Texas Tech Health Check
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center experts in health care will share advice and reminders to help us stay healthy—mentally and physically.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 181
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Weight Management: Payne
You might be considering adding losing weight to your list of resolutions for next year. Dr. Drew Payne, an internal medicine practitioner for Texas Tech Physicians and an associate pro…
Alcohol Use Disorder: Bergeson
According to the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 14.5 million people 12 years of age and older battle alcohol use disorder. Alcohol is the country’s most abused substance, …
Winter Skin, Hair: Tarbox
How does the winter weather affect our skin and hair? To explain what happens when our skin and hair become dry is Dr. Michelle Tarbox, Texas Tech Physicians dermatologist. She talks to…
Spirituality: McGovern
Thomas McGovern Ed.D., from the TTUHSC School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry shares advice on how we can persevere when times are tough and how during the holidays we can hono…
Family Medical History, Directives: Klein
As you make plans for your holiday gatherings with your family, make a point of asking about your family’s health history and consider sharing your personal medical wishes and any neces…
Avoiding Injuries: Griswold
Texas Tech Physicians surgeon Dr. John Griswold gives advice on how to avoid injuries during the holidays, what we should include in our travel first aid kit and other ways to avoid at …
Lung health: Islam
People who have a healthy lung capacity can send oxygen around their body faster but unhealthy lungs can slow us down or even make it difficult for us to talk. Smoking and vaping leads …
Diabetes: Felton
Diabetes is a long-lasting health condition that affects how our body turns food into energy. Who is at risk? What are some changes you can do now avoid being diagnosed or if you have b…
Seasonal Affective Disorder and Sleep: Bennett
Our guest for this episode is Dr. Kelly Bennett, a family medicine physician at Texas Tech Physicians and associate professor at TTUHSC. Dr. Bennett talked to us about seasonal affectiv…
Prescription Drugs: Seifert
In 2018 there were 5.8 billion prescriptions filled in the US. Nearly 50 percent of the US population takes a prescription medication. How can you be sure you are buying your medication…
Breast Cancer: Jones
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2018, the latest year for which incidence data are available, in the United States, more than 1.7 million new cases of ca…
Allergies: Tarbox
According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, allergies are the 6th leading cause of chronic illness in the US with an annual cost in excess of $18 billion. More …
Healthy Aging: Culberson
All of us age. There’s nothing we can do about it but the one thing we can somewhat control is how we approach aging. The director of clinical geriatric programs at the Texas Tech Unive…
Sepsis: Griswold
Texas Tech Physicians surgeon, Director for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Clinical Research Institute, and University Medical Center Timothy J. Harnar Burn Center med…
COVID-19: Berk and Cook
Welcome to our new name--Texas Tech Health Check. Our new name reflects our goal to bring you evidence based health advice. Guests for this episode are TTUHSC Executive Vice President a…
Take Your Best Shot
As most of us get ready to return to the office or get our children ready to go back to school, keep in mind what vaccines or boosters you, your loved ones or your children should get b…
Oral Health and Cancer
How can we practice good, oral health? This episode’s guest Dr. Joe Cordero, ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon at Texas Tech Physicians and chair of the Texas Tech University Health Sc…
Swallowing Disorders
Approximately one in 25 adults in the US will experience a swallowing problem. That’s difficulty or pain when swallowing or not being able to swallow at all—whether it’s liquids, food o…
Balance Your Intake, Balance Your Stress (Part 2)
In part two of our look at mental health, TTUHSC Associate Professor and Licensed Psychologist Stephanie L. Moses, Ph.D., joins us once again from the Permian Basin to talk about how t…
Balance Your Intake, Balance Your Stress (Part 1)
In part one of a two-part series, TTUHSC Associate Professor and Licensed Psychologist Stephanie L. Moses, Ph.D., checks in on us and how we are doing, especially over such an uncertain…