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Feature Interview (11:29) – Dr. Ashley Fernandes, associate director of the Center for Bioethics at the Ohio State University College of Medicine, covers the most important things to understand the debate about health care rights, including patient autonomy, physician conscience, and the right to medical care. Medical Trivia (Answer at 49:02) – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclai...

Feature Interview (12:55) – Dr. Dominic Vachon, Director of the Ruth M. Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine at the University of Notre Dame, is back for a second episode to discuss the science of compassion, including how compassion or lack of it impacts both doctors and patients and what we can all do to be better at it. Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine https:...

Feature Interview (12:40) – Dr. Dominic Vachon, Director of the Ruth M. Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine at the University of Notre Dame, discusses the importance of compassionate care, why some doctors find it difficult, how doctors can increase their compassion, and how studies show learning about and focusing on compassionate care is beneficial for both doctors and patients....

In this episode – All three of our co-hosts come together to talk about the most common winter health problems and how to avoid them and treat them. Hear about a wide range of issues like season affective disorder, common colds, influenza, frost bite, and more with dermatologist Dr. Tom McGovern, family physician Dr. Andrew Mullally, and OBGYN Dr. Christ Stroud. Medical Trivia (Answer at 39:29) –...

Feature Interview (11:16) – Breast cancer surgeon Dr. Angela Lanfranchi shares the truth about the latest breast cancer research, including the link between artificial contraception and abortion and increased risk of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Prevention Institute https://www.bcpinstitute.org/ Background Info (00:45) – OBGYN Dr. Stroud shares medical background info about breasts and breast canc...

Feature Interview (13:06) – Economist Michaele Hicks, PhD from Ball State University talks about the difference between for-profit and non-profit hospitals, how those differences affect patients, and why communities should care about what kind of hospitals they have. Indiana Has a Monopoly Problem in Healthcare https://projects.cberdata.org/165/indiana-healthcare-monopoly Background Info (00:45) –...

Feature Interview (5:07) – A panel of four Catholic women physicians share their stories, reflections, and advice about being a woman physician including challenges they’ve faced, how things have changed for women in medicine, and the special contributions women make in the medical field. Panel: Dr. Maricella Moffitt, Dr. Jenn Johnson, Dr. Michelle Stanford, Dr. Amber Day Background Info (00:45) –...

Feature Interview (9:55) – Dr. Tom Catena is a missionary family physician and general surgeon serving over 1 million people in the war-torn regions of Sudan. He talks about how he decided to dedicate his life to medical mission work, what it’s like working in a remote part of a country ravaged by war, how he finds fulfillment in his work despite the difficulties. African Mission Healthcare https:...

Feature Interview (9:55) – Senator Todd Young (R-IN) serves on the Senate Finance Committee and its Health Subcommittee that oversees Medicare and is also active in Veterans’ healthcare oversight. He talks about the latest healthcare efforts in Congress including VA medical care, organ procurement, tobacco purchase age, and Medicare for All. Background Info (00:30) – History of Medicare Medical Tr...

Feature Interview (9:55) – Deacon Dr. John Travaline and Sister Dr. Mary Diana Dreger from the Catholic Medical Association talk about the difficult topic of brain death. They cover the history of brain death science, what is currently considered brain death in the United States, why it is controversial, and the implications for how the Catholic Church issues ethical teachings on death. Linacre Qu...

Feature Interview (12:35) – Dr. Kevin Majeres, a psychiatrist practicing in Cambridge, MA who also teaches at Harvard Medical School, is back for more on the important topic of anxiety. This time Dr. Majeres describes treatment by “Acceptance and Commitment Therapy,” some ideas for dealing with anxiety in the moment , the difference between hyper-focus and perfecting work in “Flow,” and how unders...

Feature Interviews (12:08) – Critical care pulmonologist Dr. Eustace Fernandes shares facts and fictions about the vaping craze: what is it, who’s doing it, does it help people quit smoking, is it addictive, is it healthy, and much more. Also in this episode: Background Info (00:30) – What is Vaping? https://www.uptodate.com/ Medical Trivia (Answer at 47:54) – In November 1492, Rodrigo de Jerez di...

Feature Interviews (11:15) – Dr. John Travaline talks all about sleep – why sleep is important, what good sleep looks like, what prevents us from getting good sleep, and what we can do to get more good sleep. Also in this episode: Background Info (00:30) – Center for Disease Control Statistics on Sleep and Sleep Disorders https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/data_statistics.html Medical Trivia (Answer at 47:...

Feature Interviews (11:52) – Grace Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, joins the doctors to talk about what’s wrong with the healthcare system in the United States, what options to fix it have been proven to actually work, and what Catholic should be looking for as ethical concerns in healthcare policies. https://www.healthcarechoices2020.org/ https://galen.org/ Also in this episode: B...

Feature Interviews (6:03) – First, Bobby Williams shares about the work of the Women’s Care Center Foundation, and Jenny Hunsbarger shares her experiences with over 20 years counseling women facing crisis pregnancies. https://supportwomenscarecenter.org/ Then Monica Kelsey, founder of Safe Haven Baby Boxes, talks about how babies’ lives are being saved by alarm-activated, heated boxes for abandone...

Feature Interviews (6:03) – Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, talks about why young people are called the “Pro-Life Generation,” how pro-life people are preparing for life post Roe v. Wade, and how her organization has been so successful helping convert young Americans to the cause of life. https://studentsforlife.org/ (32:03) Then Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Fami...

Feature Interview (6:28) – Kathleen Eaton-Bravo, founder of the Obria Group of pro-life medical clinics, tells the story of how she became pro-life after her own abortion, got involved in the pro-life movement, and overcame strict pro-abortion state regulations in California to grow one of the largest organization of pregnancy centers in the country, protecting thousands of women and babies every...

Feature Interview (6:28) –Dr. Tim Millea, an orthopedic spine surgeon from Iowa, discusses the ins and outs of back pain - and maybe even “pains in the neck” – the most likely causes, how to avoid it, and what doctors and patients can do to treat it. North American Spine Society https://www.spine.org/ Also in this episode: Background Info (00:30) – Spine Basics (from the American Academy of Orthop...

Feature Interview (12:30) – Philosopher Dr. Pete Colosi shares how to clearly and charitably speak about the Catholic Church’s teaching on the morality of artificial reproductive technologies. https://peterjcolosi.com/ Dr. Peter J. Colosi: Theology of the Body and Dignitas Personae (https://youtu.be/JnoWm7DnBNg) Also in this episode: Background Info (00:30) – What is Artificial Reproductive Techno...

Feature Interview (12:30) – Dr. Kevin Majeres, a psychiatrist practicing in Cambridge, MA who also teaches at Harvard Medical School, discusses anxiety: what it is, what causes it, what makes it worse, and what makes it better, including cognitive behavioral therapy. www.drmajeres.com www.optimalwork.com Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (https://amzn.to/2NCfIlh) The U...

Feature Interview (12:55) – Marie Hilliard, PhD, past president of the National Association of Catholic Nurses and Co-Chair of the CMA Ethics Committee, discusses the vocation of nursing including what makes nursing so important and ethical questions nurses face today. National Association of Catholic Nurses https://nacn-usa.org/ The International Catholic Committee of Nurses and Medico-Social Ass...

Feature Interview (13:38) – Dr. Al Oliva, a plastic surgeon who operates in Spokane, WA discusses the multi-faceted public health harms of pornography and a rational and loving response to it Fight the New Drug www.fightthenewdrug.org Doctor, Doctor Episode 21: Pornography Addiction https://soundcloud.com/user-546435917/dd-21-pornography-addiction Covenant Eyes https://www.covenanteyes.com/ CMA Vi...

Feature Interview (12:49) – Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Paul Braaton discusses foot and ankle health and injuries including habits and types of shoes that can either increase or decrease your risk, types of injuries, and what to watch for to avoid them. www. FootCareMD.org www. AAOS.org Also in this episode: Background Info (01:00) – Are modern running shoes increasing foot and ankle injuries? Born to...

Feature Interview (9:12) – Cardiologist Dr. Dave Kaminskas tells us everything we need to know about high blood pressure – hypertension – including what it is, what causes it, risk factors, prevention, and treatment plans. Also in this episode: Background Info (01:00) – When and how did doctors in history discover what blood pressure is? Medical Trivia (Answer at 38:22) – Based on 2015 data from t...

Feature Interview (11:30) – Dr. Michelle Cretella explains The Equality Act, which recently passed in the House of Representatives, including the rise of focus on legal protections for transgenderism, why the bill is anti-science, the effects it could have on Catholic healthcare providers and on patients, and more. Equality Act Explained (from Heritage Foundation) https://www.heritage.org/gender/h...