and is required for both public and charter schools in the state. Is this a good idea? HealthCetera host Dr. Diana Mason, RN, talked with Dr. Sunny Hallowell, a pediatric nurse practitioner and Associate Professor at Villanova University’s College of Nursing about...
2025-08-1936 minHealthCeteraNurses Health StudyPhoto by Patty Brito on Unsplash
Few people who are not nurses or researchers have likely heard about the Nurses Health Study. Begun in 1976, it is one of the most enduring longitudinal health studies and has produced important findings that have improved the lives of everyone. But it is likely to end because of the Trump administration’s battle with Harvard University that has cut about $2.6 billion in research and contracts from that university, including for the Nurses Health Study. Why should people care? HealthCetera host Diana Mason, RN, posed that question to Jean Keifner, RN, a ret...
2025-07-3026 minHealthCeteraHealth Equity and the Special OlympicsPhoto by Hansjörg Keller on Unsplash
Most of us know about the Special Olympics as a competitive sports program for people with disabilities. But few people know about the health equity work that Special Olympics does for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Dr. Anne Williams is a Registered Nurse and Vice President of Health Services and Education for Special Olympics International. She spoke with HealthCetera host Dr. Diana Mason, PhD, RN, about the work of Special Olympics International to encourage physical activity and sports among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This interview first aired o...
2025-07-3035 minHealthCeteraExtreme Heat and Its Health RisksPhoto by Immo Wegmann on Unsplash
Heat waves are becoming more frequent, longer, and more intense. Extreme heat events pose significant health risks, particularly for vulnerable populations such as older adults, low-income households, and people with pre-existing health conditions. And perhaps more so, the risks are high for people whose jobs are outdoors, such as farm workers. HealthCetera host Dr. Diana Mason, PhD, RN, talked with Dr. Nancy Rudner, DrPH, APRN, about the issue of heat injury among farmworkers. Dr. Rudner is a nurse practitioner, nurse scholar and population health expert who lives in Florida and has...
2025-07-3029 minHealthCeteraWaste, Fraud, and Abuse in Health CarePhoto by Lincoln Holley on Unsplash
It’s been estimated that waste, fraud, and abuse in health care spending in the US ranges from 3% to 10%. The Trump Administration and Elon Musk have been taking a chainsaw to what they are claiming is “cutting waste, fraud, and abuse” in government. But what constitutes waste, fraud and abuse? Can more transparency—including price transparency—be a solution? And can a chainsaw approach to reducing health care spending really address waste, fraud and abuse? Dr. Diana Mason, RN, producer and host of HealthCetera, discusses these questions with Dr. Kumhee Ro, a registere...
2025-06-0227 minHealthCeteraHealthy Food, Healthy LivesPhoto by Alexander Van Steenberge on Unsplash
The COVID19 pandemic exacerbated food insecurity across the country, including in NYS. Food pantries were ramping up their supplies as the food needs of individuals and families outstripped pantry supplies. But what has happened since the pandemic? The New York Health Foundation undertook an analysis of food insufficiency across the state from May 2020 through October 2024 and issued a report on their findings entitled Hunger on the Rise: New York’s Food Insufficiency Rates Hit New Highs and Exceed Pandemic Levels. HealthCetera producer and host Diana Mason, RN, discussed the report with...
2025-06-0233 minHealthCeteraPublic Health: Public Aware?Photo by CDC on Unsplash
Many people in public health, science, and health care are concerned about the Trump Administration’s massive and indiscriminate cuts in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the CDC ), the National Institutes of Health (NIH). and other departments under the Health and Human Services, as well as the suspension of federal scientific review panels, removal of publicly available data from federal health-related websites and other actions that are likely to endanger the public’s health in the short and long terms. But what does the public think of these significant changes? Are t...
2025-05-1928 minHealthCeteraPrioritizing School WellnessPhoto by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash
The health of school-aged children is key to their attendance and success in school. But not all schools have a nurse and it’s rare to have a nurse practitioner in schools unless they have a school-based health center. The Lansingburgh Central School District north of Troy NY appointed pediatric nurse practitioner, Matthew Hickling as its Medical Director, a position usually held by an off-site physician. Host Diana Mason talked with Hickling about his position and its impact on the school children and staff in his district’s schools. Also a membe...
2025-05-1924 minHealthCeteraNurse Shortages and MigrationPhoto by Luis Melendez on Unsplash
The nursing shortage is a global issue and high-income countries have long recruited nurses from low- to moderate-income countries. They are continuing to do so, despite shortages of nurses and healthcare and education resources in these poorer countries. This has raised important issues about nurse migration, ethical recruiting practices, and treatment of recruited nurses in the destination countries. HealthCetera Producer and Host Dr. Diana Mason, RN, PhD, talked about these issues with Dr. Calvin Morley, RN, PhD, is a Professor for Diversity & Social Justice, Nursing Department, London South Bank University. His r...
2025-01-2126 minHealthCeteraThe Risk of Lead Bullets in HuntingPhoto by Marek Studzinski on Unsplash
Hunting season provides opportunities for people to fill their freezers with venison, in particular, and sometimes to donate this high-protein meat to food pantries. But hunters that use lead bullets may actually be harming people they love, as well as pregnant women and children who may be relying on food pantries. HealthCetera producer and host Diana Mason, RN, talked about this issue with Peter Nye, a retired wildlife biologist who worked for the New York State Department of Conversation for 40 years, leading the endangered species program and overseeing many research and...
2025-01-2126 minHealthCeteraNurse Resilience and Well-BeingPhoto by Alexander Simonsen on Unsplash
The nursing shortage is a concern for most countries including the United States. HealthCetera Producer and host Dr. Diana Mason, RN, talked with Dr. Cynda Rushton, RN, about her work that examines nurse resilience and well-being in 20 health systems in Maryland — something that is relevant for health systems and nurses everywhere. Dr. Rushton is the Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics at the Johns Hopkins University’s Berman Institute of Bioethics and School of Nursing where she is also a professor of pediatrics. She is the Chief Synergy Strat...
2025-01-2130 minHealthCeteraPalliative Care and End of Life WishesPhoto by Georg Arthur Pflueger on Unsplash
In the not too distant past, you could go to a hospital and find someone who was dying in a hospital room at the end of the hall with the door closed. While the patient would receive necessary care, the real message was that we shouldn’t discuss dying. In fact, health professionals often let family members decide whether or not to tell a loved one that he or she was dying. As a result, some people experienced horrible, lonely deaths. But this scenario has changed, though more needs to be...
2025-01-2130 minHealthCeteraThe Importance of Protecting Social Security and MedicarePhoto by Jonathan Borba on Unsplash
The Trump administration’s plans to cut the federal budget to accommodate larger tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations means that Medicare and Social Security may be on the chopping block. HealthCetera producer and host, Dr. Diana Mason, RN, spoke about this with Dr. Catherine Dodd, RN, former chair of the National Committee to Protect Social Security and Medicare. She also served as the chief of staff for representative Nancy Pelosi’s home office for a number of years, was a regional director for Health and Human Services under President Clinto...
2025-01-2120 minHealthCeteraGun Violence and Mitigation StrategiesPhoto by Robin Jonathan Deutsch on Unsplash
In mid-December of 2024, another school shooting was making headlines. This time, the shooter was a girl student in Wisconsin who pulled out a gun and opened fire – killing two people, wounding six others. As we grow numb to the media reports of school shootings, as well as those that the media doesn’t cover, school nurse Robin Cogan, RN, refuses to be complacent about the persistent gun violence in our country. Robin is the author of the blog Relentless School Nurse, a blog she writes on a variety of topics related...
2025-01-2130 minHealthCeteraHealth Insurance Policies Need to ChangePhoto by Levi Meir Clancy on Unsplash
The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, generated an outcry about health insurance companies and their policies. HealthCetera Producer and Host Dr. Diana Mason, RN, interviewed Dr. Adam Brown, MD, about a commentary entitled “Insurers Are Dictating Care and We’re Sick, Sick, Sick of It!— Now is a moment ripe for change” that he wrote for Medpage Today. Dr. Brown is a practicing emergency physician and the founder of ABIG Health, a healthcare growth strategy firm. This program first aired on HealthCetera in the Catskills on WioX Radio on December 18...
2025-01-2127 minHealthCeteraTrends in Healthcare in 2025Photo by Alexander Sinn on Unsplash
What are the trends in healthcare that we may see in 2025? Diana Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN, and host of HealthCetera in the Catskills, wanted to see what ChatGPT would say about such trends and asked it to generate a list of the top health care trends in 2025 that would matter to people. She and Theresa Brown, PhD, RN, FAAN, discussed the ChatGPT-generated trends. Dr. Theresa Brown is a nurse and writer who lives in Pittsburgh and has written books, Op Eds, commentaries and more about nursing and health care. Recently, she...
2025-01-2100 min
Love n' LearyWhy We Need Nurses in the MediaThere is nothing more important to the health and public health of our world than nurses using their voice, knowledge, and expertise to communicate reliable, fact-based information in the media. The speed at which health information is communicated is like nothing we have seen in the past; with social media and our 24-hour news cycle, we need expert nursing voices now more important than ever. But – even though nurses are considered the most trusted profession, again, for the 22nd year in a row, the field of nursing is rarely recognized by the public, journalists, or even social me...
2024-04-0333 min
Amplify NursingAmplify Nursing: Barbara GlicksteinToday on Amplify Nursing, we talk with Barbara Glickstein, founder of Barbara Glickstein Strategies. With backgrounds in public health nursing, health reporting, and media strategy, Barbara has been extensively involved in amplifying nursing voices and developing healthcare leaders throughout her career. She is a co-producer of the HealthCetera podcast, which focuses on evidence-based health news, analysis, and commentary, as well as a Board member of Project Kesher, a global Jewish feminist women’s advocacy organization.Barbara talks with us about how her early exposure to news, policy, and activism shaped her career interests, the power of storytelling, in...
2023-02-2330 min
NursePreneursGetting Nurses Into MediaBarbara Glickstein is a public health nurse, health reporter and media strategist. She is the founder of Barbara Glickstein Strategies, a training company in media, leadership and advocacy skills.
She also produces HealthCetera, a podcast that provides evidence-based health news, analysis and commentary; trains national leaders in healthcare on how to be a media maker in both traditional and digital media to advance the health of the public and public policy and serves on the Board of Project Kesher, a global Jewish feminist women’s advocacy organization.
Barbara is the type of nurse who is comfortable pioneering new forefronts in nu...
2020-01-0228 min
Your Family's HealthNurse Media TrainingJeanine Cook-Garard talks to Barbara Glickstein, a public health nurse, health reporter and media strategist. She is the founder of Barbara Glickstein Strategies, a training company in media, leadership and advocacy skills. She produces HealthCetera, a podcast that provides evidence-based health news, analysis and commentary.
2019-12-0527 min