Episodes

  • Ep. 42 - Overdose Awareness: Epidemic Improving, But Crisis Not Over

    Ep. 42 - Overdose Awareness: Epidemic Improving, But Crisis Not Over
    Aug 27 2025
    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 overdose epidemic is over. We talk about overdose awareness, prevention, and treatment, with Dr. Michael Reynolds, addiction medicine specialist at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute’s Healthy Minds – Chestnut Ridge Center.
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    29 mins
  • Ep. 41 - Heart Murmurs: What’s That Sound?

    Ep. 41 - Heart Murmurs: What’s That Sound?
    Aug 13 2025
    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 to be concerned to what to do about them, with Dr Jai Udassi, director of the WVU Medicine Children’s Heart Center.
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    30 mins
  • Ep. 40 - Aortic Stenosis: Life Renewing Treatments

    Ep. 40 - Aortic Stenosis: Life Renewing Treatments
    Jul 30 2025
    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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    23 mins
  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins