Advances in Women's Health

Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD Guest: Joanna Rudnick From a medical, ethical and psychological perspective, Joanna Rudnick has faced heart-wrenching choices about childbearing, life-altering surgeries, preventive lifestyle changes, and much more. Young women like Ms. Rudnick, who possesses BRCA gene mutations, look to their healthcare providers for guidance through this harrowing journey. How can we help...

Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD Guest: Joyce Walsleben, RN, PhD Complaints of sleep disturbances are much more common in women than in men. In this segment we explore the etiology of insomnia that contributes to the greater prevalence of insomnia in women, especially in their postmenopausal years. Treatment modalities, alternatives to medications and tidbits on how to improve your patient’s quality of sle...

Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD Guest: Alan Peaceman, MD Cesarean section on maternal request is becoming a more common discussion in doctors offices around the country. Since the late 90’s, cesarean section rates continue to rise with overall estimates of 29% noted in 2004. The ethics of patient autonomy war with medical concerns about potentially unnecessary surgery. The challenges posed by elective ces...

Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD Guest: Alan Peaceman, MD Preterm labor and delivery has an enormous impact on medical society and society in general. In fact, 12% of all deliveries in the United States occur before 37 weeks gestation, which makes preterm delivery the greatest contributor to neonatal morbidity and mortality. Dr. Alan Peaceman, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern Universi...

Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD Guest: Sam Thatcher, MD, PhD Anovulation is a significant challenge for reproductive age women. The most common endocrinologic cause of this is PCOS. With the help of Dr. Sam Thatcher, pioneer in IVF technology and director of the Center for Applied Reproductive Science, we explore the exciting new possibilities and not-so-new controversies that exist with regard to treatme...

Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD Guest: Sam Thatcher, MD, PhD Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) imperils reproductive age women, posing pressing concerns about fertility, and increasing risk of diabetes, heart disease, and endometrial cancer. Dr. Sam Thatcher, director of the multi-site Center for Applied Reproductive Science, considers the mechanisms of PCOS inheritance, essential diagnostic criteria, and...

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD Guest: Murray Favus, MD Dr. Murray Favus, a Professor of Medicine at The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, and director of The University of Chicago Bone Program discusses denosumab, zoledronic acid, oral calcium sensing receptor antagonists, and other emerging therapies for osteoporosis.

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD Guest: Murray Favus, MD Dr. Lauren Streicher speaks with Dr. Murray Favus, professor of medicine at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and director of the University of Chicago Bone Disease Program, about managing patients who are not tolerating a bisphosphonate or who do not respond to bisphosphonate therapy.

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD Guest: Murray Favus, MD Dr. Lauren Striecher speaks to Dr. Murray Favus, a Professor of Medicine at The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, and director of The University of Chicago Bone Program. They will discuss management of patients identified with osteoporosis.

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD Guest: Rachel Brem, MD Dr. Rachel Brem, the Director of mammaography at George Washington University Medical Center, discusses the role of digital mammography, plain film mammography, utlrasound, and MRI for primary screening of breast cancer.

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD Guest: Rachel Brem, MD Dr. Rachel Brem, director of mammaography at George Washington University Medical Center, discusses her recent work published in The Breast Journal regarding the role of breast- specific gamma imaging for women with equivocal mammographic findings.

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD Guest: Richard Baer, MD Psychiatrist Richard Baer, MD, author of Switching Time, discusses the impact of childhood sexual abuse on the development of adult psychiatric illness.

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD Guest: Richard Baer, MD Vast challenges present themselves in the diagnosis and treatment of multiple personality disorder. Dr. Richard Baer, the former president of the Illinois Psychiatric Society, discusses a particular case - involving one patient and her 17 different personalities - as the subject of his book, "Switching Time".

Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD Guest: Arthur Klatsky, MD Join Dr. Klatsky while he discusses the new findings on the relevance of Alcohol type as it relates to Breast Cancer.

Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD Guest: Diljeet Singh, MD Dr. Mazzullo and Dr. Singh discuss the genetic detection of ovarian cancer and the challenges it proposes.

Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD Guest: Diljeet Singh, MD Ovarian Cancer affects 1 in 70 women over their lifetimes. It is the #2 most common gynecological malignancy, yet 95% of women experience symptoms in the months before they receive diagnosis. What can we do to increase early detection of Ovarian Cancer?

Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD Guest: Clarisa Gracia, MD More than five percent of new cancer cases occur in women of prepubescent and childbearing age. Which of the current cancer treatments specifically influence fertility? Are prepubescent women less vulnerable to the damaging effects of therapy? Dr. Clarisa Gracia, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania Sch...

Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD Guest: Clarisa Gracia, MD Dr. Gracia and Dr. Mazzullo discuss ovarian function and fertility before, during and after cancer treatments. The new ways in which we are beginning to perserve fertility provides hope for young cancer patients.

Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD Guest: Clarisa Gracia, MD There are over 10 million new cancer diagnoses every year, and 5% occur in women of pre-pubescent and child-bearing ages. What impact does this have on their fertility, and what new measures are being taken before patients undergo treatment to protect the future of their fertility? Dr. Clarisa Gracia, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecolog...