Topic Research

Dr. Oz Show:

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The one who runs the program is Mehmet Oz

· He is American and Turkish and he is a cardiothoracic surgeon, author and television personality

·  He started working on the The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2004

·  Harpo Productions and Sony Pictures started The Dr. Oz Show, a program that would focus on medical issues and personal health

· The show took over 80% of the time slots previously occupied by the Oprah Winfrey Show for season 3

      It airs in 10 different countries around the world like: Australia, Costa Rica, Slovenia, Croatia, Singapore, Malaysia, Poland, Arab world, Netherlands, Philippines and Slovakia

·The original run started on September 14, 2009 until now
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 The list of topics talked in the show are:

Addiction

Alternative Health

Anti-Aging

Cancer

Diet & Weight Loss

Eye Care

Fitness

Heart Health

Men’s Health

Nutrition

Oral Health

Sex and Relationships

Sleep

Smart Patient

Stress

Women’s Health

http://www.doctoroz.com/topics

http://www.doctoroz.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dr._Oz_Show

Improving Health in the United States:

• ·      A book was created by the Committee on Health Impact Assessment and National Research Council
• ·      Talks about decisions for a healthier life
• ·      Talks about the major diseases happening right now
• ·      Good nutrition for the population to follow
• ·      USA is ranked 3^rd in total expenditures on health care
• ·      It is ranked 32^nd in life expectancy
• ·      Almost 50% of the American seniors suffer from chronic illness, obesity, and this affected children and adults
• ·      Health is determined by the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age

http://dels.nas.edu/resources/static-assets/materials-based-on-reports/reports-in-brief/Health-Impact-Assessment-Report-Brief-Final.pdf

http://dels.nas.edu/Report/Improving-Health-United-States/13229

Media helping health:

• ·      It gives a greater knowledge
• ·      In terms of the doctors, they are able to recognize and learn about the patient’s disease
• ·      Great tool to figure out the correct terminology of the disease and how to treat it
• ·      Around 61% of patients say they trust information posted by physicians on social media
• ·      An example, Twitter helps the doctors post helpful information which is free and improves the health of the patient
• ·      Everyone is connected with a social media so it is easy to follow a disease and see how it is affecting people around the world
• ·      By creating a postivie online environment to help quit smoking
• ·       “ For instance, New York City Department of Public Health’s Facebook Page, NYC Quits Smoking/I Quit has more than 5,000 fans and Florida Department of Health’s Twitter-based program, Qwitter, is not far behind”

http://mindsproutmarketing.com/blog/2010/08/4-ways-that-social-media-can-improve-your-health/

http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/06/25/bisa0625.htm

http://www.ihi.org/offerings/ihiopenschool/resources/Pages/PaulLevySocialMediainHealthCare.aspx