The Word on Medicine

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month - breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women today. Join us this week on The Word on Medicine as we discuss Breast Cancer Prevention and Ways To Optimize Your Health During and After Treatment. In this episode, our experts include Drs. Adrienne Cobb, Chad Peterson, Deepika Sriram, and Elizabeth Weil. They will talk about the impact of exer...

We have a great show for you on Saturday, which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. This week’s program is the 129th unique program produced by The Word on Medicine since we began in October of 2017. We will discuss, review and explain Medicare. There is almost nothing more important than your health insurance - make sure to listen to this program. A...

We have a great show for you this week which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. Today we will discuss trauma in little kids – or as we say in medicine, Pediatric Trauma. Drs. Jean Pearce and Jennifer Zaspel, Maria Traska (RN), and Emily Stone (Child Life) will be joined by a patient and her parents. For all of you that are parents or grandparents - -...

We have a great show for you which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. We are discussing Women's Reproductive Health: medical experts discuss the history and future of abortion care and women’s reproductive health. Our panel includes Drs. Jennifer Mcintosh, Kathy King and Allison Linton. Make sure to tune in for this important program. See omnystudio....

We have a great show for you which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. On Saturday, we will discuss Lung Transplantation: medical experts and a patient discuss lung transplantation, a life-saving operation. Our expert panelists include Dr. Nilto De Oliveira, Dr. Alan Bentensley, Dr. Samir Sultan, and Lindsay Morris (APNP). You will want to hear the in...

We have a great show for you this week which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. We discuss your Cardiovascular Health – there is no more important topic in health care. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in adults and much of this is preventable. Drs. Ivor Benjamin, Dessie Levy and Doriel Ward anchor this fact-filled program which cover...

We have an amazing show for you as we discuss Injury Prevention – everything from gun violence and the Stop the Bleed program, to the often devastating consequences of traumatic brain injury. There is not a more timely topic given the violence that we are experiencing in our society at this time. Experts for this weekend’s program include Drs. Christopher Davis, Megan Schultz, Susan Cronn, Nathan...

This program is on Coronary Artery Disease: medical experts and patients discuss the significance of coronary artery disease, including prevention and treatments. Panelists for this show include Dr. James Mace, Dr. Iyad Azzam, Mary Theisen (APNP), Sarah Weden (APP) and two grateful patients that share their stories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's Word on Medicine, we will provide an inspirational program which we have named: “Join Us In The Arena." We will talk about medicine, life, and have some invaluable thoughts from Mr. Baseball himself, Bob Uecker. As some of you know, the term “Arena” was made famous by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1910 in a speech in Paris. His words of inspiration included a few sentences which b...

We have a great show for you today which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. Today we will discuss Osteoporosis and everything you need to know about your bone health. Such an important topic and this has been put together by a true international expert, Dr. Joe Shaker from the Division of Endocrinology at MCW. Dr. Shaker will be joined by Erin Zepeza...

We have a great show for you today which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. Our program is on Menopause: medical experts and patients discuss the symptoms and management of menopause. Please join our panel of medical experts: Drs. Beth Lalande, Jenna Sarvaideo, and Shola Akinshemoyin Vaughn, along with two of their patients for this informative progr...

On this week's Word on Medicine, and in honor of National Nurses Week, we have a great program for you “All About Nurses”. We have filled the radio's recording studio and just to name a few: CRNAs Lisa Johnson, Katie Schesta, Justin Dworak, along with Bente Smith, PA, Gabriella Pyptiuk, APNP, and our ALL-WORLD RNs from PACU and 12CFAC, Anne Berge, Terri Lakich, Brooke Tiziani, Kristal Bieganski, D...

This week's Word on Medicine is All About Vaccines: medical experts discuss the importance of vaccines for all people, including those who are immunocompromised and children. Dr. Joyce Sanchez leads our panel of experts which includes Drs. Elyse Weitzman, Jamie Green, Anna Corey and Alisa Carlson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's Word on Medicine, we have an important program for you on Autism Awareness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have a great show for you today which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. Today we will discuss Adult Cystic Fibrosis – a rare disease that is little talked about and therefore, often poorly understood. Our medical experts, Dr. Julie Biller, Director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program at MCW and Pat Pfahler, a registered nurse and program coordin...

On this week's Word on Medicine, we have an important program for you on Health Disparities: medical experts discuss disparities across the healthcare system, its history and how to implement change. Our panel of experts includes Drs. Callisia Clarke and Chandler Cortina, with special guests Dr. Daniel Chu from the Department of Surgery at The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Dr. Imani McEl...

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month and this week's show will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. Our program is on Endometriosis: medical experts and two patients discuss the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis, a disease that affects 1 in 10 women. Our experts for this program are Drs. Benjamin Beran, Timothy Ridolfi, Camila Bomtempo; t...

We have a great show for you this Saturday which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. We will discuss the potential overuse and the potential underuse of health care. Have you seen situations where the treatment may have seemed worse than the disease? Have you heard of situations where a diagnosis may have been missed or a treatment not applied for a s...

The Word on Medicine has a great show for you which will explain why psychologists are so important to the practice of every-day medicine – such an important topic for all of us. And what an amazing panel of experts we have: Drs. Terri deRoon-Cassini, Karen Kersting, Stephanie Zanowski, Courtney Barry, Andrew Schramm and Sydney Timmer-Murillo along with two amazing patients who tell their story of...

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month: this Saturday, "The Word on Medicine” will air our program on Cervical Cancer: medical experts and patients discuss the symptoms and treatment of cervical dysplasia and cervical cancer; the role of human papillomarivus (HPV); and current strategies in treatment for cervical cancer as well as new therapies on the horizon. Our panel of experts includes Drs...

We have an amazing show for you this Saturday which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from "The Word on Medicine." Today we will once again bring you a program on Breast Cancer – such a critically important topic and one we try to discuss at least every year. Breast Cancer was the topic of our very first program when we launched "The Word on Medicine" over four years ago. On...

On this edition on The Word on Medicine, we have a great show for you which will provide all the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine – COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, testing and treatment, the Omicron variant, booster shots and the approaching holidays and travel, and updates for parents and children. Your COVID-19 all-star team today includes Drs. Joyce Sanchez, Mary B...

We have a great show on "Becoming an NCI-designated Cancer Center" - we will introduce the MCW Cancer Center and discuss why cancer centers are so important: what makes them different from smaller programs; why research is so important; what does “NCI-designation” mean; and much more! Such a critically important topic to share with all of you on The Word on Medicine. As a surgical oncologist, this...

We have another great show for you - we will introduce the newly established Bud and Sue Selig Hub for Health Services Research. Thanks to an inspiring gift from Major League Baseball Commissioner Emeritus Bud and Mrs. Sue Selig - the Bud and Sue Selig Hub for Health Services Research was launched. This groundbreaking initiative will support the health and well-being of the Milwaukee community by...

We have a great program for you on Cultural Complications: medical experts discuss implicit bias based on cultural differences and how it impacts society, both within and outside of healthcare. Our panel of experts includes Drs. Tracy Wang, Andrew Kastenmeier, Callisia Clarke, Libby Schroeder, Christina Georgeades, and Susan Cronn (APNP). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.