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.
Latest episodes
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21 min
Ep. 50 - Vestibular Therapy: Getting Back on Your Feet & Keeping You There
If you frequently feel dizzy or like the room is spinning, you may have a balance disorder. More than 90 million Americans will experience a balance issue at some point, and balanc…
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22 min
Ep. 49 - Crohn’s & Colitis: Let’s Go There
Nearly two and a half million Americans suffer with an Inflammatory Bowel Disease or IBD, like Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative colitis. Both conditions cause chronic inflammation of…
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14 min
Ep. 48 - Understanding COPD: More Than a Cough
West Virginia has one of the highest rates of COPD with more than 186,000 West Virginians, or 13 percent of the state’s adults, affected by this lung disease. COPD is more than jus…
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25 min
Ep. 47 - Advances in Lung Cancer: A Breath of Fresh Air
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., and West Virginia has the second highest rate of new lung cancer cases in the country. But survival rates are on the r…
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16 min
Ep. 46 - Peak Advantage Medicare: Bigger and Better Than Before
The Medicare open enrollment period is already underway, so we talk about the fastest growing Medicare Advantage plan in West Virginia – Peak Advantage. Peak Health Medicare Direct…
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30 min
Ep. 45 - Domestic Violence: VIP Brain Injury Treatment for Survivors
Domestic violence survivors are an often-overlooked population prone to repeated concussions. An estimated one-in-three women, and one-in-seven men in the U.S. will experience phys…
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30 min
Ep. 44 - Gynecologic Cancer: Get Screened and Take Control
Are you overdue for your annual gynecological exam? Don’t put it off any longer. An estimated 117,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with gynecologic cancer this year, and abo…
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21 min
Ep. 43 - Chronic Pain: You Don’t Have to Live with It
Are you one of the 100 million Americans suffering with chronic pain? You don’t have to learn to live with it. We talk about the explosion of new treatments that are helping many f…
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29 min
Ep. 42 - Overdose Awareness: Epidemic Improving, But Crisis Not Over
West Virginia still leads the nation in overdose deaths, but the CDC estimates a drop of about 42 percent in those deaths over the last few years. However, that doesn’t mean the ov…
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30 min
Ep. 41 - Heart Murmurs: What’s That Sound?
It’s estimated that 72% of children will have a heart murmur at some point during childhood and adolescence. We talk about everything you need to know about heart murmurs from when…
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23 min
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 va…
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36 min
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. Christ…
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27 min
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…
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26 min
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 tal…
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45 min
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 a…
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19 min
Ep. 35 - Osteoporosis: Bone Up on Bone Health
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 l…
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25 min
Ep. 34 - Stroke: Breakthrough Treatments Offer New Hope
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 str…
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16 min
Ep. 33 - Testicular Cancer: On the Rise but Curable
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-exam…
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34 min
Ep. 32 - Movement Disorders: Is it Parkinson’s or Essential Tremor?
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 oft…
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17 min
Ep. 31 - Measles 2025: What You Need to Know
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 speci…