Pulmonary Embolism
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This week our Co-Host and producer is the guest once again! The topic for this week is Pulmonary Embolism, which is a blood clot or thrombus in the lung. A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a sudden blockage in a lung artery. It usually happens when a breaks loose and travels through the bloodstream to the lungs. PE is a serious condition that can cause: Permanent damage to the lungs Low oxygen levels in your blood Damage to other organs in your body from not getting enough oxygen PE can be life-threatening, especially if a clot is large, or if there are many clots. What...
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Radiology 2nd Opinions
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This week we will discuss the topic of Diagnostic Radiology. The error rate of radiology is 4% world wide which comes out to be 40 million interpretive errors a year. Errors in diagnostic radiology occur for a variety of reasons related to human error, technical factors and system faults. It is important to recognize that various contribute to these errors. Cognitive biases have a complex and significant impact on the perception of examinations within diagnostic radiology, with the clear and present danger of . The following are some of the more common...
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Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
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This week we will discuss an extremely rare type of cancer that is most often associated with younger children. When it affects adults it is more difficult to treat. Our guest this week is Wilder McNemar. Wilder has a decent following on which is where I found him. You can follow him here: A Rhabdomyosarcoma is a type of soft tissue sarcoma. A sarcoma is a tumor that starts in the supporting tissues (connective tissues) of the body - for example, bone, muscle, fat, cartilage and ligaments. Rhabdomyosarcomas grow in the muscles of the body. Rhabdomyosarcoma can occur...
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HIV and Congenital Heart Defects
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This week we will discuss HIV and Congenital Heart Defects. Seem like an unlikely pair? First we dive deep into the world of congenital heart defects, specifically focusing on the rare and life-altering condition known as Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA). Our special guest, Derek Canas, has not only lived with this complex heart defect but has also experienced firsthand the consequences of a tainted blood transfusion in the 1970s, before routine screening for diseases in blood was standard practice. This led to a devastating HIV diagnosis, forever changing Derek's life....
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Parkinson's Caregiving
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This week we will discuss Parkinson's Disease (PD) from the caregiver perspective with Terri Pease. Before she met her husband (Peter), who already had PD when they met, Terri was working flat-out, traveling around the country, as a trainer and consultant for organizations and staff that support survivors of domestic violence and sexual violence. She was ready to slow down a little and started dating. Despite knowing that Peter had Parkinson’s Disease (PD), she was intrigued by his story and the twinkle in his eye. Within a year they married, and she began the...
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Filing for Social Security Disability
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This week we will discuss Social Security Disability Benefits with our guest David Dodge. David Dodge is the Case Manager at Community Action of Orleans and Genesee in Batavia, NY. Prior to this role, David was an Independent Living Specialist and Facilitated Enroller at Independent Living of the Genesee Region. At Independent Living, David earned his Work Incentive Practitioner credential from Cornell University. David serves as the Vice President of the Genesee County Interagency Council, a consortium of providers, Secretary of GLOW Out, a four-county LGBTQ+ advocacy group, member of the...
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CIDP Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
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This week we will discuss CIDP with Ashley. Ashley also know as "Wheelinwoman" on Instagram and TikTok. "I have a few rare diseases that caused me to have health issues including a spinal cord injury which left me a quadriplegic. I spread awareness and education on life with Guillian Barre syndrome and CIDP. And share my journey wheelin' through life as a young woman!" Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a rare autoimmune disorder that affects the peripheral nervous system. It is characterized by chronic inflammation of the nerves and...
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Autoimmune & Tick Borne Illness
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Our guest this week is Dr. Casey Kelley. Board Certified in Family Medicine, Dr. Kelley was among the first physicians to become Board Certified in Integrative Medicine. She has studied the causes, effects, and treatments of Lyme Disease extensively, and lectures nationally on this and other topics. Dr. Kelley graduated from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed her residency in Family Medicine at St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago. She is a ten-year member of the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM), a Director on the board of The International Lyme and...
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Recalls and Your Health
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This week we will discuss product recalls and your health. According to WEBMD: A product safety recall happens when a consumer watch group or a manufacturer finds problems with a product. Lots of items can be recalled. Some products that are commonly recalled include: Food products, like meat or vegetables Medication and medical devices Children’s products, like safety seats Car parts If an item is recalled, you may have to throw it away, return it, or exchange it for a similar or newer product. Did you know that in the United States, six federal agencies have...
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After Care for COVID With Marci Bene
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This week we are revisiting a marvelous guest we had on last year. With Long Covid now dominating the healthcare news, what a great time to get on board with a new protocol to help re-calibrate your nervous system?! , is a health coach from Hungary with a focus on the human nervous system and after he suffered through Covid a couple months back he created a protocol to bounce back from the after-effects of this virus. Thanks to it he recovered quickly. He is trying to reach out to as many as he can to educate on the functions and workings of the nervous system. The...
info_outlineFirst off, apologies from our team for the late posting, I had a sudden medical emergency myself that put me in the hospital. But... we are back and will be posting a new episode on that incident in the near future! Thank you for trusting us to return to show production, even if we are 30 hours late!
We are running with back to back reruns based on listeners requests. For this week's show, let me re-introduce you to Meg Pecora from our first season in July of 2018. At the time Meg was a recent college graduate from Columbia in Chicago. Now she is a recently engaged artist with chronic pain due to Fibromyalgia. She was approved for the Illinois medical cannabis program and discusses the process of obtaining the authorization and finally "prescription" for medical cannabis as a pain reliever.
Medical marijuana uses the marijuana plant or chemicals in it to treat diseases or conditions. It's basically the same product as recreational marijuana, but it's taken for medical purposes.
The marijuana plant contains more than 100 different chemicals called cannabinoids. Each one has a different effect on the body. Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) are the main chemicals used in medicine. THC also produces the "high" people feel when they smoke marijuana or eat foods containing it.
"The greatest amount of evidence for the therapeutic effects of cannabis relate to its ability to reduce chronic pain, nausea and vomiting due to chemotherapy, and spasticity [tight or stiff muscles] from MS," Bonn-Miller says.
Medical marijuana received a lot of attention a few years ago when parents said that a special form of the drug helped control seizures in their children. The FDA recently approved Epidiolex, which is made from CBD, as a therapy for people with very severe or hard-to-treat seizures. In studies, some people had a dramatic drop in seizures after taking this drug.
The cannabidiol Epidiolex was approved in 2018 for treating seizures associated with two rare and severe forms of epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome. In addition, the FDA has approved two man-made cannabinoid medicines -- dronabinol (Marinol, Syndros) and nabilone (Cesamet) -- to treat nausea and vomiting from chemotherapy.