Crescent Sponsor Health-Related Public Service Announcements.

Beginning on January 2nd 2006, Crescent began sponsoring a series of public service announcements on regional AM radio stations. The series, called "Spotlight on Health" features a different one-minute health-related informational message every Monday through Thursday.

The announcements are done by Crescent's Medical Director, Bob Peterson, MD and address topics such as safe weight loss strategies and living with diabetes. They also provide interesting information about common healthcare myths and explain some diseases and conditions that you may have heard of, but not understand.

Each message is broadcast immediately after news/weather bulletins at 8:00am, 2:30pm and 5:00pm on WWNC (570AM), and after the weather forecasts at 9:30am and 4:30pm on WPEK (880AM).

In July 2006, we added WMXF (1400 "The Peak") broadcasting in Waynesville which also plays the messages after the news at 8:00am and 5:00pm. Two more stations were added in January 2007.

Each announcement, along with related information, is published here on the website. We encourage you to request the text of these announcements free of charge for use in your company/organization newsletters or other publications. All we ask is that you credit Crescent PPO as the source.

Please contact Keith Challenger at (828) 670-9145 ext 114 for more details.

The Archive
Addressing obesity in children
Addressing youth alcohol drinking
Allergic reactions
Amphtamines & teens
Antibiotics
Antioxidants
Anxiety disorder
Apheresis
Arthritis
Asthma
Asthma in children
Asthma inhalers
Avoiding osteoarthritis
Back pain
Bariatric surgery
Benefits of smoking cessation
Blood donation
Blood glucose
Blood pressure
Blood types
Bone density test
Brain health
Can alcohol be good for you?
Case manager
Cholesterol
Circadian rhythm
Colorectal cancer
Coronary artery disease
Decongestants & Antihistamines
Definition of diet
Dehydration in children
Depression
Dextromethorphan (DMX)
Developing allergies
Diagnosing AD/HD
Diagnosing obesity in children
Diets don't work
Digital music players
Disease management
Dysmenorrhea
Dyspepsia
Exercising with asthma
Febrile seizures
Flu shots
Food pyramid
Good fats
Growth plate fractures
Health checks after 50
Health Risk Assessments
Health screening frequency
Healthy aging
Heartburn
High cholesterol
High risk flu candidates
How to quit smoking
HPV
Hypertension
Hypertension medications
Inherited blood genes
Insect stings
Introduction to cancer
Introduction to diabetes
Introduction to AD/HD
Know your numbers
Low birth weight
Lower back pain
Lupus
Melanoma
Melanoma ABCD
Migraine
Moles
Muscle Cramps
Obesity in children
OCD
Office-related back pain
Organ donation
Osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis
Pap smear
Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy treatment
Precertification
Protecting the eyes from sun damage
RDC in newborns
Safe weight loss
Safe workout techniques
Safety of flu shots
Scars
Sciatica
Signs of a heart attack
Skin exams
Sleep apnea
Sleep deprivation
Spinach myth
Sprains and strains
Summer sports
Surviving a heart attack
Surviving cancer
Tattoo removal
Testing for cervical cancer
The need for sleep
The truth about coffee
Things to know about nicotine
Travel sickness
Tryptophan
Types of diabetes
Vaccinations
Weight loss goals
Young adult health screening
Youth alcohol drinking
Youth alcohol drinking 2