Johns Hopkins Medicine A Womans Journey: Health Insights that Matter

This has been a trying time for everyone, especially children who have seen their lives upended for the last 18 months. In the latest Insights that Matter podcast, pediatric psychiatrist and former public school teacher Hal Kronsberg, M.D., discusses the signs of anxiety that children may be feeling about returning to school after a tumultuous year of virtual learning. The discussion will address isolation, loneliness, apprehension, and depression, which has tripled among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, more than 2.9 million Americans age 40 and older have low vision, which is defined as best-corrected visual acuity worse than 20/40. Moderator Lillie Shockney is joined by two guests discussing gaining independence in the presence of vision loss. First guest is optometrist, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Rehabilitation Medicine, and the director of the Lions Vision Research and Rehabilitation Center at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Judith Goldstein. Our second guest is Ms. Beth Glassman, a patient of Dr. Goldstein sharing how the Low Vision services helped improve her life.

Moderator Lillie Shockney sits down with epidemiologist and senior director of Infection Prevention for The Johns Hopkins Health System, Dr. Lisa Maragakis to discuss COVID variants such as Delta and why it is so important for individuals to get the COVID vaccine here in the U.S. and abroad.

Moderator Lillie Shockney is joined by Harpal "Paul" Khanuja, M.D., an associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, director of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Johns Hopkins Bayview, and is the director of adult reconstruction, hip and knee replacement surgery for Johns Hopkins Medicine. Discussed is the basic structure of the knee, common knee complaints and the difference between minimally invasive knee replacement and full knee surgery.

According to the CDC, every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a stroke and stroke is a leading cause of death in the United States and is a major cause of serious disability for adults. About 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke each year. Listen as moderator Lillie Shockney discusses diagnosis, symptoms and risk factors of stroke with stroke neurologist Dr. Mona Bahouth.

According to the National Uterine Fibroids Foundation, it is estimated that as many as 80% of all women have uterine fibroids. While the majority usually have no symptoms, 1 in 4 end up with symptoms severe enough to require treatment.

According to the National Institutes of Health: About 2 percent of adults aged 45 to 54 have disabling hearing loss. The rate increases to 8.5 percent for adults aged 55 to 64. In the latest Insight that Matter podcast moderator Lillie Shockney is joined by otolaryngologist Frank Lin to discuss hearing loss and its possible connection to dementia.

Heart disease consistently remains the #1 killer of women! Listen to preventive cardiologist and women's heart health expert Erin Michos review new findings on heart disease released at the most recent annual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

Listen as moderator Lillie Shockney discusses Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) with psychiatrist Lindsay Standeven. Dr. Standeven discusses the typically signs and symptoms someone might experience with seasonal affective disorder, who is most likely to be affected and why, and how it differs from clinical depression or holiday blues.

Moderator Lillie Shockney is joined by neuroscientist Mark Mattson to discuss intermittent fasting: what it is and the health impact of intermittent fasting on chronic health issues, the brain and certain neurologic diseases.