Ep. 40 - Aortic Stenosis: Life Renewing Treatments
Aortic stenosis is a condition affecting 2.5 million Americans that occurs when the aortic valve is too narrow. We talk about life renewing treatments for this most common heart valve disease with Dr. Ramesh Daggubati, chief of Interventional Cardiology at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute.
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Ep. 39 – Summer Safety: Spend Time Outside, Not in the ED
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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Ep. 38 - Juvenile Arthritis: Kids Get Arthritis, Too
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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Ep. 37 - Cataracts: Clear the Cloudiness to Battle Blindness
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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Ep. 36 - Alzheimer’s: Senior Moment or Something More?
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.
Want to live a better and healthier life? Find out more about the latest medical breakthroughs and best treatments for conditions from heart disease to diabetes and Alzheimer’s in the elderly to RSV in babies. We talk about the latest health information with an expert physician from WVU Medicine to help you live healthy in West Virginia and beyond.
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