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Health Dose episodes

  • Female Urinary Incontinence
    Do you pee when you sneeze or cough? Female urinary incontinence is more common than you think. Dr. Thomas Minnec specializes in obstetrics and gynecology and joins us on the latest episode of Health Dose to discuss treatment plans for urinary incontinence in women.
    17 min
  • Alzheimer's Disease in Women
    Evidence shows that two-thirds of individuals living with Alzheimer's disease are women. Primary care physician, Dr. Elisabeth Milligan, M.D., joins us on the latest episode of Health Dose to discuss symptoms, risks, and treatments of Alzheimer's disease in women.
    8 min
  • Health Disparities in the LGBTQ+ Community
    Every June, Pride Month festivities take place across the nation. While it’s a time for celebration, it’s also a time to raise awareness. Joining us in our latest Health Dose Podcast is Dr. Craig Weeks, a family care physician specializing in HIV and Hepatitis prevention, especially among LGBTQ+ youth. While it’s important to recognize disparities in the queer community, Dr. Weeks says it’s also important to understand that the queer community is resilient and has endured despite these disparities.
    16 min
  • Exploring the Psychological Aspects of Chronic Pain
    Clinical/Pain Psychologist Jody Garcia-Fowlkes, Psy.D., discusses the psychological aspects of patients suffering from acute and chronic life-threatening diseases. During the podcast Dr. Garcia-Fowlkes will review the social, psychological and biological factors that contribute to a person’s illness and how she guides her patients by reprogramming their nervous system using a person-centered approach. She also talk about pain neuroscience and how the nervous system produces pain.
    13 min
  • Deprescribing Medications
    This week Family Medicine Physician Ammon Thompson, M.D., joins us on Health Dose to discuss the benefits of deprescribing medications to his patients.
    10 min
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation
    What is spinal cord stimulation? This week, Schuyler Rogg, M.D., M.B.A., who specializes in pain medicine and sees patients as part of the Spine & Pain Program at MyMichigan Health, joins us to talk about spinal cord stimulation.
    10 min
  • Managing the Winter Blues
    The winter blues are real, particularly if you live in Michigan, where the weather can be cold and gray well into the start of spring. On today's episode, Kaitlyn Holbeck, L.L.M.S.W., C.C.T.S.I., program therapist at Senior Life Solutions, joins us to discuss how to recognize signs and symptoms of the winter blues, and how to manage them.
    14 min
  • What is PRP Therapy?
    Health Dose has returned! In our first episode of 2024, listen as we chat with Michael Rodriguez, M.D., about PRP therapy.
    Dr. Rodriguez is a primary care physician with specialized fellowship training in non-surgical sports medicine. He tells us who might be a good candidate for platelet rich plasma, or PRP therapy, and the process behind it.
    Learn more about PRP: https://www.mymichigan.org/conditions-treatments/wellsport/advanced-pain-relief-treatments/
    Learn more about Dr. Rodriguez: https://www.mymichigan.org/doctors/find-a-doctor-basic-profile/rodriguez-michael/
    Learn more about our WellSport program: www.mymichigan.org/wellsport
    10 min

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Health Dose is your quick and reliable source for health and wellness news, delivered in a fun and engaging podcast format. Each episode features insightful conversations with MyMichigan Health…