Location:
United States
Description:
Medical experts from The University of Kansas Health System discuss current health events and advances in medicine.
Language:
English
Episodes
Difficult to Spot - Esophagus Cancer
4/30/2024
Ken O'Brien noticed food wasn't going down like it used to. Telling his doctor about it helped save his life. We learn why cancer in the esophagus is so hard to spot early and who needs a regular screening.
Duration:00:28:10
Life-Saving Care Regardless of the Rivalry
4/29/2024
The president of K-State turned to The University of Kansas Health System for his cancer care. The treatment that took Richard Linton away from Manhattan and the tremendous support that helped get him back home.
Duration:00:30:39
Transplant Recipient Helps Taylor Swift Dream Come True
4/26/2024
A kidney transplant recipient from The University of Kansas Health System saw a story about a little girl who got scammed out of Taylor Swift tickets. He also saw she was in the hospital suffering from the same disease as him. He was moved to buy her the tickets himself to give her some joy.
Duration:00:30:33
Parkinson's Awareness
4/22/2024
The first ever test that catches Parkinson's early before symptoms appear giving patients the chance to start treatment early. What needs to happen before the breakthrough becomes standard, plus weight loss drugs tested as a Parkinson's treatment.
Duration:00:35:03
Rebuilding a Tongue After Oral Cancer
4/15/2024
Removing part of his tongue and then rebuilding a new one! The warning signs that helped this firefighter catch oral cancer early, plus the techniques that help him speak again.
Duration:00:31:15
Access to a Clinical Trial Saves Life
4/12/2024
Robin Love's breast cancer had no FDA-approved treatment. 17 years later, she says access to a clinical trial saved her life. How an innovative treatment and a doctor-slash-scientist got robin from diagnosis to survivorship.
Duration:00:31:30
Kidney Recipient Using His "Second Life" to Pay it Forward
4/9/2024
Scott Seetin was one step away from donating a kidney, then he found he needed a transplant just as urgently. The second chance that Scott calls his "second life" and using art to pay it forward.
Duration:00:30:36
Cancer Prevention and Control
4/8/2024
From genetic testing to weight loss and even vaccines, the best way to fight cancer is to prevent it in the first place. Hear what physicians and researchers are doing to keep cancer rates trending down.
Duration:00:32:40
Taking Care of KC Current
4/5/2024
New season, new stadium, new healthcare provider! What does it mean to care for the Kansas City Current? Meet the doctors helping make right now the best time to be a female athlete.
Duration:00:30:27
Resting Metabolic Rate Test
4/2/2024
It looks strange, but doctors say this is the best way to measure your metabolism. The bubble measures resting metabolic rate that helps you reach nutrition, weight loss, and overall health goals. Plus, the specific benefit for female athletes.
Duration:00:30:31
Staying Competitive for the National Stage
4/1/2024
Emma stiles knows what it takes to compete, but when the collegiate diver switched sports, her body needed to switch too. How this athlete found the knowledge and support she needed to stay competitive on the national stage.
Duration:00:29:38
Psychedelic Psychiatry
3/26/2024
Psychedelic drugs could revolutionize psychiatry when they're in the right hands. Shaking off the "party drug" stereotype. How psychedelics can change brains for the better.
Duration:00:30:52
Balancing Faith with Hope and Science
3/25/2024
A breast cancer diagnosis couldn't shake Lisa Weatherspoon’s faith. Hear why she wanted to avoid chemo at all costs. How she balances her faith with hope and science.
Duration:00:34:02
Woman Accidentally Swallows Hearing Aid
3/22/2024
Hearing aids down the hatch, and they didn't come out on their own! The mixup that sent one woman into emergency surgery. Where the hearing aids got stuck and what else she swallowed besides her pills!
Duration:00:23:38
Bouncing Back from a Core Muscle Injury
3/19/2024
When you train like a pro, you play like a pro. Meet a college football player bouncing back from a core muscle injury. The special surgery and the rigorous exercise that has him recovering from an often-misunderstood problem.
Duration:00:31:47
Morning Medical Update - New Drugs and Tools to Change Alzheimer's Disease
3/18/2024
It's tough to talk about Alzheimer's, but we shouldn't shy away from such important conversations. We hear from a caregiver, and get and update on the newest Alzheimer's drugs.
Duration:00:33:57
Stroke Care with an Aging Population
3/15/2024
Stroke care is improving. But can it keep up with the aging population? The growing burden of stroke. See the enormous impact on caretakers and what needs to improve to better care for baby boomers.
Duration:00:35:56
Morning Medical Update - 4 years into the COVID Pandemic and Collective Trauma
3/11/2024
4 years into the COVID Pandemic and this shared traumatic experience has changed us. The deaths, the division and the uncertainty are still taking a toll mental health. Experts call it a collective trauma facing society.
Duration:00:33:22
Morning Medical Update - Treatment for Menopause
3/8/2024
Countless creams, gels and drugs promise to reverse the effects of menopause. Now doctors have a laser in their toolbox the five-minute treatment promising less dryness and pain.
Duration:00:29:30
Colorectal Cancer
3/5/2024
Oncologists are calling it an epidemic people in their 20s and 30s, getting colon cancer. No one knows exactly why. The first warning signs that tipped off one survivor plus when it makes sense to request a colonoscopy.
Duration:00:32:56