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  • Ep. 37 - Cataracts: Clear the Cloudiness to Battle Blindness

    Ep. 37 - Cataracts: Clear the Cloudiness to Battle Blindness
    2025/06/18
    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 分
  • Ep. 36 - Alzheimer’s: Senior Moment or Something More?

    Ep. 36 - Alzheimer’s: Senior Moment or Something More?
    2025/06/04
    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 分
  • Ep. 35 - Osteoporosis: Bone Up on Bone Health

    Ep. 35 - Osteoporosis: Bone Up on Bone Health
    2025/05/21
    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 分
  • Ep. 34 - Stroke: Breakthrough Treatments Offer New Hope

    Ep. 34 - Stroke: Breakthrough Treatments Offer New Hope
    2025/05/07
    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 分
  • Ep. 33 - Testicular Cancer: On the Rise but Curable

    Ep. 33 - Testicular Cancer: On the Rise but Curable
    2025/04/23
    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 分
  • Ep. 32 - Movement Disorders: Is it Parkinson’s or Essential Tremor?

    Ep. 32 - Movement Disorders: Is it Parkinson’s or Essential Tremor?
    2025/04/09
    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 分
  • Ep. 31 - Measles 2025: What You Need to Know

    Ep. 31 - Measles 2025: What You Need to Know
    2025/03/19
    As measles cases climb in 2025, we discuss what you need to know about it and how to prevent it with Dr. Matthew Thomas, WVU Medicine Children’s pediatric infectious diseases specialist and pediatric healthcare epidemiologist.
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    17 分
  • Ep. 30 - Colorectal Cancer: Surging in Younger Adults

    Ep. 30 - Colorectal Cancer: Surging in Younger Adults
    2025/03/12
    March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colorectal cancer is the second deadliest cancer in the U.S., but it’s highly preventable with screening. Even more troubling, colorectal cancer is surging in those under 50. We talk about colorectal cancer and how to prevent it with Dr. Shyam Thakkar, WVU Medicine director of Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy.
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    21 分