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  • Ep. 18 - Blood Cancer: Improving Outcomes, But Still a lot of Work to Do

    Ep. 18 - Blood Cancer: Improving Outcomes, But Still a lot of Work to Do
    2024/09/11
    September is National Blood Cancer Awareness Month, and newer blood cancer therapies are providing effective cures and treatments without the strong side effects of chemotherapy. We talk about how monoclonal antibodies and immunotherapy are improving survival rates and giving hope to blood cancer patients with Ashkan Emadi, MD, physician-in-chief of Medical Oncology at the WVU Cancer Institute.
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    41 分
  • Ep. 17 – Concussion: Not Just for Athletes

    Ep. 17 – Concussion: Not Just for Athletes
    2024/08/28
    Did you know that falls are the number one cause of concussion? Or that isolating in a cold, dark room is NOT the best way to treat a concussion? We’re busting concussion myths and talking about the changing concussion protocols with national concussion expert Javier Cárdenas, MD, of the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute Concussion & Brain Injury Center.
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    24 分
  • Ep. 16 - Robotic Surgery: Robots Are Taking Over Your Surgery and That’s a Good Thing

    Ep. 16 - Robotic Surgery: Robots Are Taking Over Your Surgery and That’s a Good Thing
    2024/08/14
    Robots have been taking over our surgeries for more than 20 years, and their use is expanding exponentially. Why is that a good thing? Dr. Kristy Ward, chair of the J.W. Ruby Memorial Robotics Committee, explains the benefits of robotic surgery and why WVU Medicine is expanding its fleet of robots around the region to bring robotic assisted surgery closer to home.
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    19 分
  • Ep. 15 - Back-to-School Vaccines: Helping Students & Families Stay Healthy

    Ep. 15 - Back-to-School Vaccines: Helping Students & Families Stay Healthy
    2024/07/31
    Do you know what back-to-school vaccines your child needs? Why does West Virginia lead the nation in childhood immunization rates but is last in getting teens and pre-teens the cancer-preventing HPV vaccine?

    Dr. Kathy Moffett, chief of WVU Medicine Children’s Pediatric Infectious Diseases, explains it all and talks about how we can protect our kids and families through vaccination.
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    27 分
  • Ep. 14 – TMS for OCD & Depression: A Road to Reclaiming Your Life

    Ep. 14 – TMS for OCD & Depression: A Road to Reclaiming Your Life
    2024/07/17
    Are you struggling with obsessive compulsive disorder or depression and medication just isn’t working? Then transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS therapy, may be for you. We talk with neurologist Dr. Umer Najib of the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute about how this noninvasive, in-office treatment for OCD and depression is helping many patients find relief.
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    25 分
  • Ep. 13 - Coming Soon! Elkins Corridor Medical Center

    Ep. 13 - Coming Soon! Elkins Corridor Medical Center
    2024/07/03
    Get ready Elkins, Randolph County, and surrounding area. The Elkins Corridor Medical Center is coming soon and bringing WVU Medicine healthcare even closer to home, all under one roof. We talk to United Hospital Center president and CEO Dr. David Hess about building this new hospital without beds that has everything from primary care to urgent care, cardiac care to cancer care, labs, imaging, and everything in between.
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    24 分
  • Ep. 12 - Pediatric Heart Surgery: Treating Little Hearts with Big Problems

    Ep. 12 - Pediatric Heart Surgery: Treating Little Hearts with Big Problems
    2024/06/19
    One in 100 babies born in West Virginia are born with some form of congenital heart disease. How do you treat tiny hearts with big problems?

    From the Harmony Valve to Preemie PDA Closure, we talk about some truly amazing treatments for these heart conditions with pediatric cardiologist Dr. Alex Verhoeven of the WVU Medicine Children’s Heart Center. Most of these pioneering procedures are minimally invasive and only available at a small group of hospitals, including WVU Medicine Children’s.
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    41 分
  • Ep. 11 - – Chiropractic Care: It’s an Adjustment

    Ep. 11 - – Chiropractic Care: It’s an Adjustment
    2024/06/05
    An estimated 35 million Americans see a chiropractor each year, but how much do you know or think you know about chiropractic medicine?

    We unravel some of the mystery behind chiropractic care and do a little chiropractic myth busting with Dr. Nicholas Marchesani, a chiropractor at the WVU Medicine Center for Integrative Pain Management. Spoiler alert – chiropractors do much more than just crack your back.
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    23 分