Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD

Guest: Oliver Schultheiss

Dr. Oliver Schultheiss, chair of experimental psychology and neuroscience at Frederich-Alexander University in Erlangen, Germany, discusses his research into the effect of estrogen on the general temperament of women. Dr. Schultheiss tells host Dr. Lisa Mazzullo that estrogen levels may explain specific behavior patterns, including responsiveness to certain motivation styles. Does estrogen also impact affiliation arousal and stress-defined as the ‘hope of closeness' and ‘fear of rejection?'

Host: Lisa Mazzullo, MD

Guest: Dale Sandler, PhD, MPH

Rising rates of breast cancer are of concern to everyone in medicine. To what can we attribute this disturbing trend? For answers, host Dr. Lisa Mazzullo welcomes Dale Sandler, PhD, MPH, chief of epidemiology at the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and principal investigator of the NIEHS Sister Study, a bold initiative to evaluate 50,000 sisters of women with breast cancer, measuring a confluence of environmental factors against their disease risk.

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD

Guest: Nehama Dresner, MD

Many patients who present for specific medical problems suffer from a psychiatric illness for which they are already receiving treatment. Host Dr. Lauren Streicher reviews strategies for effective interfacing of multi-disciplinary care for pregnant or sexually hypoactive women with Dr. Nehama Dresner, associate professor of clinical psychiatry, behavioral sciences, and obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD

Guest: Nehama Dresner, MD

What is the psychological impact on patients faced with difficult obstretic and gynecology-related situations? Dr. Nehama Dresner, associate professor of clinical psychiatry, behavioral sciences, and obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, addresses situational depression and anxiety plaguing these patients with host Dr. Lauren Streicher.

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD

Guest: Nehama Dresner, MD

Postpartum depression and postpartum blues are vastly different clinical concerns, yet the former is often simply viewed (and treated) as a more severe version of the latter. Dr. Nehama Dresner, associate professor of clinical psychiatry, behavioral sciences, and obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, joins host Dr. Lauren Streicher to assess the challenges of recognizing and treating postpartum depression.

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD

Guest: Nehama Dresner, MD

Many patients who present for specific medical problems suffer from a psychiatric illness for which they are already receiving treatment. Host Dr. Lauren Streicher reviews strategies for effective interfacing of multi-disciplinary care for pregnant or sexually hypoactive women with Dr. Nehama Dresner, associate professor of clinical psychiatry, behavioral sciences, and obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD

Guest: Nehama Dresner, MD

What is the psychological impact on patients faced with difficult obstretic and gynecology-related situations? Dr. Nehama Dresner, associate professor of clinical psychiatry, behavioral sciences, and obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, addresses situational depression and anxiety plaguing these patients with host Dr. Lauren Streicher.

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD

Guest: Nehama Dresner, MD

Postpartum depression and postpartum blues are vastly different clinical concerns, yet the former is often simply viewed (and treated) as a more severe version of the latter. Dr. Nehama Dresner, associate professor of clinical psychiatry, behavioral sciences, and obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, joins host Dr. Lauren Streicher to assess the challenges of recognizing and treating postpartum depression.

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD

Guest: Steven Stryker, MD

The prevalence of colorectal cancer could be reduced by 95% with proper screening in every patient at recommended age intervals. That’s according to Dr. Steven Stryker, professor of clinical surgical oncology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Yet colorectal cancer remains the second most common cancer in America. Dr. Stryker joins host Dr. Lauren Streicher to explain how physicians can encourage patient compliance with current screening modalities. What circumstances favor virtual screening? Are there other common procedures that can facilitate the diagnosis of colorectal cancer?

Host: Lauren Streicher, MD

Guest: Steven Stryker, MD

There is a dramatically uneven distribution of risk among women for colorectal cancer, the second most common cancer in America. Low-risk women have only five percent lifetime odds of developing the disease, while moderate and high-risk subsets are much more vulnerable. What accounts for this risk? The evidence points to a series of genetic and environmental factors, along with other known syndromes. Dr. Steven Stryker, professor of clinical oncology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, joins host Dr. Lauren Streicher to evaluate common predispositions to this devastating disease.