Everything Your Doc Wants You To Know

Exploring Menopause

Today Dr. Jean Marie McGowan joins us to talk about menopause. Jean Marie McGowan, MD NCMP FACP is an Internal Medicine physician with a special interest in Women’s Health. She att…

The THYROID episode

Thyroid gland sits low in the neck. Secretes two forms of thyroid hormone - T3 and T4

Symptoms: affects the heart rate, weight, hair, mood, reflexes, bowels, energy

TSH (thyroid stim…

Medications and Deprescribing

Today we discuss medications, polypharmacy, and deprescribing.

We are joined by clinical pharmacist Dr. Douglas Gugel-Bryant, PharmD, BCPS for this week’s conversation. Do…

Understanding Your Lab Results

In this episode, Drs. Lindsey and Kirsten provide an overview of the routine labs. We answer the following questions:

- When are routine labs being ordered?

- What does th…

Bone Health

Osteoporosis diagnosis: DEXA scan T score of <-2.5 or diagnosed clinically - a fall from standing height resulting in fracture or evidence of spinal compression fractures

Risk factors: age,…

Episode 16: Depression & Prevention of Suicide

Emily Gard, LICSW, joins us to talk about depression and suicide. Emily is a Licensed Individual Clinical Social Worker and nationally certified mental h…

Congestive Heart Failure

2 types:

Systolic heart failure: pump weakens, ejection fraction (EF) less than 55%

Causes: heart attack, valvular heart disease, obstructive sleep apnea, viral, high blood pres…

What to expect when you’re… aging!

Consider yourself warned! We talk about normal aging and how to minimize the impact of age on the body.

From head to toe:

Hair thinning - occurs in women as well as me…

Episode 13 - Aging Well

Aging - the sum of all changes that occur with the passage of time that lead to functional impairment and eventually death

Factors affecting age: genetics, environment (stressor…

The Waterworks for Men

Guest: Dr. Darin Lang, Internist and Geriatrician at Sanford Health. Trained at Virginia Mason in Seattle and Emory University for Geriatrics in Atlanta. Darin was born and rais…

Navigating Life Changes

Life transitions can be exciting at times but can also contribute to isolation, depression, and anxiety. Some major life changes include the birth of a child, menopause, becomi…

A Salty Note on Sodium Chloride

Salt or Sodium Chloride recommended daily intake 2300mg daily or 1 teaspoon

High salt diet can contribute to high blood pressure or hypertension as well as worsen conges…

Eating for health

This week we discuss nutrition and eating for health.

Nutrition: healthful food to fuel your body.

Positive nutrition can provide energy, boost immunity, improve overall health

Harmful …

Episode 8 - Sleep

Insomnia = Sleep difficulties

Multiple causes of sleep disruption: Obstructive sleep apnea, the need to urinate, medication side effects, restless leg syndrome, heart burn, worry, moo…

Episode 7: Living Well with Dementia

Dementia - changes in memory and thinking that are beyond what is normal for age. It is progressive (worsens over time).

Treatment can slow progression of dementia,…

Millions in US have diabetes or prediabetes but it is often PREVENTABLE

Diabetes Type 2: High blood sugar levels because of insulin resistance. Occurs when insulin released from the pancreas is less e…

Episode 5: A Shot of Health

Today we focus on four adult immunizations: tetanus, pneumonia, shingles, and influenza.

Tetanus - a tetanus (Td) booster is needed every 10 years or less. Every adult shoul…

Episode 4: Urinary Tract Infections

We discuss the anatomy of the urinary tract: bladder, ureters, and kidneys

We discuss infection being a pathogen (bacteria) causing an illness. This is different tha…

Episode 3: Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

We explain the “leaky faucet” analogy for reducing risk of heart attacks and strokes.

We discuss the population that benefits from aspirin to prevent hea…

Episode 2: Getting the most out of your clinic visit.

Although you’ve probably been attending doctor appointments for years, you may not know everything that happens around your visit. Lindsey and Kir…