KUCI: Pills: Recent Episodes
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Dr. Claudia Kawas has devoted her life to studying the "oldest old," the fastest growing segment of the population. And the groundbreaking findings her research has uncovered are surprising! She stops by the studio to discuss this work and asks us see how the population is shifting in the coming years.
First year medical student, Graham Stephenson, stops by the studio to chat tech. We begin with the business side of what finances a hospital but quickly move into sectors where businesses are playing a part in revolutionizing medical care. We touch on Virtual Reality and 3D printing as potential future dimension relevant to medical care.
Dr. Ben LaBrot stops by the studio to talk about his organization, Floating Doctors, on today's episode of PILLS. We hear vivid stories of how his team delivers medical care to the remotest corners of Panama. Although many patients have never seen a physician before, Floating Doctors keeps coming back to the villages to provide a continuum of primary care.
With approximately 12,000 new cases of spinal cord injury debilitating patients each year in the US, any restoration of function comes as good news. Recently researchers in Ohio managed to implant electrodes into the brain of a 24 year old man to control his arm muscles for the first time in the 4 years since his accident. He was able to grasp and manipulate objects. What could this mean for the future of brain-machine-interfaces?
Today's episode focuses on nutrition. Food is incredibly important to our long term health, after all this is the stuff our body has to work with. This episode is not at all a guide on what to eat; in fact it questions whether such a guide is even possible. But rather its a rumination on how food matters are complicated and intersect many aspects of our lives.
Tough cases of chronic pain may last for decades without relief from traditional and non-traditional therapies, and may not even show outward symptoms apart from the patient's own distress. Dr. David Schechter joins us on today's program to discuss his unique approach for such patients. He is a family medicine and sports medicine physician based in Los Angeles, California. In the episode he talks about his holistic approach to the patient, treatments he prescribes, the medical community's inertia against new ideas.
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Tough cases of chronic pain may last for decades without relief from traditional and non-traditional therapies, and may not even show outward symptoms apart from the patient's own distress. Dr. David Schechter joins us on today's program to discuss his unique approach for such patients. He is a family medicine and sports medicine physician based in Los Angeles, California. In the episode he talks about his holistic approach to the patient, treatments he prescribes, the medical community's inertia against new ideas.
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On this episode I consider the human body as a whole and try to take a big picture look at anatomy. I discuss the different systems at play and how the structure of their physical properties meets their physiological functions.
In this episode, medical student Winston Vuong discusses the battle against cancer. He begins with the diversity of cancers and how each interact with the human bodies in different ways. Compounding to the complexity are the differences between patients. The best therapies, as a result, must be customized to suite each need. Winston discusses this "personalized medicine" approach and picks a particularly exciting new finding to elaborate upon.
Today we are joined with leaders of the Orange County Needle Exchange (OCNEP). OCNEP began when a group of medical students realized that a needle exchange was needed in Santa Ana to stem the transmission of infectious diseases, especially amongst injection drug users. In the episode the founder, Kyle Barbour, explains the philosophy of harm reduction as a means of promoting public health. Marissa Lovio, a steering committee member, adds details about the process of becoming state certified and the inauguration of the exchange in February.
Dr. Don Wei discusses his research on endocannabinoids and social behavior, along the way discussing the brain's reward system and dopamine. These insights from neuroscience immediately show it's utility in understanding drug addiction and other psychiatric illnesses.
Today we're focusing our lens on a disease you've undoubtably heard something about. There are 230,000 new cases every year, making it the second most prevalent cancer in women, and in the U.S. as many as 1 / 8 women may be diagnosed at some point in their lifetime. The subject of our discussion today is Breast Cancer.
Another reason you may have heard of breast cancer is that patients of this condition have rallied together successfully to build agencies and advocacy groups to strengthen public awareness, advocacy, and research on the topic. And a common goal for many of these groups is to encourage early detection of the cancer, because treatment is more successful if caught early. As with any medical test done in a doctors office, the tests aren't perfect. And the more tests you do the more potential there are for false alarms--results that indicate a problem when none exists. Now these don't happen that often, because then the tests would be bad and we wouldn't use them, but It does happen it can cause a lot of stress and anxiety. And there are healthy active debates on what measure of mistakes we are comfortable with for each test, if it means catching every case of cancer successfully. And guidelines vary and evolve between advocacy groups as to what tests are recommended. Some of this discussion boils down to numbers that epidemiologists like to crunch. But today we are lucky enough to add a human touch to the conversation. My guest is Artie, who shares her own battle with breast cancer at its 10 year anniversary.
Sahil Aggarwal, co-founder of Pendulum Global, sits down to discuss his non-profit, defends the need for global health projects, and gives aspiring entrepreneurs concrete tips to begin their own projects.
A long time ago in a galaxy far far smaller...
The mining or iron has become hotly contested, as fungi, bacteria, and human cells clash to reign supreme over the limited reserves. A gallant galactic observer, Evelyn Hoover, has traversed space-time to report on these interactions and which side will emerge victorious on PILLS: Easy to swallow stories in medicine, episode 5.
Soe Thein, 2nd year medical student and foodie, discusses the idea of sustainable eating as a means of eating healthier instead of obsessing over calories.
Mr. Calvin Gantt discusses his battle with lymphoma and chemotherapy. Along the way he leaves valuable reflections for any aspiring doctor. To enjoy more of Calvin, tune in to Black Talk Radio on KUCI 88.9 FM, Wednesdays at 5!