Episodes

  • Ep. 14 – TMS for OCD & Depression: A Road to Reclaiming Your Life

    Ep. 14 – TMS for OCD & Depression: A Road to Reclaiming Your Life
    Jul 17 2024
    Are you struggling with obsessive compulsive disorder or depression and medication just isn’t working? Then transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS therapy, may be for you. We talk with neurologist Dr. Umer Najib of the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute about how this noninvasive, in-office treatment for OCD and depression is helping many patients find relief.
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    25 mins
  • Ep. 13 - Coming Soon! Elkins Corridor Medical Center

    Ep. 13 - Coming Soon! Elkins Corridor Medical Center
    Jul 3 2024
    Get ready Elkins, Randolph County, and surrounding area. The Elkins Corridor Medical Center is coming soon and bringing WVU Medicine healthcare even closer to home, all under one roof. We talk to United Hospital Center president and CEO Dr. David Hess about building this new hospital without beds that has everything from primary care to urgent care, cardiac care to cancer care, labs, imaging, and everything in between.
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    24 mins
  • Ep. 12 - Pediatric Heart Surgery: Treating Little Hearts with Big Problems

    Ep. 12 - Pediatric Heart Surgery: Treating Little Hearts with Big Problems
    Jun 19 2024
    One in 100 babies born in West Virginia are born with some form of congenital heart disease. How do you treat tiny hearts with big problems?

    From the Harmony Valve to Preemie PDA Closure, we talk about some truly amazing treatments for these heart conditions with pediatric cardiologist Dr. Alex Verhoeven of the WVU Medicine Children’s Heart Center. Most of these pioneering procedures are minimally invasive and only available at a small group of hospitals, including WVU Medicine Children’s.
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    41 mins
  • Ep. 11 - – Chiropractic Care: It’s an Adjustment

    Ep. 11 - – Chiropractic Care: It’s an Adjustment
    Jun 5 2024
    An estimated 35 million Americans see a chiropractor each year, but how much do you know or think you know about chiropractic medicine?

    We unravel some of the mystery behind chiropractic care and do a little chiropractic myth busting with Dr. Nicholas Marchesani, a chiropractor at the WVU Medicine Center for Integrative Pain Management. Spoiler alert – chiropractors do much more than just crack your back.
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    23 mins
  • Ep. 10 – Thoracic Surgery: Treating Reflux to Cancer & Everything In-Between

    Ep. 10 – Thoracic Surgery: Treating Reflux to Cancer & Everything In-Between
    May 22 2024
    Do you suffer from acid reflux or a hiatal hernia? Are you at risk for esophageal or lung cancer?

    We talk about how thoracic surgery can treat thoracic conditions from reflux to cancer and hernias to lung nodules. Thoracic surgeon Dr. Jason Lamb of the WVU Heart & Vascular Institute talks about the latest treatments – most of them minimally invasive – for the most common thoracic diseases.
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    26 mins
  • Ep. 9 - Advanced Endoscopy: Scoping Out the Benefits of AI and other GI Tract Advances

    Ep. 9 - Advanced Endoscopy: Scoping Out the Benefits of AI and other GI Tract Advances
    May 8 2024
    Endoscopy is used for so much more than colonoscopies, and it just keeps getting better. Advanced endoscopy is an alternative to surgery used for diagnoses, removal of blockages and precancerous cells, and much more – all minimally invasively. And now with AI, we’ve reached a whole new level of early detection and better outcomes.

    We talk with Dr. Shyam Thakkar, director of Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy at WVU Medicine, about all these exciting advances.
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    36 mins
  • Ep. 8 - Measles: Making an Unwelcome Comeback

    Ep. 8 - Measles: Making an Unwelcome Comeback
    Apr 24 2024
    Called “the most contagious virus known to man” by some, measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000 but seems to be making an unwelcome comeback in 2024. And now the first case of measles has been reported in West Virginia in 15 years. We talk with WVU Health System Epidemiologist Dr. Michael Stevens about how to protect yourself and your family from getting this serious disease.
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    24 mins
  • Ep. 7 - Scoliosis: Breaking the Curve

    Ep. 7 - Scoliosis: Breaking the Curve
    Apr 10 2024
    An estimated six-to-nine million people in the U.S. have scoliosis, a backbone deformity where the spine has a side-to-side curve. But early diagnosis and newer treatment options are leading to better outcomes in breaking the curve of scoliosis.

    We talk with Dr. John Lubicky, chief of pediatric orthopaedic surgery at WVU Medicine Children’s, about how to tell if your child has scoliosis and the cutting-edge procedures to treat it.
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    32 mins