MedStar Health DocTalk (series)

Send us Fan Mail   Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk. When shoulder pain becomes so bad that you can’t sleep, put on a shirt, or work – is shoulder replacement surgery inevitable? MedStar Health shoulder and elbow surgeon Dr. Melissa Wright explains the symptoms to look for, the non-surgical options, and the wide...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk. Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) is the most common type of arrhythmia. In the US, it affects between 2.7 million to 6.1 million Americans, and that number is projected to rise to 12.1 million in 2030. Dr. Sunjeet Sidhu, cardiac electrophysiologist, discusses atrial fi...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk. From self-driving cars to automatic vacuums, the field of robotics is exploding. this technology is also applied to healthcare, and specifically to knee and hip replacement. But how does that work? And is the robot or the surgeon in charge? On this episode of Doc...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk. By the time we reach our 50’s it seems most of us know someone who has been treated for breast cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, one in eight women will get a breast cancer diagnosis in their lifetime-   Nearly 275,000 women AND men are newly diag...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk .    …real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region. Most adults have suffered from back pain at some point in their lives. If you have dealt with an injury, nagging aches, or piercing, shooting pain,...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk .    …real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region.   When shoulder pain becomes so bad that you can’t sleep, put on a shirt, or work – is shoulder replacement surgery inevitable? MedStar Health shou...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk .    …real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region. Caring for aging seniors can be challenging for patients, their caregivers, as well as medical providers. These seniors can have multiple complex m...

Send us Fan Mail Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer that starts in the deep layers of the skin in the cells that produce pigment. It is aggressive and potentially life-threatening. So, it’s important that it be identified early when it is most treatable. In this podcast, Dr. Edward McCarron, a surgical oncologist and specialist in the treatment of the disease, talks about what melano...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk .    …real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region. Dr. Ryan Katz of the Curtis National Hand Center talks about one of the most commonly treated hand conditions: arthritis in the basal thumb joint....

Send us Fan Mail Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic heart condition and can affect as many as one in 500, yet it’s one we don’t hear about very often. This inherited heart condition can affect anyone regardless of gender, age, or ethnicity. Dr Sandeep Jani, director of the HCM clinic at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, explains more about this condition and how its sympto...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk.   If you’re an active person with hip pain, you may have hip impingement or a labrum tear. These conditions can be repaired with a minimally invasive, highly specialized procedure: hip arthroscopy. MedStar Health sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Kenneth Te...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk .    …real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region. They say that time heals all wounds.  But does it?  For some people getting a wound to heal suffer months without change.  Why?  What are the risks...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health DocTalk .   … real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region. For more episodes of MedStar Health DocTalk, go to medstarhealth.org/doctalk.

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health DocTalk .   … real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region. For more episodes of MedStar Health DocTalk, go to medstarhealth.org/doctalk.

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health DocTalk .   … real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region. Deciding to pursue a surgical solution for weight loss is not a decision you make lightly.  Weight loss surgery can change your life. It's not...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health DocTalk .   … real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region. Hemorrhoids.  Believe it or not, a ll of us have them. Sometimes they became inflamed, painful, or uncomfortable. And when they do, it’s important t...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health DocTalk .   … real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region. It takes as much as 1200 to 1800 pounds of pressure to break the human thigh bone. But an unexpected snap of that bone could be the first sign of th...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk.  What causes rotator cuff injuries, and what can be done to relieve the pain? In this episode of DocTalk,  we talk with sports medicine orthopedic surgeon Dr. David Cohen from MedStar Orthopaedic Institute about this common shoulder condition and its symptoms, tr...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk . MedStar Health Doc Talk … real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region. Prevention is the best medicine, but the key to effectively treating any cancer is diagnosing it as early as possible. And th...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk . MedStar Health Doc Talk … real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region. Thanks to advances in cancer treatment, more and more former cancer patients are now cancer survivors. While these life-savin...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health Doc Talk . MedStar Health Doc Talk … real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region. Is your neck or back pain caused by your vertebrae, or your nerves? If you are considering spine surgery, what type of specia...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health DocTalk. Join us for real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region. A new surgical tower opened at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland... culminating a ten-year growth at a 50-year ol...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health DocTalk. Join us for real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region. A twisted knee, swelling, and the telltale “pop.” Is it an ACL tear?  Sports medicine orthopedic surgeon Dr. David Cohen from MedStar Orthopa...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health DocTalk. Join us for real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region. There are approximately 16.9 million cancer survivors in the U.S. today—a number expected by the American Cancer Society to grow, in part, be...

Send us Fan Mail Comprehensive, relevant and insightful conversations about health and medicine happen here… on MedStar Health DocTalk. Join us for real conversations with physician experts from around the largest healthcare system in the Maryland-DC region. Varicose and spider veins are very common--in fact more than half of the population has them. But that doesn’t mean you have to live with the...