Episodios

  • Ep. 39 – Summer Safety: Spend Time Outside, Not in the ED

    Ep. 39 – Summer Safety: Spend Time Outside, Not in the ED
    Jul 16 2025
    The sun is out, and your local emergency department is busy. From preventing drowning and heat sickness to bug bites and brain injuries, we talk about summer safety with Dr. Christopher Goode, chair of the WVU Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine.
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    36 m
  • Ep. 38 - Juvenile Arthritis: Kids Get Arthritis, Too

    Ep. 38 - Juvenile Arthritis: Kids Get Arthritis, Too
    Jul 2 2025
    Arthritis is not just an “old person’s” disease; kids can get arthritis, too. July is Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month, and 220,000 in the U.S. are diagnosed with the disease. We talk about juvenile arthritis and how it’s treated with Dr. Paul Rosen, chief of Pediatric Rheumatology at WVU Medicine Children’s.
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    27 m
  • Ep. 37 - Cataracts: Clear the Cloudiness to Battle Blindness

    Ep. 37 - Cataracts: Clear the Cloudiness to Battle Blindness
    Jun 18 2025
    June is Cataract Awareness Month, and cataracts are the leading cause of blindness worldwide. But as you get older, you don’t have to live with fading vision from cataracts. We talk about cataracts and their treatments with Dr. Brian McMillan, ophthalmologist at the WVU Eye Institute.
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    26 m
  • Ep. 36 - Alzheimer’s: Senior Moment or Something More?

    Ep. 36 - Alzheimer’s: Senior Moment or Something More?
    Jun 4 2025
    June is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. With more than seven million Americans living with the disease, how do you know if you’re having a “senior moment” or something more? We talk about an exciting new treatment that’s giving hope and buying more quality time for Alzheimer’s patients with Dr. Marc Haut, director of the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute’s Memory Health Clinic.
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    45 m
  • Ep. 35 - Osteoporosis: Bone Up on Bone Health

    Ep. 35 - Osteoporosis: Bone Up on Bone Health
    May 21 2025
    May is Osteoporosis Awareness Month, and while 10 million Americans have osteoporosis, many are unaware they have it. Despite popular opinion, osteoporosis doesn’t just happen to little old ladies, so we talk about prevention and new treatments with Dr. Colleen Watkins, a metabolic bone disease specialist in the WVU Medicine Department of Orthopedics.
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    19 m
  • Ep. 34 - Stroke: Breakthrough Treatments Offer New Hope

    Ep. 34 - Stroke: Breakthrough Treatments Offer New Hope
    May 7 2025
    May is Stroke Awareness Month, and, in West Virginia, stroke is the leading cause of disability and the fifth leading cause of death. We talk about promising new treatments for stroke, like faster clot-busting drugs and VNS therapy for rehabilitation, with Dr. Muhammad Alvi, medical director of the WVU Stroke Center at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute.
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    25 m
  • Ep. 33 - Testicular Cancer: On the Rise but Curable

    Ep. 33 - Testicular Cancer: On the Rise but Curable
    Apr 23 2025
    April is Testicular Cancer Awareness Month. While testicular cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men aged 15-45, did you know men should be performing monthly self-exams for testicular cancer? We talk about testicular cancer and how to catch it early with Ali Hajiran, MD, Chief of Urologic Oncology at the WVU Cancer Institute.
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    16 m
  • Ep. 32 - Movement Disorders: Is it Parkinson’s or Essential Tremor?

    Ep. 32 - Movement Disorders: Is it Parkinson’s or Essential Tremor?
    Apr 9 2025
    Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor are movement disorders that are mostly diagnosed in older adults and share one common symptom: tremors. That’s why the two diseases are often confused for one another. We clear up that confusion and talk about exciting new treatments for these common movement disorders with Dr. Ann Marie Murray, Movement Disorders Division chief at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute.
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    34 m