Health Matters: Getting Real About Wellness

About Health Matters: Getting Real About Wellness

Enloe Health’s podcast Health Matters aims to make the path to wellness easier. Join host Sergio Sanchez for down-to-earth conversations about various health topics. Enloe Health is located in Chico, CA. Have a story you'd like to share? Email us at healthmatters@enloe.org.

Publisher

Enloe Health

Category

health & fitness · health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Feb 2021

Latest episode

1 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

65 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Sept 2026

   Episode 65: Living With a Hernia: When It's Time to Seek Treatment

   Hernias are common, but that doesn’t mean they should be ignored. In the newest episode of Enloe Health’s podcast Health Matters, James Partridge, M.D., from Enloe Health & Wellness General Surgery explains what hernias are, what causes them, and when it may be time to seek treatment. We also hear from patient Andrew Kinley, who lived with a hernia for years before pain began affecting his fitness goals. Kinley shares his experience with robotic hernia repair and how surgery helped ...

2. 

   23 Apr 2026

   Turning Loss into Life: A Mother’s Story of Organ Donation

   Organ donation can save lives, and it can also bring meaning and comfort in the midst of loss. Danielle Coleman, a mother of two organ donors, joins Health Matters to share about the heartbreaking loss of her sons, Lewis and Garrett, and the decision to say “yes” to donation both times. Jaclyn Manzanedo, Senior Director of Hospital Development at Donor Network West, joins the conversation to explain how donation works, who can register, and to clear up common myths.

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   14 Oct 2025

   Lifesaving Blood on Board

   Since 1985, Enloe Health’s FlightCare air ambulance service has transported more than 25,000 patients, playing a vital role in emergency medical care across the North State. In this episode of Health Matters, flight nurse Pete Davis joins the conversation to share insight about a significant enhancement: FlightCare now carries lifesaving blood on board its aircraft. This advancement enables caregivers to administer immediate blood transfusions to critically ill or injured patients, whet...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 38 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

43

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

82

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