Health Update Program 1011 Original Airdate: 12/7/1979 Subject Keywords Hypertension Lupus Public health - Boston - Massachusetts Sickle cell anemia Subject Genre Public Affairs: Current Events Personal Names Aladjem, Henrietta Frazier, Dr. Patricia Gibson, Beverly Jean-Charles, Dr. Roger Vera, Dr. Carlos Corporate Names Boston Sickle Cell Center - Boston - Massachusetts Sun Is My Enemy, The (book) Program Description Program focuses on three major diseases that affect the Third World community: lupus, high blood pressure, and sickle cell anemia. Host Barbara Barrow-Murray, in a live program, speaks with guests Henrietta Aladjem (author of The Sun is My Enemy, a book detailing her life as a lupus patient), Dr. Carlos Vera (a hematologist at the Boston City Hospital and director of a clinical study on sickle cell at the Boston Sickle Cell Center), Dr. Patricia Frazier (immunologist at the Robert Brigham Hospital and a lupus specialist), Beverly Gibson (of the sickle cell unit at Children's Hospital), and Dr. Roger Jean-Charles (an internist at Boston University Medical Center, consultant for the American Heart Association and past president of the New England High Blood Pressure Council) about the symptoms of these diseases, where to go for testing, and treatment information. Program includes viewer calls. Producer Barbara Barrow-Murray Associate Producer Beth Deare Director Brian Clarke Host Barbara Barrow-Murray Guests Henrietta Aladjem Dr. Patricia Frazier Beverly Gibson Dr. Roger Jean-Charles Dr. Carlos Vera Others Bruce Bordett (stage manager) Susan Brennan (audio) Nancy Carey (intern) Renee Harriston (intern) Rebecca Hill (fashion consultant) Dick Holden (camera) Webster Lewis (theme music) Gene Mackles (graphic designer) Gene Mackles (theme music) John MacKnight (lighting assistant) John MacKnight (videotape recordist) Fran Mahard (scenic design) Celenia Melendez (intern) Carmen Morales (production secretary) Chas Norton (lighting director) Joe Pugliesi (video) Iris Rosenthal (assistant cameraman) Kathy Smith (switcher) Skip Wareham (camera) Formats Master (WGBH program) 2" videotape A2-06089 Preservation master digital beta cassette AP-01508 Preservation master beta SP cassette AP-01508A Viewing copy 1/2" reel-to-reel videotape (item number not yet assigned) Viewing copy 3/4" cassette 3349-60 Viewing copy VHS cassette (item number not yet assigned) The Say Brother Collection Web site is a production of the WGBH Archives. ©2001 WGBH Educational Foundation.